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09/01/11 : Jennifer E. Fleming has joined the firm as an Associate in the Richmond, Virginia office of Midkiff, Muncie & Ross, P.C. Ms. Fleming received her bachelor's degree (magna cum laude), and her master's degree (summa cum laude) from Lehigh University in Bethlehem, Pennsylvania, where she was elected to Phi Beta Kappa. Ms. Fleming then attended William & Mary Law School, where she served as Editor-in-Chief of the Bill of Rights Journal. Last year, Ms. Fleming served as law clerk to the Honorable Tommy E. Miller, United States Magistrate Judge in the Norfolk and Newport News Divisions of the Eastern District of Virginia. Ms. Fleming concentrates her practice in property insurance, construction, subrogation, and professional malpractice defense.

08/01/11 : Emily S. Kirkpatrick has joined Midkiff, Muncie & Ross, P.C. as a new Associate in the Richmond office. Emily is a 2011 graduate of William & Mary Law School, where she served as Executive Editor of the William & Mary Journal of Women and the Law. She received her bachelor’s degree in 2004 from Elon University, and worked for several years in the public relations field before entering law school. Emily spent her final semester of law school as an intern at the Richmond office, learning the ropes before joining as a full-time associate in August. With Midkiff, Muncie & Ross, P.C., Emily will concentrate her practice in workers’ compensation defense and cost containment.

02/01/11 : Midkiff, Muncie & Ross, P.C. is pleased to announce the opening of its new office in Bristol, Virginia.  This regional office will expand our ability to fully support the needs of all of our clients in southwest Virginia and East Tennessee.

02/01/11 : Midkiff, Muncie & Ross, P.C. is also pleased to announce that Attorney Brian Rife (brife@midkifflaw.com) has joined us to manage the new southwest office.  Brian earned his baccalaureate degree at the University of Virginia and his Juris Doctor from the University of Alabama.  He is admitted to practice law before all Virginia and Tennessee state courts as well as the United States District Court for the Western District of Virginia.  Brian comes to us with 7 years of prior civil litigation experience with the primary concentration of his practice being in the areas of workers’ compensation defense, subrogation and insurance defense.

For additional information regarding the Bristol, Virginia office of Midkiff, Muncie & Ross, P.C., please contact either Chuck Midkiff at cmidkiff@midkifflaw.com or Jim Muncie at jmuncie@midkifflaw.com or call them at (804) 560-9600.


09/08/09 : We are pleased to announce that J.R. Pruden has joined Midkiff, Muncie & Ross as an Associate in our Richmond, Virginia office. J.R. received his B.S. at the University of Richmond, Robins School of Business in 2000. He then attended Widener University School of Law in Chester, Pennsylvania, where he received his J.D. in 2008, on the Dean's Honor List. J.R. will provide representation to the insurance community in the defense of workers' compensation claims, medical cost containment and other insurance defense matters.

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Continued success can lead to positive change. Midkiff, Muncie & Ross is very pleased to announce that the expanding Northern Virginia office is moving in order to better represent its clients. Effective December 3, 2008 the Northern Virginia office will be located at:

Midkiff, Muncie & Ross, P.C.
10467 White Granite Drive, Suite 102
Oakton, VA 22124
(703) 938-5989
(703) 938-5980 (fax)

You can contact Josh Wulf, Bryan Kirchner, and Dana Plunkett at the same e-mail addresses (jwulf@midkifflaw.com, bkirchner@midkifflaw.com, dplunkett@midkifflaw.com). The firm looks forward to continuing to serve your litigation, workers' compensation, and insurance defense needs in the Northern Virginia area.

Charles Midkiff, Arthur Aylward, James Muncie Jr. and James Shannon were selected to Best Lawyers in America.

We are pleased to announce that Laurence Dickinson has joined Midkiff, Muncie & Ross as an Associate in our Richmond, Virginia office. Larry is a graduate of Hampden-Sydney College. After college, he worked as an insurance claims adjuster for several years before graduating from the Cumberland School of Law, Samford University. Larry's focus at MM&R will be in the areas of general liability, insurance defense and subrogation, where he has over ten years of trial experience. 

We are pleased to announce that Dana L. Plunkett has joined the Northern Virginia office of Midkiff, Muncie & Ross. Ms. Plunkett brings with her experience and high quality service to clients in the insurance industry. She received her undergraduate degree from the University of Wisconsin and her law degree from New England School of Law in Boston, Massachusetts. While in law school, Ms. Plunkett interned for a workers' compensation administrative law judge. She has been a member of the Virginia Bar since 1998 and a member of the DC Bar since 2006. In addition to her state court practice, Ms. Plunkett is admitted to practice in the United State District Courts for the for the Eastern and Western Districts of Virginia and the District of Columbia, where she has successfully obtained summary judgment. She has experience in the areas of workers' compensation, general liability, insurance defense, ERISA, medical and dental malpractice, and products liability. A successful litigator, she has also resolved numerous matters through mediation and other methods of alternative dispute resolution. We are pleased to have her aboard.

Midkiff Muncie & Ross is pleased to announce that Michael R. Spitzer II has joined the firm as an associate. Mr. Spitzer will focus his practice on 1st and 3rd party coverage, property, liability, subrogation and other insurance defense matters.


Charles Midkiff, Arthur Aylward and James Muncie Jr. were once again selected to Best Lawyers in America


Charles Midkiff and James Muncie were named Virginia Super Lawyers

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300 Arboretum Place, Suite 420
Richmond, VA 23236
Phone: (804) 560-9600
Fax: (804) 560-5997



10467 White Granite Drive, Suite 102
Oakton, VA 22124
Phone: (703) 938-5989
Fax: (703) 938-5980



110 Piedmont Ave, Suite 202
Bristol VA 24201
Phone: 276-644-9600
Fax: 276-644-4679