Bailey Gifford

Proven Verdicts
Senior Associate Attorney at Cooper Hurley Injury Lawyers
Virginia Beach, VA5 years experienceAdmitted 2020

About Bailey Gifford

Bailey Gifford is a Senior Associate Attorney at Cooper Hurley Injury Lawyers in Virginia. She joined the firm in late 2020 and was promoted to Senior Associate Attorney in 2024. Her practice covers car accidents, truck accidents, premises liability, wrongful death, railroad accidents, catastrophic injuries, bicycle accidents, motorcycle accidents, Camp Lejeune claims, and pedestrian injuries.

Gifford earned her B.S. magna cum laude from Morehead State University in 2016 and her Juris Doctor from Appalachian School of Law in 2020.

She is admitted to the Virginia State Bar and the U.S. District Courts for the Eastern and Western Districts of Virginia.

Gifford is a member of the Academy of Truck Accident Attorneys (ATAA), the Academy of Rail Labor Attorneys, the American Association for Justice (Railroad Section Chair-Elect), the Virginia Trial Lawyers Association, the Norfolk Portsmouth Bar Association, the Virginia Beach Bar Association, and the Virginia Bar Association. She is a founding member of the CounselHer Circle women's attorney network.

Gifford has been recognized in Virginia Business Legal Elite (2022-2025), as a National Trial Lawyers 40 Under 40 (2023), Super Lawyers Rising Star (2024), and Virginia Lawyers Weekly Up & Coming Lawyer (2025).

Proven verdicts and settlements

$12 millionSettlement

A 23-year-old grain truck driver was killed when an electrical arc jumped from an overhead high-voltage power line to the portable auger he was using at a commercial silo, and his family recovered $12 million from the power company and property owner.

Virginia (settled morning of trial) · 2025Wrongful DeathRead the full story →
$7 millionSettlement

A 23-year-old mother suffered burns to 36% of her body after a corroded natural gas pipe fed an undetected leak into an apartment complex's outdoor grill enclosure, triggering an explosion when she attempted to light it.

Virginia Beach Circuit Court, Virginia · 2026Premises 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

Morehead State University
Undergraduate

Bar admissions & credentials

State Bar of Virginia, admitted 2020
Academy of Truck Accident Attorneys
Academy of Rail Labor Attorneys
American Association for Justice (Railroad Section, Chair-Elect)
Virginia Trial Lawyers Association
Norfolk Portsmouth Bar Association
Virginia Beach Bar Association
Virginia Bar Association

Awards & recognition

B.S. magna cum laude, Morehead State University (2016)
Virginia Business Legal Elite (2022-2025)
The National Trial Lawyers 40 Under 40 (2023)
Super Lawyers Rising Star (2024)
Virginia Lawyers Weekly Up & Coming Lawyer (2025)

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