About Bryan Meadows

Bryan L. Meadows is the Managing Attorney of Marks & Harrison's Fredericksburg, Virginia office, focusing on personal injury matters. Before joining Marks & Harrison, he served as Managing Attorney for GEICO's Staff Counsel in Roanoke, Virginia.

Meadows earned his Juris Doctor from The Dickinson School of Law at Pennsylvania State University, where he was Captain of the Phillip C. Jessup International Moot Court Team and received the Golden Paw Award for Law, Science and Policy. He earned his Bachelor of Arts cum laude from Christopher Newport University and was inducted into Omicron Delta Kappa National Leadership Honor Society.

Meadows served on the Brain Injury Association of Virginia Board of Directors from 2016 to 2024, including roles as Treasurer (2018-2020), Vice President (2020-2021), and President (2021-2024). He served on the Virginia Trial Lawyers Association Legislative Tort Committee from 2016 to 2022 and was Past President of the Salem/Roanoke County Bar Association (2014-2015). He was named to Virginia Lawyers Weekly's 2024 Leaders in the Law.

Proven verdicts and settlements at Marks & Harrison

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

$10 millionSettlementTop 20 in Virginia · #13

A tractor-trailer drifted into a retired 20-year veteran's lane on Interstate 95 North and killed him, and Marks & Harrison recovered $10 million for his family before any lawsuit was filed.

Interstate 95, Virginia · 2024Truck AccidentsRead the full story →
$10 millionVerdictTop 20 in Virginia · #14

A City of Richmond worker suffered permanent brain damage when a runaway Norfolk Southern boxcar with a missing brake rod drove a floodwall gate into him, and a Richmond jury returned a $10 million verdict.

Richmond Circuit Court, Virginia · 1996Workplace InjuryRead the full story →
$9 millionSettlementTop 20 in Virginia · #15

A heavy retail display toppled onto a 7-year-old, fracturing the child's skull and forcing emergency brain surgery, and Marks & Harrison resolved the premises liability case for $9 million.

Virginia (private mediation) · 2023Premises LiabilityRead the full story →
$6.5 millionSettlement

In February 2015 a Chesterfield County, Virginia police officer fired a Taser at Miles November, a 27-year-old man trapped in a wrecked car soaked in gasoline after a police chase. His clothing ignited and he suffered burns over most of his body, followed by months in the hospital and more than 30 surgeries. He sued the county and the officer in federal court in Richmond. The case settled in 2018 for $6.5 million, paid by the county's commercial insurer and its self-insurance fund.

U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Virginia, Richmond · 2018Civil RightsRead the full story →
$5.24 millionSettlement

A police chase on wet Virginia roads ended in a head-on collision that killed a six-months-pregnant passenger's unborn son and left her with catastrophic injuries, and the case settled for $5.24 million.

Virginia · 2023Car AccidentsRead the full story →

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

Practice areas

Education

Christopher Newport University
Undergraduate

Bar admissions & credentials

State Bar of Virginia
Virginia Trial Lawyers Association
American Association for Justice
Brain Injury Association of Virginia (Past President)
Fredericksburg Area Bar Association
Salem/Roanoke County Bar Association (Past President)
National Institute for Trial Advocacy

Awards & recognition

Virginia Lawyers Weekly Leaders in the Law (2024)

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