Dawn E. Boyce

Principal
3920 University Drive
Fairfax, Virginia 22030
(703) 385-1000 Telephone
(703) 385-1555 Facsimile
dboyce@vadctriallaw.com

Areas of Practice

Civil litigation and trial practice in Federal and State Courts throughout Virginia and the District of Columbia, with emphasis in the areas of:

• Workers’ Compensation
• Personal injury and Premises Liability
• Insurance law and Coverage Disputes
• Insurance Fraud investigation
• Construction and Mold Litigation
• Contract law

Education

• Undergraduate: College of William & Mary (B.A., 1988)
• Graduate: George Mason University School of Law (J.D., 1991)

Employment

• Principal, Bancroft, McGavin, Horvath & Judkins, P.C. (1999-present)
• Associate Attorney, Trichilo, Bancroft, McGavin, Horvath, & Judkins P.C. (1991-1998)
• Intern for Chief Justice Stephen W. Rideout Alexandria Juvenile and Domestic Relations Court (1990)

Bar Memberships

• Virginia, 1991
• District of Columbia, 1993

 Martindale-Hubbell Rating

• AV

Court Admissions

• U.S. Court of Appeals (D.C. Circuit) (2001)
• U.S. District Court, W.D. Va. (2000)
• U.S. District Court, D.C. (1999)
• District of Columbia Court of Appeals (1993)
• U.S. Court of Appeals (4th Circuit) (1991)
• U.S. District Court, E.D. Va. (1991)
• Virginia Supreme Court (1991)

Professional Associations

• Virginia State Bar
• District of Columbia Bar
• Virginia Association of Defense Attorneys (Chair, Auto and Premises Liability Section, 2006-2007; Board of Directors, 2009 - ____)
• Fairfax Bar Association
• DC Defense Lawyers Association
• Virginia Women Attorneys Association (Northern Virginia Chapter Judicial Co-chair 2003-2004, Judicial Chair, 2004-2005)
• Defense Research Institute

Reported or Published Cases

• Estate of James v. Peyton, 277 Va. 443, 674 S.E.2d 864 (2009).
• Marblex Design Int'l v. Stevens, 54 Va. App. 299, 678 S.E.2d 276 (2009).
• Hospice Choice, Inc. v. O'Quin, 42 Va. App. 598, 593 S.E.2d 554 (2004).
• Robinson v. Samuel C. Boyd, Inc., 822 A.2d 1093 (D.C. App. 2003).
• Sparshott v. Feld Entertainment, 311 F.3d 425 (D.C. Cir. 2002).
• Life Ins. Co. v. McCracken, No. 1495002, 2001 Va. App. LEXIS 62 (February 13, 2001).
• Strictly Stumps, Inc. v. Enoch, 33 Va. App. 792, 537 S.E.2d 19 (2000).
• Wall St. Deli, Inc. v. O'Brien, 32 Va. App. 217, 527 S.E.2d 451 (2000).
• Sparshott v. Feld Entertainment, Inc., No. 990551 (JR), 2000 U.S. District LEXIS 13789 (D. D.C. September 21, 2000).
• Granados v. Windsor Dev. Corp., 257 Va. 103, 509 S.E.2d 290 (1999).
• USAA Cas. Ins. Co. v. Randolph, 255 Va. 342, 497 S.E.2d 744 (1998).
• Granados v. Windson Dev. Corp./Windson Carpenters, 26 Va. App. 251, 480 S.E.2d 150 (1997).
• Gates Hudson & Associates v. Diaz, No. 0683974, 1997 Va. App. LEXIS 724 (November 25, 1997).
• Tran v. Brown's Servs., No. 1037974, 1997 Va. App. LEXIS 587 (September 9, 1997).
• Granados v. Windson Dev. Corporation/Windson Carpenters, 24 Va. App. 80 (1997).
• Wagner v. Jett Mechanical, No. 1844954, 1996 Va. App. LEXIS 162 (March 5, 1996).
• Liberty Mut. Ins. Co. v. Taubman Co., 81 F.3d 150 (4th Cir. 1996).
• St. Clair v. Great E. Resort Management, No. 1666954, 1996 Va. App. LEXIS 90 (February 6, 1996).
• Falls Church Constr. Corp. v. Valle, 21 Va. App. 351, 464 S.E.2d 517 (1995).
• Quant v. Salvation Army, No. 0079954, 1995 Va. App. LEXIS 583 (July 18, 1995).
• Lilly Trucking of Virginia v. Haley, No. 0106954, 1995 Va. App. 457 (May 23, 1995).
• Reed v. Columbia Cable, No. 2068944, 1995 Va. App. LEXIS 426 (May 9, 1995).
• CLC Constr. v. Lopez, 20 Va. App. 258, 456 S.E.2d 155 (1995).
• Nagrath v. Monroe Sys. for Bus., 65 F.3d 166 (4th Cir. 1995).
• Williams v. United States, 50 F.3d 299 (4th Cir. 1995).
• Craddock Moving & Storage Co. v. Settles, 247 Va. 165, 440 S.E.2d 613 (1994).
• Elliott v. Linens of the Week, Nos. 0721934, 0736934, 1994 Va. App. LEXIS 187 (March 29, 1994).
• A. T. Lori Enters v. Combs, No. 2441924, 1993 Va. App. LEXIS 225 (June 29, 1993).

Lectures and Seminars

• Virginia Labor & Employment Law Continuing
  Legal Education Seminar Sponsored by the National Business Institute, Inc., Successful Return to Work of Injured Employee, November, 1996.
• Virginia Labor & Employment Law Continuing Legal Education Seminar Sponsored by the National Business Institute, Inc., Recent Updates in Virginia Workers’ Compensation Law, November, 2000.
• International Association of Special Investigation Units, Virginia Chapter, Bodily Injury Fraud - Detect it, Stop It, October 2004 and May 2005.
• VTLA, Evidence for the Trial Lawyer Seminar, What to Have in Your Trial Notebook, November 2005.
• VADA, Auto and Premises Liability Section, Updates in the Law, October 2007.
• VADA, Trial Tactics Workshop, March 2011.
• Workers’ Compensation and Litigation Client Seminars.

Publications

• Co-author: "Liability of Counties and Municipalities in Court", VTLA Journal, Fall, 1989.
• Co-author: "Pre-judgment Interest, Post-judgment Costs: Rarely Sought and Almost Never Collected", VTLA Journal, Fall, 1991
• Co-author: “The New Law of Personal Injury Indemnification”, VADA Journal, June, 2007.
• Co-author: “Sovereign Immunity for Authorities”, VADA Journal, Winter, 2009-2010.

Bancroft, McGavin, Horvath, & Judkins, P.C., handle  civil and business litigation defense, insurance law and defense, government and municipal law, workers' compensation, and DUI/traffic defense  cases throughout the  Commonwealth of Virginia and in the District of Columbia. Call (703) 385-1000 today for a free consultation or fill out our free case review form.