Charles F. Midkiff
Richmond, VA – Chairman of the Board, Director
Charles F. (Chuck) Midkiff is the firm’s founding attorney. Mr. Midkiff established his law practice in the areas of insurance defense, complex civil litigation, professional liability, energy, and workers’ compensation. For nearly 30 years, Mr. Midkiff was a lobbyist for business and insurance interests before the Virginia General Assembly.
Mr. Midkiff is a frequent lecturer on topics pertaining to insurance law. He is well-known among his peers in the legal community and has received numerous legal accolades during his career.
Areas of Practice
- Energy Law
- Professional Malpractice Liability Defense
- Insurance Defense
- Complex Civil Litigation
- Workers’ Compensation
Bar Admissions
- Virginia, 1970
- U.S. Supreme Court
- U.S. Court of Appeals District of Columbia Circuit
- U.S. Court of Appeals 4th Circuit
- U.S. District Court Western District of Virginia
- U.S. District Court Eastern District of Virginia
- District of Columbia
- U.S. District Court Western District of Pennsylvania
Education
- College of William and Mary School of Law, Williamsburg, Virginia
- J.D. – 1970
- Honors: Graduate of the Year, Phi Delta Phi Legal Fraternity, 1970
- Law Review: William and Mary Law Review, Editor-in-Chief, 1969 – 1970
- Old Dominion University
- B.S. magna cum laude – 1968
Honors and Awards
- AV Rated by Martindale-Hubbell
- Fellow, The College of Workers’ Compensation Lawyers
- Included in The Best Lawyers in America, 1995 – present
- Virginia Lawyers Weekly Hall of Fame, 2020
- “Legal Elite Attorneys in Virginia” (Employment Law), Virginia Business Magazine, 2005 – 2008
- Virginia Super Lawyers, 2006 – present
- Co-defense Counsel in the First Randomly Selected Jury Trial in Military History, Time Magazine (1971). Defeated IRS Tax Lien in U.S. Federal Court (Richmond), Wall Street Journal (1974)
- Awarded Bronze Star During Service in Vietnam
- Certified Master Scuba Diver
Professional Associations and Memberships
- Virginia State Bar, Administrative Law Section, Chairman/Board of Governors, 1977 – 1981
- American Bar Association, Natural Resources Section, Vice Chairman/Natural Gas Transportation Committee, 1986 – 1990
- American Public Power Association, Legal Section, Member
- Old Dominion University Research Foundation, Board of Trustees, President, 2001-2002, 1987 – 2003
- Virginia State Bar, Member
- District of Columbia Bar Association, Member
- American Judicature Society, Member
- U.S. Supreme Court Historical Society, Member
- Richmond Bar Association, Member
- Virginia Association of Defense Attorneys, Member
- Governor’s Advisory Commission on Workers’ Compensation, Commissioner, 1992 – 1993
Published Works
- “Surviving Litigation: How to Avoid or Defend a Malpractice Suit”, American Institute of Certified Public Accountants, July, 1989
- “Virginia Workers’ Compensation”, (Co-Author), Virginia State Bar, 1987
- “Virginia Workers’ Compensation”, (Co-Author), Virginia State Bar, 1990
- “Virginia Workers’ Compensation”, (Co-Author), Virginia State Bar, 1992
- “Virginia Workers’ Compensation”, (Co-Author), Virginia State Bar, 1994
- “Virginia Workers’ Compensation”, (Co-Author), Virginia State Bar, 1998
- “Americans with Disabilities Act: Impact on Employers”, Virginia Bar Association Journal, 1992
Classes/Seminars
- Speaker, “Americans with Disabilities Act: Impact on Employers”, Virginia Bar Association, 1992
- Guest Speaker, Annual Meetings of the Virginia Society of Certified Public Accountants, Bermuda, 1985
- Guest Speaker, Annual Meetings of the Virginia Society of Certified Public Accountants, Roanoke, 1986
- Guest Speaker, Annual Meetings of the Virginia Society of Certified Public Accountants, Williamsburg, 1992
- Guest Speaker, Annual Meetings of the Virginia Society of Certified Public Accountants, Auditing and Tax Conference, 1989
- Guest Speaker, Annual Meetings of the Virginia Society of Certified Public Accountants, Auditing and Tax Conference, 1991
- Guest Speaker, Annual Meetings of the Virginia Society of Certified Public Accountants, Auditing and Tax Conference, 1994
- Guest Speaker, Annual Meetings of the Virginia Society of Certified Public Accountants, Auditing and Tax Conference, 1996
- Guest Speaker, Annual Meetings of the Virginia Society of Certified Public Accountants, Auditing and Tax Conference, 1998 – 2000
- Guest Speaker, Federal Bar Association on Regulatory Issues
- Guest Speaker on the Defense of Attorneys, Accountants, Insurance Agents, and Workers’ Compensation Claims