Denise Whitelaw
Personal Injury Attorney at Rutter Mills, LLP
Virginia Beach, VA27 years experienceAdmitted 1986
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About Denise Whitelaw
Denise A. Whitelaw is a personal injury attorney at Rutter Mills, LLP in Virginia. Her practice focuses exclusively on personal injury cases, including car accidents, truck accidents, and wrongful death matters.
Whitelaw is an experienced litigator who came from the insurance industry, where she also worked as a paralegal and negotiator before becoming an attorney.
She earned her B.A. from Wesleyan University in Middletown, Connecticut, a Diplome from the Institut d'Etudes Politiques in Paris, France, and her Juris Doctor from the University of the Pacific McGeorge School of Law in Sacramento, California in 1986.
She is admitted to the Virginia State Bar (1998), the California Bar (1986), and the District of Columbia Bar.
Practice areas
Education
Wesleyan University
Undergraduate
Bar admissions & credentials
State Bar of California, admitted 1986
State Bar of Virginia, admitted 1998
State Bar of District of Columbia
Awards & recognition
Diplome, Institut d'Etudes Politiques (Paris, France)
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