Kevin Biniazan
About Kevin Biniazan
Kevin Biniazan is the co-founder and managing partner of Breit Biniazan. He earned his B.S. from Grand Canyon University summa cum laude in 2014 and his J.D. from William & Mary Law School cum laude in 2017. He is admitted to practice in Virginia and Arizona, and before federal courts in the Eastern District of Virginia. Biniazan has recovered more than $500 million in total verdicts and settlements for clients. Among his most notable results is a $360 million jury verdict in a sexual abuse case, recognized as the largest tort verdict in Virginia history. He has also secured a $15 million verdict in the wrongful death case of Yeardley Love, a $15 million verdict in a motorcycle accident case involving amputation, and a $23 million settlement in a maritime flash fire matter. He serves on the board of the Virginia Trial Lawyers Association and is committed to representing clients in sexual abuse, wrongful death, catastrophic injury, and civil rights cases.
Notable case results
A Richmond Circuit Court jury awarded $360 million to three former adolescent patients who were sexually abused by Cumberland Hospital's medical director during admission exams, in what ranks among the largest personal-injury verdicts in Virginia history.
A Charlottesville jury awarded $15 million to the mother and sister of University of Virginia lacrosse player Yeardley Love after a 2022 civil trial against the man convicted of her 2010 murder.
A federal judge approved an $11.5 million settlement for a Virginia Beach Navy family whose son was born with severe brain damage at U.S. Naval Hospital Guam in 2014, after attorneys Michael Imprevento and Kevin Biniazan sued the federal government under the Federal Tort Claims Act.
A 15-year-old boarding student at the Miller School of Albemarle won a $10 million jury verdict and a combined $10.75 million total recovery after being catastrophically impaled by a cut bamboo stalk during a mandatory school service project on property leased by a local VFW post.
A Newport News jury awarded $10 million to first-grade teacher Abby Zwerner after finding that the school's assistant principal acted with gross negligence by ignoring repeated staff warnings that a 6-year-old student had brought a gun to Richneck Elementary School on January 6, 2023.
Jury verdict, sexual abuse case (largest tort verdict in Virginia history)
Maritime burn injuries
Maritime flash fire injuries
Wrongful death, Estate of Yeardley Love
Motorcycle accident with amputation
Global settlement, electrocution wrongful death
School shooting negligence case
Prior results do not guarantee a similar outcome. Each case is unique and depends on its own facts.
