Honorable J. Warren Stephens (Ret.)


Areas of Experience

Personal injury, professional malpractice, construction, commercial and product liability disputes.

Credentials

• Judge, 7th Judicial Circuit Court of Newport News, 1977-94; and several terms as Chief Judge thereof.
• Private Law Practice, 1951-77.
• Certified Mediator, Supreme Court of Virginia, since 1998.
• Former President, Newport News Bar Association.
• Former President, I’Anson-Hoffman American Inn of Court.
• Former Chair, 1st District Committee on Lawyer Discipline, Virginia State Bar.
• Former Director and Founder, Dominion National Bank of Peninsula.
• Former Member, Board of Trustees, St. Paul’s College.
• Former President, United Way of Virginia-Peninsula.
• Former Vestryman and Former Senior Warden, St. Andrew’s Episcopal Church of Newport News.
• United States Army, 1943-1946.
• University of Virginia School of Law, LL.B., 1951.
  University of Virginia, B.A., 1949.
  Virginia Military Institute, attended 1942-43.