Thelma Basnight
Founding partner, Norfolk
Thelma opened the Norfolk office to give people hurt in a crash one person to call, from the first conversation to the last check.
She is the lawyer clients phone when an insurer’s offer arrives and they can’t tell if it’s fair. She reads it with them, line by line, and says what she would do.
Works on
- Car crashes
- Wrongful death
- Insurance disputes
Credentials
Bar admissions
Virginia
1991
District of Columbia
1994
Courts
Circuit courts of Hampton Roads
U.S. District Court, Eastern District of Virginia
Education
J.D., William & Mary Law School
B.A., Hampton University
Languages
English
Memberships
Virginia State Bar
Norfolk & Portsmouth Bar Association
In the room
What a first call with Thelma is like
She starts by asking what you’re most worried about, and it’s rarely the thing you came in to talk about.
Then she explains the next three things that will happen, so you aren’t surprised by any of them.