Newport News Wrongful Death, Malpractice, Accident & Injury Law Firm
Avery T. Sandy Waterman, Jr. Esq.
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322 East Landing Williamsburg, Virginia 23185 USA |
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(757) 881-9881
(757) 249-3242
Law Firm Overview
Avery T. "Sandy" Waterman, Jr. Esq. is a partner in Patten Wornom Hatten & Diamonstein. He represents clients in wrongful death, brain injury, vehicle accident, medical malpractice, nursing home abuse, sexual abuse, crime victim and other personal injury cases.Mr. Waterman is distinguished as a mediation, settlement, trial and appellate lawyer at Patten, Wornom, Hatten & Diamonstein, L.C. in Newport News, Virginia. He has settled, tried, appealed and won the most nursing home and medical malpractice cases in the law firm and is referred cases by other attorneys across Virginia.
Mr. Waterman has been enjoying substantial successes throughout Hampton Roads for over a decade. Beginning in 1998, he notched a $1,250,000.00 medical malpractice verdict in Hampton and a million dollar settlement of a Newport News product liability case with a national vehicle manufacturer. More recently, his 2004 verdict for $850,000.00 in the City of Williamsburg and James City County was the then highest there. His 2005 jury award of $1,680,000.00 for a fall patient in Newport News received prestigious front page coverage in Virginia Lawyers Weekly and was one of the largest verdicts in Virginia. In 2006, that jury verdict was upheld by the Virginia Supreme Court in a landmark medical malpractice opinion. Since 2007, he has settled on a confidential basis two class actions certified in the United States District Courts for Newport News and Norfolk, one on behalf of 115 plaintiffs. In 2008, Mr. Waterman lobbied the Virginia General Assembly in opposition to House Bill 382, which inequitably stands to deny patients access to the true facts of their health care by providers who commit malpractice; and obtained record settlements of over $2,500,000.00 for Peninsula patient fall victims. In 2009, he settled a multi-claimant suit in state court, and is moving numerous patient fall, other malpractice and vehicle accident cases across Hampton Roads toward trial.
Large complex litigation is his forte. His cases feature "first impression" and other sophisticated issues. Mr. Waterman has prevailed in a dozen appeals before state and federal courts. He handles cases throughout Virginia and with local counsel in other states, such as Louisiana, North Carolina, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, Texas, and the District of Columbia.
Mr. Waterman brings to bear decades of personal injury experience, providing clients valuable perspective, skill and credibility. He also has the staying power to withstand common insurance defense delay tactics and to investigate, negotiate, litigate, mediate, try and/or appeal as may be warranted in his discretion
Mr. Waterman is licensed to practice in Virginia, Louisiana, and the District of Columbia. He is admitted to practice before all state and federal courts in Virginia and Louisiana, the United States Tax and Bankruptcy Courts, the United States Courts of Appeal for the Fourth and Fifth Circuits, and the United States Supreme Court.
Many court opinions of Mr. Waterman's cases are published. E.g., Kane v Hargis, 987 F.2d 1005 (4th Cir. 1992); Alley v. Chrysler Credit Corp., 767 F.2d 138 (5th Cir. 1985); Webb v. Stevens, 2008 U.S. Dist. Lexis 61480 (E.D.N.C. Aug. 11, 2008); Choimbol v. Fairfield Resorts, Inc., 2006 U.S. Dist. Lexis 19340 (E.D. Va. 2006); Zhu v. Rocco Farms, Inc., 1998 U.S. Dist. Lexis 21781 (W.D. Va. 1998); Riverside Hosp., Inc. v. Johnson, 272 Va. 518 (2006); Amchem Prods., Inc. v. Newport News Circuit Court Asbestos Cases Plaintiffs, 264 Va. 89 (2002); Waterman v. Halverson, 261 Va. 203 (2001); Pais v. Automation Prods, Inc., 36 Va. Cir. 230 (Newport News 1995); Treitler v. American Druggists' Ins. Co., 474 So.2d 475 (La. App. 1985); Evans v. Detweler, 466 So.2d 800 (La. App. 1984); Duckworth v. GEICO, 464 So.2d 907 (La. App. 1984); Landaiche v. Lou-Con, 461 So.2d 1107 (La. App. 1984); In re Tutorship of Werling, 459 So.2d 758 (La. App. 1984); and Mayeur v. American Cyanamid Co., 459 So.2d 292 (La. App. 1984). Several of his articles are published too: “Healthcare Policies, Procedures and Protocols: Discoverability, Abuse, Admissibility and Legislation,” 19 The Journal of VTLA 2, Spring, 2008; “Charitable Immunity: A Limited Doctrine,” 9 The Journal of VTLA 2, Spring, 1997; and “Negligent Retention: Alive and Well in Virginia,” 11 V.L.W. 253, Aug. 19, 1996.
Mr. Waterman is a member of “Who's Who in American Law,” the Williamsburg Bar Association, the American Association for Justice, the Virginia Trial Lawyers Association, and the Southern Trial Lawyers Association. He also is a member of VTLA's Williamsburg Society and has participated in its Justice Day, Bike Helmet Safety, Road to Virginia Justice, annual convention and other programs. He has been a judge at the Harvard University Mock Trial Competition in Cambridge, at the University of Virginia School of Law Moot Court Competition in Charlottesville, and at the William and Mary School of Law Moot Court Competition in Williamsburg; a continuing legal education panelist on Ethics; and an Adjunct Professor in Paralegal Studies at Tulane University.
The University of Virginia School of Law conferred its Juris Doctorate degree on Mr. Waterman in 1982. He earned his Bachelor of Arts degree in Economics in 1979 from the College of William and Mary in Williamsburg, where he attended on scholarship. As an undergraduate, he was selected as a President's Aide; admitted to Omicron Delta Kappa and Mortar Board, the national leadership honoraries, and to Omicron Delta Epsilon, the national economics honor society; and was listed in the College Register and Who's Who Among Students in American Universities and Colleges.
He resides in Kingsmill in Williamsburg with his four children – Katharine, Avery III, Christian, and Elizabeth – and has been involved in numerous school, athletic, charitable and social activities on the Peninsula. His past-times are travel, movies, music, biking and working out.
