Our legal team is proud to serve clients in ROANOKE AND THROUGHOUT CENTRAL AND SOUTHWEST VIRGINIA
John P. Fishwick
- Attorney and Owner
Contact Info
Practice Areas
- Personal Injury
- Medical Malpractice
- Car Accident
- Criminal Law
- Commercial
- Civil Rights
- Consumer Protection
- Qui Tam
Education
- Washington and Lee University School of Law, Lexington, Virginia
- J.D. - 1983
- Honors: cum laude
- Harvard College
- B.A. - 1979
Bar Admission
- Virginia, 1983
- U.S. Court of Appeals 4th Circuit, 1983
- U.S. District Court Eastern District of Virginia, 1983
- U.S. District Court Western District of Virginia, 1983
- United States Supreme Court
Past Positions
- Hon. James C. Turk, Chief Judge, United States District Court, Western District of Virginia, Law Clerk, 1983 to 1984
- United States Attorney for the Western District of Virginia, 2015 to 2017
Professional Associations
- Ted Dalton American Inn of Court, Master, 2004 - Present
- Ted Dalton American Inn of Court, Executive Committee (2004 – 2015)
- Ted Dalton American Inn of Court, President (2011-2013)
- Virginia Trial Lawyers Association, Board of Governors (2002-2011)
- Virginia Trial Lawyers Association, Chair, Commercial Litigation Section (2002-2008)
- Virginia Trial Lawyers Association, Chair, Business Litigation Section (2008-2011)
- Virginia State Bar, Bar Council (2001-2007)
- Virginia State Bar, Standing Committee Legal Ethics (2003-2007)
- Virginia State Bar, Member, Board of Governors, Criminal Law Section (2012-2013)
- Virginia Bar Association, Committee Member, Federal Judgeship, Western District (2008-2013)
- Roanoke Bar Association Board of Directors, 2019 - Present
- Chaired, United States Magistrate Selection Committees for Western District of Virginia (1997, 2003, 2011, and 2019)
Honors
- Southern Christian Leadership Conference, 2016 Drum Major for Justice Award (for civil rights work)
- Selected, Best Lawyers of America, 2005 - 2015, 2019, 2020
- Progressive Democrats of America, 2011 Leadership & Activism Award (for civil rights work)
- Selected, Virginia Super Lawyers, 2008-2015, 2019, 2020
- Selected Virginia Business Magazine, Legal Elite 2018, 2019, 2020
- Selected, President's Volunteer Service Award, Bronze, 2018
Pro-Bono Activities
- Board of Trustees, Taubman Museum of Art, 2017 to Present
- Board of Directors, Roanoke Higher Education Center Foundation, 2019 to Present
- Member, Roanoke College Parent Leadership Council, 2019 to Present
- Volunteer, Virginia Reserve Medical Corps, 2020 to Present