Justin Sheldon

Proven Verdicts
Partner at Breit Biniazan
Virginia Beach, VA15 years experience

About Justin Sheldon

Justin Sheldon is a partner at Breit Biniazan focusing on complex litigation involving serious injuries, wrongful death, abuse, and negligence cases, particularly those affecting vulnerable populations like nursing home residents. He began his career as a corporate defense lawyer at a national firm specializing in high-stakes business litigation, then moved to a boutique firm focused on auto products liability, working on trial teams for Porsche, Honda, Toyota, Kia, and Hyundai before transitioning to plaintiff representation.

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 →
$17.61 millionSettlement

Nine boys abused by a Colonial Heights church youth leader secured a $17.61 million global settlement in July 2025, wrapping up nearly nine years of civil litigation and paying out four times what the defendants' insurers claimed they owed.

Colonial Heights, 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

University of Richmond School of Law
J.D. (cum laude), 2011
Roanoke College
Undergraduate

Bar admissions & credentials

State Bar of Virginia
Virginia Trial Lawyers Association (Publications Committee)
Richmond Bar Association

Awards & recognition

Best Lawyers in America Ones to Watch (2022-2025)
Virginia Super Lawyers Super Lawyer (2021-2024)
Virginia Super Lawyers Rising Star (2015-2020)
National Trial Lawyers Top 40 Under 40
Virginia Lawyers Weekly Up & Coming Lawyer (2021)

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Geoff McDonald & Associates, P.C.
Geoff McDonald & Associates, P.C.
$40.5 million · Banner Life and William Penn Policyholders: A $40.5 Million Class Settlement Over Premium Spikes
Cooper Hurley Injury Lawyers
Cooper Hurley Injury Lawyers
$12 million · Grain Delivery Driver Electrocuted at Silo: $12 Million Settlement Against Power Company and Property Owner
Rutter Mills, LLP
Rutter Mills, LLP
$4.85 million · $4.85 Million Settlement After T-Bone Crash Leaves Woman With Delayed Pelvic Floor Diagnosis