Jacob H. Pierce

Get To Know Jacob

Jacob focuses his practice on defending medical professionals. He has worked with individual healthcare providers in a wide range of medical specialties, including ER physicians, OB/GYNs, orthopedic surgeons, gastroenterologists, neurosurgeons, nurses, nurse practitioners, and physician’s assistants. Jacob also has represented hospitals, assisted living facilities, nursing homes, and urgent care facilities.

Jacob has tried cases in federal and state courts throughout Virginia. He has obtained multiple defense jury verdicts and numerous pretrial dismissals for his clients. Jacob has been recognized by Virginia Lawyers Weekly for his defense verdicts. He treats each case individually and works tirelessly to unwind the legal and medical complexities in order to create a strategic plan of action that will best serve his clients.

While completing his undergraduate degree, Jacob was a member of the Richmond Spiders Football team and was named a team captain during his senior season. He brings the same level of hard work, energy, and attention to detail when representing his clients as he did when he played on the football field.

Experience

Defense verdict for an anesthesiologist in a case where plaintiff alleged failure to properly recognize and treat apnea during a lower back procedure which resulted in a hypoxic brain injury.
Defense verdict for a hospital client in a case alleging premises liability.
Defense verdict for an orthopedic surgeon in a case alleging failure to properly manage a wrist fracture.
Defense verdict for a gastroenterologist in a case alleging failure to diagnose cancer.
Defense verdict for a correctional medicine physician in a case alleging failure to diagnose an aortic aneurysm.

Credentials

Education

University of Richmond School of Law, J.D., cum laude

University of Richmond, B.A.

Admissions

Virginia

U.S. District Court, Eastern District of Virginia

Affiliations

Virginia Association of Defense Attorneys

Medical Malpractice Section, Chair (2023-present)
Medical Malpractice Section, Vice-Chair (2022-2023)

Virginia Bar Association

Other Publications & Media

Virginia Association of Defense Attorneys, 2024 Spring Sections Seminar, Presenter on Supplemental and Rebuttal Expert Designations.
Virginia Association of Defense Attorneys, 2022 Annual Meeting, Presenter on the Virginia Expert Certification Statute and Good Faith Exception.

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