Cornell Lovitt
Partner, Newport News
Cornell grew up on the Peninsula and runs the Newport News office. Families come to him after a death or a catastrophic injury, when the first job is to slow everything down.
He is known in the office for explaining things twice, once for the client and once for whoever is sitting beside them.
Works on
- Wrongful death
- Serious injury
- Medical negligence
Credentials
Bar admissions
Virginia
1984
Courts
Circuit courts of the Peninsula
U.S. District Court, Eastern District of Virginia
Education
J.D., Howard University School of Law
B.A., Hampton University
Languages
English
Memberships
Virginia State Bar
Peninsula Bar Association
In the room
How Cornell works with families
He keeps the first meeting short and the second one longer. The first is to listen. The second is to answer.
He’ll come to your home or a hospital room, and he’ll bring a notebook, not a laptop.