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411 East Franklin Street
Suite 600
Richmond, Virginia 23219-2200
(804) 697-2090
(804) 697-2190 (fax)
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Current Employment Position(s):

Shareholder and Director

Areas of Practice:

  • Products Liability and Toxic Tort Litigation
  • Business, Corporate and Commercial Litigation
  • Personal Injury Litigation
  • Trust and Estate Litigation
  • Partnership Disputes
  • Intellectual Property
  • Defamation and Slander
  • Insurance Law
  • Construction Law
  • Contract Litigation
  • Insurance Coverage Disputes
Bar Admissions:

  • Virginia, 1983
  • U.S. District Court Eastern District of Virginia, 1983
  • U.S. District Court Western District of Virginia, 1984
  • U.S. Court of Appeals 4th Circuit, 1983
  • U.S. Court of Appeals 6th Circuit, 1991
Representative Cases:

  • Contreras v. Thor Norfolk Hotel, L.L.C., 292 F.Supp.2d 798 (E.D.Va. 2003)

  • General Nutrition Corp. v. U.S. Fire Ins. Co., 173 F.3d 850; 1998 WL 998361 (4th Cir.(Va.) 1998)

  • Circuit City Stores, Inc. v. OfficeMax, Inc., 949 F.Supp. 409, 65 USLW 2504, 42 U.S.P.Q.2d 1194 (E.D.Va. 1996)

  • Circle Lanes, Inc. v. Time Inc., 91 F.3d 129, 1996 WL 426866 (4th Cir. (Va.) 1996)

  • Miller v. American President Lines, Ltd., 989 F.2d 1450, 61 USLW 2590 (6th Cir.(Ohio) 1993)


Henry N. Ware, Jr. 

Harry Ware is a trial attorney with over 20 years' experience in litigation and dispute resolution, practicing across the country in federal and state courts. His experience extends over Products Liability and Toxic Torts; Insurance Coverage; Fire Loss; Business and Contracts; Partnership and Shareholder Disputes; Maritime; Commercial, Financial and Banking; Corporate; Intellectual Property; Probate, Estates and Trusts; and Real Estate and Construction litigation. He has successfully represented clients ranging from individuals and small companies to large, multinational corporations.

Harry defends products liability and toxic tort cases involving personal injury, wrongful death, premises liability and property damage in state and federal courts throughout the nation. He has developed comprehensive strategies for handling large numbers of complex cases such as mass multi-jurisdictional toxic tort litigation and has successfully implemented those strategies in the courtroom, serving as national coordinating, regional and local trial counsel for clients in mass tort litigation.

Harry also has defended individual cases for manufacturers and sellers of an array of products including pharmaceuticals, water heaters, cranes, marine and land based turbines, turbine generators and associated equipment such as pumps; motors, industrial laminates, wallboard, switchgear, brakes and gaskets. In addition, he has handled cases involving allegedly toxic substances such as asbestos, PCBs and toxic fumes, as well as automobile, general negligence, premises liability, defamation and intellectual property cases.

Harry is AV rated by Martindale-Hubbell and is a member of the Richmond Bar Association and Virginia Bar Association. He currently serves as Chair of the Civil Litigation Section of the Virginia Bar Association (2008-2010) and is past Chair of the VBA's Corporate Counsel Section.

After graduation from the University of Virginia, Harry worked as a bank auditor in Richmond before attending Law School at the University of Richmond. He lives in Manakin Sabot, Virginia with his wife and 3 sons and enjoys hunting, fishing, boating and farming.

Education:
  • University of Richmond, The T.C. Williams School of Law, Richmond, Virginia
    J.D.
    Honors: International Academy of Trial Lawyers Trial Advocacy Award
    Law Review: University of Richmond Law Review, Member, 1981 - 1983
    Law Review: University of Richmond Law Review, Associate Editor, 1982 - 1983

  • University of Virginia, Charlottesville, Virginia, 1977
    B.A.

Professional Associations and Memberships:
  • Virginia Bar Association, 2008 - Present
    Chair, Civil Litigation Section Council
  • Virginia Bar Association, 2000 - 2002
    Chair, Corporate Counsel Section
  • Virginia State Bar
    Member
  • Bar Association of the City of Richmond
  • Defense Research Institute
Past Employment Positions:
  • Cook, Ware, Lonnes & Heyward, P.C., 1993 - 2001

  • McGuireWoods, 1985 - 1993

  • May & Miller, 1983 - 1985

Birth Information:

November, 1954, Richmond, Virginia



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