Jeffrey Breit

Proven Verdicts
Co-Founder, Partner at Breit Biniazan
Virginia Beach, VA40 years experience

About Jeffrey Breit

Jeffrey Breit is Co-Founder and Partner at Breit Biniazan, with over 40 years of experience as a personal injury trial lawyer in Virginia. He led BP Deepwater Horizon oil spill litigation handling claims valued at approximately $29 million, represented Virginia plaintiffs against Chinese drywall manufacturers, and managed the Virginia Beach tragedy victim fund. He has been a member of The Inner Circle of Advocates (limited to 100 top trial lawyers nationally) since 2021 and serves as adjunct professor at William & Mary Law School.

Proven verdicts and settlements

$241 million (reduced; $360 million gross verdict)Verdict

A Richmond Circuit Court jury awarded $360 million to three former adolescent patients who were sexually abused by Dr. Daniel Davidow, the medical director of Cumberland Hospital for Children, during what he called routine femoral pulse exams.

Richmond Circuit Court, Virginia · 2024Premises LiabilityRead the full story →
$20 millionVerdict

A Charles City County jury returned a $20 million verdict for a ten-year-old boy who suffered third-degree burns across 25 percent of his body after contacting 13,200 volts inside an inadequately secured Virginia Power substation next to his Richmond apartment complex, and the Supreme Court of Virginia affirmed the award in full.

Supreme Court of Virginia (affirming trial verdict) · 1999Premises LiabilityRead the full story →
$10 millionVerdict

A Newport News jury found the assistant principal of Richneck Elementary School grossly negligent and awarded $10 million to teacher Abby Zwerner, who was shot in her classroom by a 6-year-old student on January 6, 2023.

Newport News Circuit Court, Virginia · 2025Premises LiabilityRead the full story →
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Prior results do not guarantee a similar outcome. Each case is unique and depends on its own facts.

Practice areas

Education

Tulane University Law School
J.D., 1979
Tulane University
Undergraduate

Bar admissions & credentials

State Bar of Virginia
State Bar of Louisiana
State Bar of New York
State Bar of North Carolina
State Bar of Washington D.C.
State Bar of U.S. District Court Eastern District of Louisiana
State Bar of U.S. District Court Eastern District of Virginia
State Bar of U.S. Court of Appeals Fourth Circuit
State Bar of U.S. Court of Appeals Fifth Circuit
State Bar of U.S. Court of Appeals Eleventh Circuit
State Bar of U.S. Supreme Court
The Inner Circle of Advocates
American Association for Justice Board of Governors
Virginia Trial Lawyers Association (former President)

Awards & recognition

Best Lawyers in America (since 1999)
Super Lawyer Top 10 in Virginia 2020-2024 (#1 in 2023-2024)
Product Liability Litigation-Plaintiffs' Lawyer of the Year (2021, 2024)
Virginia Lawyers Weekly Hall of Fame (2019)
Master of Trial Law, American Association for Justice (2019)
VTLA Distinguished Service Award (2019)
The Inner Circle of Advocates (2021)

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$12 million · Grain Delivery Driver Electrocuted at Silo: $12 Million Settlement Against Power Company and Property Owner
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$4.85 million · $4.85 Million Settlement After T-Bone Crash Leaves Woman With Delayed Pelvic Floor Diagnosis