Virginia M. Buchanan

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Top Rated Family Law Attorney with 34 years of experience

Personal Injury, Class Actions, Drug Crime, Medical Malpractice, Worker's Compensation

316 South Baylen Street, Pensacola, FL 32502

About Virginia M. Buchanan

Practice Areas

Education

University of Florida College of Law, Gainesville, Florida, 1989
J.D.
- Honors: magna cum laude
- Honors: With Honors
University of Florida, College of Journalism & Telecommunication, Gainesville, Florida, 1985
B.S.
- Major: Telecommunication
- Honors: summa cum laude

Representative Cases

Howell v. Roadrunner Trucking, Inc., 586 So.2d 1083, 1991 WL 173014 (1st DCA Florida 1991)
Burnett v. State of FL Dept. of Corrections, 653 So.2d 1102, 1995 WL 215008 (1st DCA Florida 1995)
McGhee v. State of FL Dept. of Corrections, 653 So.2d 1091, 1995 WL 214978 (1st DCA Florida 1995)
Shafnaker v. Clayton, 680 So.2d 1109, 1996 WL 587876 (1st DCA Florida 1996)
Dwelle v. State Farm , 839 So.2d 897, 2003 WL 1086622 (1st DCA Florida 2003)
Perrine/Spelter v. E.I. Du Pont De Nemours , 225 W.Va. 482, 694 S.E.2d 815 (Supreme Court of Appeals of West Virginia 2010)
Adkins v. HMS Santa Rosa Medical Center, 36 So.3d 88 (1st DCA Florida 2010)
Thompson v. Cincinatti Ins., 2010 WL 4667100 (District Court, Northern District of Florida 2011)
Iles v. Ogden, et al., 99 So.3d 1035, 2012 WL 3854959 (Court of Appeal, 4th Circuit, Louisiana 2012)
Christie ex rel. estate of Christie v. Scott, 923 F.Supp.2d 1308, 2013 WL 599584 (11th Circuit District Court of Appeals, Atlanta, GA 2013)

Classes and Seminars

Be All You Can Be, Lincoln Park Elementary School, 1993 - 1996
Tort Reform Overview: How It Was; How It is, Joe J. Harrell Trial Seminar, 2004
Professionalism and Ethics, Northwest Florida Paralegal Association, 2004 - Present
The Essential Role of the Legal Investigator In The Development of Damages for Mediation and Trial , Inner Circle of Investigators, 2004 - Present
Preparing and Presenting Your Expert Witness in a Contested Liability Case , Academy of Florida Trial Lawyers, 2005 - Present
Ethical Considerations for the Paralegal, Florida Justice Association , 2007 - Present
Symposium on Medical Malpractice , University of Florida College of Medicine Department of Anesthesia , 2008 - Present
Mass Torts Made Perfect - BCBS MDL, Levin, Papantonio, et al Law Firm, 2013 - Present
Presentation for mandatory continuing education for healthcare providers in Florida ?Prevention of Medical Errors: How Can I Get it Right, At Least Most of the Time?? 2 hour course, Florida Department of Health, 2013 - Present
?Trial Skills from the Woman?s Perspective,? - Maximizing Damages, 360 Advocacy Series , 2014 - Present

Bar Admissions

Other Affiliations

Florida Justice Association, 1989 - 2014 (Member)
American Association of Justice, 1990 - 2014 (Committee Member)
Alabama Trial Lawyers Assoc. , 2006 - Present (Sustaining Member & Member of Board of Governors )
Alabama Justice Association , 2014 - Present (Women?s Section, Member)
American Bar Association Liaison Committee from the American Association of Justice , July 31, 2014 - July 31, 2015
American Assoc. of Justice Stalwarts, July 31, 2014 - July 31, 2015 (Hall of Fame Committee)
N.W. Florida Chapter of Am?n Board of Trial Advocates, 2014 - Present (Treasurer )
Northwest Florida Association of Women Lawyers, 2010 - 2014 (Member)

Published Works

Major Impacts from the Plaintiff Perspective and from the Defense Pers, The Summation, 2004
Discovering Personnel Records; Who Can Object?, AFTL Journal, 2004
When Defendant's Seek to Recover Private Information From Plaintiff's Non-Party Family Members; What We Should Do To Fight It, AFTL Women's Caucus Article, 2005
Kids Will Be Kids.....Legal Liability for the Misdeeds of Minors: Who Pays for Junior's Torts?, AFTL Journal , 2006
Welcome to Our First Resident Federal Judge in Panama City, Northern District of Florida The Honorable John Richard Smoak, AFTL Journal Women?s Caucus, 2006
?A Florida Injustice: Rejecting the Delayed Discovery Doctrine in Wrongful Death Cases? , Florida Justice Assoc. Women?s Caucus, 2008
Medicine and Law: When Two Worlds Collide, V. Buchanan, W. R. Jones, D. Ramos, "Complications in Anesthesiology," Ed. E. B. Labato, N. Gravenstein, and R. R. Kirby, , Lippincott, Williams , 2008
Co-authored article, ?Preseason Heat-Acclimatization Guidelines for Secondary School Athletics? , Journal of Athletic Training, Vol. 44, No. 3, Pgs. 332-333, 2009
Beware and Be Prepared When Malpractice Carriers Journal of the FJA Seek to Have trial Courts in Medical Negligence Cases Extend the Safe Harbor Deadlines, Vol. 18, No. 4, , Issue 537, 2009
American Cancer Society Issues Controversial Guideline to Try to Reduce Lung Cancer Deaths , National Trial Lawyers Article, 2013

Virginia M. Buchanan

Phone:: (850) 483-1165
Website:: https://www.levinlaw.com/https://www.facebook.com/LevinPapantonio (Facebook)
Address:: 316 South Baylen Street, Pensacola, FL 32502

Christopher Paulos
Associate
Personal Injury, Class Actions, Drug Crime, Medical Malpractice, Worker's Compensation
Daniel A. Nigh
Associate
Personal Injury, Class Actions, Drug Crime, Medical Malpractice, Worker's Compensation
Wesley Bowden
Associate
Personal Injury, Class Actions, Drug Crime, Medical Malpractice, Worker's Compensation
Mike Papantonio
41 years of experience
Intellectual Property, Personal Injury, Environment

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