James McCauley

Attorney at Marks & Harrison
Richmond, VA41 years experienceAdmitted 1984

About James McCauley

James A. 'Jim' McCauley is a personal injury attorney at Marks & Harrison, focusing exclusively on representing injured plaintiffs. He has served as Secretary of the firm.

McCauley was admitted to practice in 1984. He has been deeply involved in pro bono legal services in Central Virginia for more than 35 years, serving as past President of the Board of Directors of Southside Virginia Legal Services (13 years on the Board) and two terms as President of the Board of the Central Virginia Legal Aid Society. He has achieved Martindale-Hubbell's highest rating and is a member of the Boyd-Graves Conference.

McCauley earned his Juris Doctor from the University of Richmond School of Law and his undergraduate degree from the University of Maryland. After his undergraduate degree, he wrote for the Washington Star newspaper before attending law school.

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

University of Maryland
Undergraduate

Bar admissions & credentials

State Bar of Virginia, admitted 1984
Boyd-Graves Conference
Central Virginia Legal Aid Society (Past President)
Southside Virginia Legal Services (Past President)

Awards & recognition

Martindale-Hubbell AV-Rated
Super Lawyers (2006)

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