Jim Hurley

Jim Hurley is a partner at Cooper Hurley Injury Lawyers in Virginia, with over 30 years in personal injury law. His practice covers automobile accidents, motorcycle accidents, truck accidents, pedestrian injuries, catastrophic injury, traumatic brain injury, premises liability, slip and fall, dog bites, boating accidents, and hit-and-run cases.

Hurley earned his B.A. from the University of Arizona in 1982 and his Juris Doctor from Thomas M. Cooley Law School in 1990.

He is admitted to the Virginia State Bar (1990), the Florida Bar (1998), and the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Virginia.

Hurley is a member of the American Association for Justice, the American Bar Association, the Virginia Trial Lawyers Association, the Virginia Beach Bar Association, and the Norfolk & Portsmouth Bar Association.

His recognitions include Super Lawyer for personal injury (2014-2024), AV Preeminent rating from Martindale-Hubbell, Top 100 National Trial Lawyers (2019, 2021), Best Lawyers recognition (2025), Coastal Virginia Magazine Top Lawyer (2019-2023), Virginia Business Legal Elite: Civil Litigation (2025), and Lawyers of Distinction (2021-2024).