Elizabeth Guilbert Perrow

Elizabeth is a trial lawyer who practices primarily in the area of medical malpractice and liability defense. She has extensive experience representing healthcare providers and has successfully defended physicians, nurses, and hospitals. In that capacity, Elizabeth has tried numerous jury cases in circuit courts, federal court and has participated in numerous mediations.

Elizabeth has held a Martindale-Hubbell AV rating since 2012. She has also been recognized repeatedly in lawyer-ranking publications including Virginia Super Lawyers, Virginia Business magazine's "Legal Elite," and Best Lawyers in America. Virginia Lawyers Weekly also named her to the 2013 List of Influential Women, the 2017 Class of Leaders in the Law, the 2021 List of Influential Women in the Law, and the 2022 Go-To Lawyer for Medical Malpractice. They have also named her multiple times in the annual defense verdict/million-dollar defense verdict lists. Elizabeth is also the only attorney to be named “Boss of the Year” twice by the Roanoke Valley Legal Secretaries Association – in 2003 and 2011.

Elizabeth was also appointed and served as a substitute judge in the 23rd Circuit at the General District and Juvenile and Domestic Relations District Courts level throughout the Commonwealth of Virginia from 2008 - 2015. She was the second-youngest president and only the second woman to serve as president of the Virginia Association of Defense Attorneys (VADA), a statewide bar association for defense attorneys. She is the third Woods Rogers attorney to serve as president of the organization. Elizabeth has lectured extensively on risk management issues to professional groups in Virginia and has authored a chapter of Virginia CLE on Medical Malpractice Law in Virginia.

• Successfully defended hospitals and health care providers in numerous jury trials in federal and state courts throughout the Commonwealth of Virginia.
• Ongoing defense of a large healthcare system in a range of cases including medical malpractice, general torts, investigations, 1983 Litigation, premises litigation, and employment matters.
• Ongoing defense of medical malpractice claims against a large, not-for-profit healthcare system with an extensive network of hospitals, and primary and specialty physicians’ practices. 

Recognition

Education

Oklahoma City University School of Law, J.D., summa cum laude

Lynchburg College, B.A., cum laude

Admissions

Virginia

Supreme Court of Virginia

U.S. Court of Appeals, Fourth Circuit

U.S. District Court, Western District of Virginia

U.S. District Court, Eastern District of Virginia

• Association of Defense Trial Attorneys
• Boyd-Graves Conference, Member and Steering Committee Member
• Virginia Association of Defense Attorneys
  • Past President (2013-2014)
  • President (2012-2013)
  • Chair, Medical Malpractice Section (2006-2007)
  • Board of Directors, Southwestern Regional Representative (2007-2010)
  • Member, Board of Directors Executive Committee
  • Treasurer (2011-2012)
  • Secretary (2010-2011)

• with Aaron B. Houchens, "You’ve Been Poked: Social Networking and Civil Litigation," The Journal of Civil Litigation (2010).
• with Daniel T. Sarrell, "Telemedicine in Virginia: Some Legal Implications of Care from a Distance," The Journal of  Civil Litigation (2009).
• "Chapter 4: Investigating the Factual Background (Defendant’s Perspective)," Medical Malpractice Law in Virginia, Virginia Continuing Legal Education (2002, 2003).
• with Thomas W. Farrell, "The Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act: An Overview of Administrative Simplification," The Journal of Civil Litigation (2002).
• "Overview: Custody and Visitation Matters," Associates’ Notes, VADA Newsletter (2000).