OUR ATTORNEYS
John E. Falcone
434/455-5936 direct
434/847-0141 fax
jfalcone@pldrlaw.com
Practice Areas: employment, business and construction litigation; criminal and traffic defense; personal injury; media law
Education: College of William and Mary, B.A. 1975 (Phi Beta Kappa, Omicron Delta Kappa); University of Virginia School of Law, J.D. 1978
Admitted to the Bar: 1978 (Virginia); admitted to practice in the United States Supreme Court, Fourth Circuit Court of Appeals, and United States District Court for Eastern and Western Districts of Virginia
Professional Experience and Activities: Assistant and Deputy Commonwealth's Attorney for the City of Lynchburg (1978–1980); Virginia State Bar; Virginia Trial Lawyers Association; American Association for Justice; Virginia Association of Criminal Defense Attorneys; Lynchburg Bar Association (President 1993-94); Virginia State Bar Special Committee on Media, Bench and Bar Relations; Panelist, Virginia State Bar C.L.E. seminar on media law (1992); Panelist, Prolegia C.L.E. seminar “Preventing Legal Malpractice” (2004); adjunct instructor of criminal law at Central Virginia Community College (1980's)
Community Activities: Lynchburg Electoral Board (Vice- Chairman, 2003-present); board member: Meals on Wheels; Woman’s Resource Center; Free Clinic of Central Virginia; member, St. Paul’s Episcopal Church (personnel committee, by-laws committee, Sunday school teacher); Virginia Legal Aid Society pro bono panel; Regional Arson Investigation Squad Advisory Committee