Best's Recommended Insurance Attorneys - General Defense
- Telephone: 757-623-3000
- Fax: 757-623-5735
- E-Mail: jchapman@cwm-law.com
- Website: www.cwm-law.com
Practice Areas
- Admiralty and Maritime Law
- Arbitration
- Autonomous and Unmanned Systems/Drones
- Bad Faith
- Builders Risk
- Cargo
- Casualty Defense
- Civil Rights Defense
- Commercial General Liability
- Commercial Litigation
- Construction Liability
- Construction Litigation
- Coverage Analysis
- Coverage Issues
- Creditors' Rights
- Cybersecurity and Data Privacy
- Employment Discrimination
- Employment Law (Management Side)
- Employment Litigation
- Employment Practices Liability
- Environmental Liability
- Environmental Litigation
- Errors and Omissions
- Examinations Under Oath
- Extra-Contractual Liability
- Fidelity
- Fire and Allied Lines
- Fire and Water Subrogation
- Inland and Ocean Marine
- Insurance Coverage
- Insurance Coverage Litigation
- Insurance Defense
- Insurance Fraud
- Insurance Litigation
- Lender Liability Defense
- Marine Insurance
- Mediation
- Negligent Security
- Patent Infringement Litigation
- Premises Liability
- Product Liability Defense
- Property and Casualty
- Public Liability
- Public Officials Defense
- Public Sector
- Railroad Law
- Real Estate Errors and Omissions
- Real Estate Litigation
- Self-Insured Defense
- State and Federal Courts
- Subrogation
- Surety
- Surety Bonds
- Technology
- Title Insurance
- Tort Liability
- Tort Litigation
- Toxic Torts
- Trade Secrets
- Transportation
- Truck Liability
- Trust and Estate Litigation
- Wrongful Death
- Wrongful Termination
About Us
CWM is an insurance defense and coverage law firm, serving the needs of American and London market insurers. Our insurance practice spans many P&C market segments, and we constantly strive to efficiently achieve the most favorable outcome in the shortest possible cycle time for a claim.
Client Information
Insurance Clients
Non-Insurance Clients
- Carter Machinery Company
- Coastal Precast Systems, LLC
- Norfolk Dredging Company
- Norfolk & Portsmouth Belt Line Railroad Co.
- PCL Construction Enterprises, Inc.
- Weeks Marine, Inc.
Personnel Information
Partners
James L. Chapman, IV
Norfolk, VA
- E-Mail: jchapman@cwm-law.com
Years of Experience: 37
Admitted
- Virginia, 1982
- North Carolina, 1998
Memberships:
- Defense Research Institute
- Federation of Defense and Corporate Counsel
- Housing Authority Defense Attorneys
- Maritime Law Association of the United States
- Southeastern Admiralty Law Institute
- National Association of Railroad Trial Counsel
- National Association of Subrogation Professionals
Education:
- Virginia Tech, B.A., 1979
- Washington and Lee University School of Law, J.D., 1982
Military:
Captain, U.S. Army, JAG Corps (1982-1986)
Darius K. Davenport
Norfolk, VA
- E-Mail: ddavenport@cwm-law.com
Years of Experience: 17
Admitted
- Wisconsin, 2002
- Virginia, 2007
Memberships:
- Defense Research Institute
- Housing Authority Defense Attorneys
Education:
- Norfolk State University, B.A., 1999
- University of Wisconsin Law School, J.D., 2002
Military:
Captain, U.S. Army, JAG Corps (2002-2006)
David C. Hartnett
Norfolk, VA
- E-Mail: dhartnett@cwm-law.com
Years of Experience: 9
Admitted
- Virginia, 2010
Memberships:
- Federal and Virginia Bar Associations
- Southeastern Admiralty Law Institute
Education:
- Old Dominion University, B.A., 2004
- University of Virginia, M.A., 2007
- University of Richmond School of Law, J.D., 2010
W. Ryan Snow
Norfolk, VA
- E-Mail: wrsnow@cwm-law.com
Years of Experience: 18
Admitted
- Virginia, 2001
Memberships:
- Virginia Bar Association (Past Chair, Construction & Public Contracts Section)
- Litigation Counsel of America, Fellow
Education:
- Franklin & Marshall College, B.A., 1998
- Washington and Lee University School of Law, J.D., 2001
Service Areas
Virginia Beach, Virginia, USA 19 miles
(This firm also appears in the Subrogation section of this publication)
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