Virginia M. Buchanan

Medical Malpractice, Mediation
316 South Baylen Street, Suite 600, P.O. Box 12308
Pensacola, Florida 32501


Medical Malpractice

Admitted

1989, Florida; 1997, Alabama; U.S. District Court, Northern and Middle Districts of Florida;

Law School

University of Florida, J.D. with honors, 1988

Law School Graduation Year

1988

College

University of Florida, B.S., magna cum laude, Telecommunications, 1985

Memberships

Escambia-Santa Rosa (Chair, Grievance Committee; Member, Committees on: First Circuit Fee Arbitration; Judicial Liaison), Eighth Judicial Circuit (Chair, Grievance Committee for Process Servers) and American (Member: Legislation Affecting Litigation Subcommittee; Health Care Reform Subcommittee; Special Committee on Health Care; Sections on: Insurance; Premises Liability; Commercial Litigation) Bar Associations; The Florida Bar; Alabama State Bar; The Association of Trial Lawyers of America; Academy of Florida Trial Lawyers; Alabama Trial Lawyers Association.

Biographical

Order of the Coif; Phi Delta Phi. Bickel Scholar; Scripps-Howard Scholar. Member, University of Florida Moot Court Team. Finalist: Benton National Moot Court Competition, Chicago, Illinois; Florida Annual Moot Court Competition. Recipient, American Jurisprudence Awards. Author: False Claims, Trial Diplomacy Journal; Errata Sheets Aren't Just to Correct Misspellings, Summation, December 1995; Study Supplements Before You Take the Case, Trial Journal of the Association of Trial Lawyers of America November 1999. Member: Women's Life Center Advisory Board, West Florida Regional Medical Center; Sacred Heart Cathedral; Board of Directors, Shands Home Care Project.

Military