Our lawyers represent victims of violent crimes in cases against shopping malls, hotels, apartment buildings, and other commercial buildings where substandard security measures allowed criminals to victimize patrons.
We understand crime victims and fight for them. Peter Everett has testified before Congress on legislation designed to regulate the security guard industry and has addressed victim's rights issues on CNN's Larry King Live, ABC's 20-20 and The Oprah Winfrey Show. He has published several works in this area, including articles entitled "Establishing the Standard of Care in Inadequate Security Cases," published in the Journal of the Virginia Trial Lawyers Association, and "Direct Examination of Security Experts" and "Violence Comes to the Mall," published in Trial magazine. Mr. Everett served for ten years as a member of the Executive Committee of the Inadequate Security Litigation Group of the Association of Trial Lawyers of America (ATLA) and co-chaired that national litigation group for 5 years. He has acted as lead counsel or assisted in the representation of clients in inadequate security matters in Arizona, California, Florida, New York, the District of Columbia, Maryland, and West Virginia, as well as in federal and state courts in Virginia.