Attorney Bio

Irv Cantor has spent his entire 31 year career dedicated to families of those who have suffered serious injuries or death. He has successfully tried to verdict or settled over 1500 plaintiff’s injury or death cases, including over 350 traumatic brain injury cases. He has achieved over 30 verdicts and settlements exceeding $1,000,000 for his clients. His closing argument in an actual case was recorded in the audiotape, “VTLA Million Dollar Verdicts.”

Irv was voted by his peers as one of the "Top 50 Virginia Super Lawyers," and is listed in Best Lawyers in America in both personal injury litigation and medical malpractice law. He is also AV® rated, Martindale-Hubbell’s highest rating for legal ability and ethical standards. Irv has served as president of the Virginia Trial Lawyers Association, the Brain Injury Association of Virginia and the Virginia Chapter of the American Board of Trial Advocates. He served as the chairman of the Brain Injury Association of America’s National Legal Conference for the last two years.

Irv has lectured to trial lawyers on numerous subjects, including traumatic brain injuries, motor vehicle collisions, liability insurance coverage and elements of trial. He is on the faculty of the Virginia Trial Lawyers Association College of Trial Advocacy. He has written many published articles and was the author of the chapter dealing with the legal aspects of traumatic brain injury cases for the seminal medical textbook on the subject, Brain Injury Medicine.

Irv's practice consists of representing persons who have suffered serious injuries or death. Traumatic brain injury cases comprise the largest portion of his practice. The vast majority of his cases are referrals from other trial lawyers. Many professionals in the field have asked Irv to handle their own injury or malpractice cases, including attorneys, judges, physicians, and claims adjustors.

Irv also is the co-founder of Jury Impressions, LLC, a jury consulting company, which, among other services, arranges mock trials and focus groups for trial lawyers throughout Virginia and the United States.

Honors

AV® Preeminent™ Peer Review Rated, Martindale-Hubbell’s highest rating for legal ability and ethical standards
Best Lawyers in America for Personal Injury and Medical Malpractice
"Virginia Super Lawyers," selected by Law & Politics, since 2006. Named "Top 50 Virginia Super Lawyers" (2006, 2009)
"Legal Elite," in the category of Civil Litigation, named by Virginia Business magazine
Recipient, 2010 Weinstock Award from the Brain Injury Association of Virginia

Professional Associations

Virginia Trial Lawyers Association, President (2002-2003)
Virginia Chapter of the American Board of Trial Advocates, President (2006)
Brain Injury Association of Virginia, President (2004-2006)
Brain Injury Association of America, Chairman of National Legal Seminar (2008-2009)
American Association of Justice
Litigation Counsel of America

Community Involvement

Volunteer, Brain Injury Association of America
Volunteer, Brain Injury Association of Virginia
Volunteer, numerous civic associations

Sample Results

$5.95 million - Medical malpractice case in North Carolina, involving a severe brain injury due to a negligent intubation. (Irv Cantor) read more

$5.6 million - Verdict in bus collision case, in which our client suffered a mild brain injury, cervical fracture, and other injuries. (Irv Cantor, Lewis Stoneburner) read more

$5 million - Motorcycle collision case in which the driver and the passenger of the motorcycle suffered severe injuries, including an above the knee leg amputation by the driver. (Stephanie Grana, Irv Cantor, Elliott Buckner)

$5 million - Wrongful deaths of two workers who died as a result of an industrial explosion. (Aubrey Ford, Irv Cantor)

$4.5 million - Truck collision case, involving a mild brain injury suffered by a Virginia State Trooper during a routine traffic stop. (Irv Cantor)

$3.5 million - Case involving a collision between a truck and school bus, in which the school bus driver suffered severe leg injuries and a metabolic brain injury. (Irv Cantor)

$3.4 million - Motor vehicle collision/medical malpractice case, involving a 74 year old man who suffered a spinal injury in the collision, which was misdiagnosed and mismanaged by the healthcare givers. (Irv Cantor)

$2.98 million - Automobile collision, in which a woman sustained a mild brain injury and orthopedic injuries. (Irv Cantor, Elliott Buckner)

$2.35 million - Automobile collision case, in which a young woman suffered a mild brain injury. (Irv Cantor, Elliott Buckner)

$2 million - Medical malpractice case involving the death of a man who suffered an anoxic brain injury as a result of alleged failure to properly monitor a sleep apnea patient following a routine surgery. (Irv Cantor, Stephanie Grana) read more

$2 million - Automobile accident case involving a brain injury suffered by our client. (Irv Cantor, Aubrey Ford, Stephanie Grana, Elliott Buckner)

$2 million - West Virginia truck collision case, involving a teenager who suffered a mild brain injury. (Irv Cantor)

$1.95 million - Medical malpractice case. (Irv Cantor, Stephanie Grana, Elliott Buckner)

$1.95 million - Verdict in wrongful death case. (Irv Cantor, Elliott Buckner, Stephanie Grana)

$1.9 million - South Dakota automobile collision case, involving severe brain injuries suffered by two children. (Irv Cantor)

$1.9 million - Automobile accident case, in which our client sustained a mild traumatic brain injury. (Irv Cantor, Elliott Buckner)

$1.875 million - Products liability case involving an unsafe consumer health product. (Irv Cantor)

$1.8 million - Tractor-trailer collision case, involving a mild brain injury suffered by a 46 year old man. (Irv Cantor)

$1.75 million - Verdict in wrongful death case involving a young man killed during a high pursuit. (Irv Cantor)

$1.6 million - Automobile accident, involving mild brain injury suffered by our client. (Elliott Buckner, Irv Cantor, Stephanie Grana)

$1.5 million - Tractor-trailer collision, in which a retiree suffered a moderate/severe brain injury. (Irv Cantor)

$1.3 million - Motor vehicle collision, in which an elderly couple suffered serious orthopedic injuries. (Stephanie Grana, Elliott Buckner, Irv Cantor)

$1.3 million - Wrongful death of a 14 year old in a school bus accident in a rural Virginia county. (Irv Cantor, Elliott Buckner)

$1.25 million - Medical malpractice case, in which a 32 year old man suffered severe bowel injuries after a diagnostic procedure. (Lewis Stoneburner, Irv Cantor, Stephanie Grana)

$1.2 million - Jury verdict in mild traumatic brain injury case in which restaurant patron was struck on the head by a falling object. (Aubrey Ford, Irv Cantor) read more

$1.2 million - Sexual assault case. (Irv Cantor, Aubrey Ford)

$1.125 million - Sexual assault case. (Aubrey Ford, Irv Cantor, Stephanie Grana)

$1.125 million - Premises case, in which a man suffered a mild brain injury when a display rack fell on him. (Irv Cantor, Elliott Buckner)

$1.1 million - Wrongful death case arising from the death of an unmarried woman with one adult and one teenage child. (Irv Cantor, Elliott Buckner, Stephanie Grana)

$1 million - Verdict in products liability case, involving head and orthopedic injuries suffered by a worker due to a bridge collapse. (Irv Cantor)

$750,000 - Verdict in car accident case that resulted in plaintiff's chronic and permanent vertigo and dizziness (Stephanie Grana, Elliott Buckner, Irv Cantor) read more