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John E. Falcone

434/455-5936 direct
434/847-0141 fax
jfalcone@pldrlaw.com
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Practice Areas: employment, business and construction litigation; 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

Peer Review Rating:  Martindale-Hubbell® Rating - AV-Preeminent

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 (2003-2013; Chairman, 2011-2013); Society for Human Resource Management of Central Virginia; 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