About Roger Schafer

Roger Schafer is an attorney at Cooper Hurley Injury Lawyers in Virginia, having joined the firm in late 2024. He has approximately 20+ years focused on personal injury cases. His prior practice areas included business law and injury claim defense.

Schafer established his own practice in 1989. Earlier in his career, he served as an Assistant Commonwealth's Attorney for the City of Virginia Beach and practiced at several Virginia firms.

He earned his Bachelor's degree in Business from Pennsylvania State University and his Juris Doctor magna cum laude from the University of Pittsburgh School of Law.

He is admitted to the Virginia State Bar.

His recognitions include Top 50 Settlements Motor Vehicle Accidents United States (2021), 2023 CoVa Biz Bob Awards Best of Business, Top Forty Under Forty, and Virginia Business Legal Elite.

Proven verdicts and settlements at Cooper Hurley Injury Lawyers

These results are credited to Cooper Hurley Injury Lawyers. A result appears under an attorney's own name only when a published source names them as counsel on the case.

$12 millionSettlementTop 20 in Virginia · #7

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 millionSettlementTop 20 in Virginia · #20

A 40-year-old motorcyclist whose foot was traumatically amputated after an oncoming driver cut across his lane recovered $7 million in a settlement reached one month before trial.

Hampton Circuit Court, Virginia · 2023Motorcycle AccidentsRead the full story →
$7 millionSettlementTop 20 in Virginia · #19

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 →

Prior results do not guarantee a similar outcome. Each case is unique and depends on its own facts.

Practice areas

Education

Pennsylvania State University
Undergraduate

Bar admissions & credentials

State Bar of Virginia

Awards & recognition

J.D. magna cum laude, University of Pittsburgh School of Law
Virginia Business Legal Elite
Top 50 Settlements Motor Vehicle Accidents (US, 2021)

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