Avery Waterman

Sandy Waterman is an award-winning personal injury lawyer, helping families in Hampton Roads and elsewhere obtain justice, compensation and closure. The Best Lawyers in America - the leading legal honor society in the United States - voted him their "Lawyer of the Year" for 2022 for Personal Injury and their "Lawyer of the Year" for 2014, 2016, 2018, 2020, and 2023 for Medical Malpractice in the Norfolk (Southeast Virginia) Region; and for 19 consecutive years from 2007 through 2025 have recognized him both for Medical Malpractice and for Personal Injury (vehicle accidents). Best Lawyers in America and U.S. News & World Report also named Waterman Law Centers to their 2021, 2022, 2023, 2024, and 2025 Best Law Firms with the top ranking, "Metropolitan Tier 1", again both for Medical Malpractice and for Personal Injury. Personally, he also has been named to Multi-Million Dollar Advocates Forum, to Virginia's Super Lawyers for 16 consecutive years during 2009-2024, to National Trial Lawyers Top 100 Lawyers in Virginia since its inception, to Top Lawyers in Hampton Roads, and to Top Lawyers in Coastal Virginia for 2021, 2022, 2023, 2024, and 2025 for Medical Malpractice. 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. Many court opinions of Mr. Waterman's cases are published. Several of his articles are published too. 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. Expertise: Vehicle Accidents, Medical Malpractice, Wrongful Death, Brain Injuries, and Other Personal Injuries. Large complex litigation, "first impression" issues, and other sophisticated cases are his forte.