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Mr. Rhatigan is a partner in the Firm’s Tort Defense Group. He focuses his practice on medical malpractice defense matters and has extensive experience in commercial, professional and personal injury litigation. He has taken over 165 cases to verdict (jury, bench, courts martial) and has represented clients at hundreds of administrative and quasi-judicial hearings. Mr. Rhatigan has served as a Neutral Case Evaluator in the Circuit Court of Fairfax County, Virginia. He served in the United States Marine Corps Reserves until 1984, achieving the rank of Major. Legal Experience LeClairRyan, Richmond, Virginia, 2004-present St. Paul Fire and Marine Insurance Company, Regional Medical Coordinator and Senior Trial Counsel, Fairfax, Virginia, 1999-2003 Carr Goodson, Washington,DC, 1985-1999 Haden, Rhatigan & McMurtrie, Vienna, Virginia, 1977-1984 Carr, Jordan, Coyne & Savits, Fairfax, Virginia, 1973-1977 National Credit Union Administration, Deputy General Counsel, Washington, D.C., 1971-1973 United States Marine Corps, Staff Judge Advocate, 1968-1971 Research Assistant, Dean William D. Hawkland, State University of New York at Buffalo School of Law, 1967 Education State University of New York at Buffalo School of Law, J.D., 1967 University of Notre Dame, B.A., Political Science, 1964 Extended Information Representative Matters Lead counsel on the first indoor air quality case taken to verdict in Washington, D.C. in 1993. Classes and Seminars Taught Moderator/Presenter, Virginia MCLE Board, professional development seminars on dealing with bench/bar relations and professionalism among counsel Professional Memberships Virginia Association of Defense Attorneys Fairfax Bar Association Admissions Virginia District of Columbia New York Place of Birth Flushing, New York | 