Danville

If you are a resident of Danville and you’ve been injured, you need to make sure you hire a LOCAL, skilled trial lawyer to represent you. You have probably seen a number of new billboards and ads popping up from personal injury firms that want to represent you in our local state courts. Many of these are actually lawyers based in faraway cities, such as Richmond or even Atlanta or Florida. These lawyers have no connection to Danville and therefore no experience trying cases in our courts or any courthouses in Southwest Virginia. Does that matter? Absolutely!

At Munro Byrd, PC, Ben Byrd and Devon Munro are long-time local residents of Southwest Virginia. We have lived in the area for decades, our kids go to school here, and we are deeply invested in our communities. Because both Devon and Ben went to law school in Lexington, Virginia (Rockbridge County) and often serve there with various organizations or consult with attorneys in that area on specialized cases, we maintain strong local ties throughout the region. But in addition to being local residents, we are actively involved in local businesses and social service organizations. Our firm is committed to the well-being of our community through service, including participation in the Roanoke Bar Association and other civic organizations. Our positive reputations with local colleagues and neighbors are something we have earned and care about. We take our involvement in the local court system seriously because we are accountable to both our clients and the professionals who staff those courts.

Additionally, we know that familiarity with the judges and clerks of our local courts matters. Virginia’s state court system is divided into “Circuits,” hence the title “Virginia Circuit Court.” The local circuits covering our primary practice areas include the 22nd Judicial Circuit, which serves Pittsylvania County, including Danville. The judges serving these courts often remain within a Circuit for many years, and practicing before them on a regular basis—handling motions, briefs, hearings, and trials—is essential to being effective in representing someone in what may be the most important fight of their life. Familiarity—and a lawyer’s personal reputation—with those courts, their judges, clerks, and jury selection procedures is a major advantage.

Out-of-town lawyers soliciting your case are not only unfamiliar with trying personal injury or business litigation in Danville courts, but they are typically not interested in doing so. What they want is to solicit a high volume of cases, settle them quickly, and typically for much less money than a skilled, local attorney who will take a personal interest in both you and your goals. At Munro Byrd, P.C., you are important to us not just because of our commitment to our clients, but because you are our neighbor. We drive these roads with you, send our kids to local schools with your kids, and care about making the area safer. We also care about our reputations here, which means that we care about how our clients talk about us to friends and family here in Danville. That’s how we intend to continue growing our law firm—by reputation earned through effort, ethics, and the best results we can achieve for everyone who trusts us.

The out-of-town billboard lawyers don’t live here, don’t work here, nor do they really intend to try any cases here. Indeed, most of them don’t have real offices in Danville, or even lawyers in them. Some send a franchise here from Richmond or Northern Virginia, but they are not truly local. So make sure you ask questions. Compare several different law firms, and give us a call too. We’ll answer your questions and make sure you know that you are important to us as neighbors, even if you don’t hire us.

How much is my case worth? What kinds of damages can I recover? What kinds of tricks do the insurance companies use? Do I need to go to trial, or can I settle my case? How do I pay your firm if we are successful? We answer all your questions and give you our best.

If you have been injured in a car crash, a truck collision, or due to the negligence of a person or business, please contact us to get a firm understanding of your rights! Our firm regularly handles personal injury cases of all kinds, and we are experienced trial lawyers with a track record of successful verdicts and settlements. We are here to help.

We cannot promise similar results in all cases. We litigate cases throughout Virginia, including in Danville, Roanoke, Salem, Lynchburg, Blacksburg, Christiansburg, Rocky Mount, Martinsville, Abingdon, Wytheville, Bedford, Covington, Harrisonburg, Richmond, Charlottesville, Lexington, and Staunton. We practice in rural areas such as Pittsylvania County, Henry County, Franklin County, Botetourt County, Craig County, Montgomery County, Giles County, Floyd County, and more. We also litigate in Virginia federal courts, including those in Roanoke, Abingdon, Danville, Harrisonburg, Charlottesville, Alexandria, and Richmond!