Experience
A graduate of the University of Virginia’s College of Arts and Sciences and School of Law, Lindsey Lewis initially joined Franklin & Prokopik’s Herndon, Virginia office as an Associate in 2010. Prior to that, she began her career at a civil defense firm in the District of Columbia after clerking for the Honorable Michael P. McWeeny, Chief Judge of the Fairfax County Circuit Court (state court), and interning for the Honorable James H. Michael, Senior Judge for the Western District of Virginia in Charlottesville, Virginia (federal court).
Lindsey relocated to Richmond in 2013 and joined an Am Law 200 Firm as a medical malpractice associate before opening F&P’s Richmond office in 2016.
Lindsey has extensive civil litigation experience in the areas of automobile/transportation liability (with an emphasis on commercial trucking), employment, premises liability, and professional liability, including defense of dental and nursing home claims. Her clients have ranged from multi-national companies to local small business owners. She also regularly represents doctors, dentists, nurses, and other health care professionals in connection with investigations by the Virginia Department of Health Professions and professional regulatory boards.
Recent Results Reported Opinions
- Obtained dismissal of traffic charges against a truck driver arising from a lane change accident.
- Obtained dismissal of a board complaint against a dentist arising from alleged negligent care in connection with fillings.
- Obtained dismissal of a negligence action against an amusement park on a 12(b)(6) Motion to Dismiss where the plaintiff alleged injuries sustained on a ride.
- BRENDA JOHNSTON v. WILLIAM E. WOOD & ASSOCIATES, INC., Virginia Supreme Court, Record No. 151160 (June 2, 2016) – The Virginia Supreme Court affirmed the Virginia Beach Circuit Court’s sustaining of Appellee’s Demurrer and dismissal of Appellant’s case with prejudice, upholding longstanding Virginia policy stating that no “advance” or specified length of notice is required when terminating an at-will employee.
- TERESA PARKER v. WENDY’S INTERNATIONAL CORPORATION, 41 F.Supp.3d 487 (E.D. Va. 2014) – The U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Virginia dismissed with prejudice Plaintiff’s claims of negligent supervision and serving adulterated food in connection with a case wherein Plaintiff alleged that she choked on a foreign object.
Activities
Lindsey is a member of the Virginia Bar Association and Virginia Association of Defense Attorneys. She enjoys taxiing her two children between school, the gym, and the field for gymnastics, field hockey, and soccer, and cheering enthusiastically from the sidelines. She also enjoys hiking and birding and has managed to turn the latter into a heated competition between family members.
