Personal Injury

• Personal Injury Claims
• Automobile Accidents
• Traffic Offenses
• Dog Bites
• DWI

VA, Jan 1998
Bar Number: 43090

• Virginia, 1998
• U.S. District Court Eastern District of Virginia, 1999
• U.S. Court of Appeals 4th Circuit, 2000
• U.S. District Court Western District of Virginia, 2001

• Prince William County Bar Association
• Fairfax County Bar Association
• Virginia Trial Lawyers Association
• American Association for Justice

I have attended continuing legal education seminars in regards to personal injury, automobile accidents, and traffic offenses.

The Virginia Car Accident Guide

The Insider's Guide to Dog Bite Claims in Virginia

Reckless Driving: Special Report

DUI/DWI: Special Report

If Your Doctor Knew a Mistake was Made During Your Care, Then He Would Report it, Right? WRONG!

Caught in the Act II - Another Insurance Company Caught Falsifying Evidence

I represent victims of personal injury and automobile accident cases in Fairfax, Prince William, and Fauquier Counties in Virginia.

CAUGHT IN THE ACT
During the course of my representation of a young, professional lady who was injured in a slip and fall incident in a commercial building in Fairfax, Virginia, I discovered that the insurance company defending the building owner had submitted falsified and blatantly untrue photographs as part of its denial of my client's claim.

In this case, the client was returning to her office building after eating lunch off the premises. The weather outside was very messy and included snow, ice and rain. As the client entered the building, which had marble floors, she slipped on a pool of water that had collected in the middle of the foyer. She then fell forward, twisted her back and fell into the wall.

During this fall, she ruptured a disc in her lower back and ultimately required neurosurgery to treat her injury. As would be expected, she missed a great deal of time from work and faced the unpleasant prospect of tens of thousands of dollars in medical bills. When she submitted her claim to the insurance company for the building owner, it was denied and the insurance company told her that it was her fault that she fell.

After receiving this denial, she turned to me to prosecute her case. As the lawsuit against the property owner and management company progressed, the insurance company defending these entities produced pictures of what it claimed to represent the condition of the lobby at the time my client fell. These pictures included "warning" signs and long rugs for folks entering the building. My client and an independent witness denied that any such signs or rugs were present that day. Obviously, this discrepancy in the version of the state of the lobby was troublesome for my client. The photographs, if believed by a jury, demonstrated that the building owner and manager had taken the steps necessary to alert people entering the lobby that the floors were wet and possibly slippery. This could have been deadly to the case.

However, after a great deal of investigation, including review of the records of the National Weather Service, I discovered that the time stamps on the photographs had to be false! The National Weather records clearly demonstrated that there was full cloud cover with precipitation falling at the time the pictures were taken (which supported my client's version of events); however, the photographs showed sunlight beaming through the lobby windows and reflecting off the marble floors! I presented proof of the falsity of the photographs to the mediator in the case, and the insurance company promptly settled the case for a sum of money well into the six-figure range.

This is just another example of the lengths to which the insurance industry will go to deny and avoid payment of valid personal injury claims. In light of the prospect of facing these kinds of antics, injured people need the skill and experience, that I bring to the table. Don't be another victim - retain the Parrish Law Firm for your case.

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The Parrish Law Firm has a clear mission - to provide the highest quality legal services to our clients in a cost effective and conscientious manner. The firm handles motorcycle, bicycle, car, truck, boat and other types of injury accident cases, as well as claims for wrongful death and dog bite/attack cases throughout the Commonwealth of Virginia, including Prince William, Fairfax and Fauquier Counties. As Principal Attorney, I use the "Inside Information" I obtained while defending insurance companies to the advantage of my clients, and have recovered millions of dollars in judgments and settlements for them.

For the first several years of my career (which now spans more than decade), I was regularly retained by the big insurance companies to defend personal injury claims and protect the insurance companies' money. After a while, it became clear to me that the results I was achieving (and yes, I was very good at protecting the insurance money from those injured folks) were not fair or just. I began to see that many good people were being taken advantage of by the insurance industry. So, I decided to take cases on behalf of people opposing the insurance companies and use my "inside information" and knowledge of the insurance industry to the benefit of my clients.

The Parrish Law Firm was officially founded in 2004.

I used to work for the insurance companies. I defended automobile accidents, slips and falls, dog bites and medical malpractice claims, just to name a few.

Professional Accolades:
• Fairfax Bar Association: Pro Bono Law Firm of the Year
• Board of Directors: Prince William County Court Appointed Special Advocates (CASA)
• Special Guest Lecturer: Fairfax County Criminal Justice Academy (County Sheriff's Office)

Stephanie Ayala

(571) 229-1818

Monday through Friday
8:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m.

Also by appointment.

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Fairfax Office
4000 Legato Road
Suite 1100
Fairfax, VA 22033
(571) 229 1800

Fees are determined on a case by case basis.

$375.

I offer a free initial consultation for as long as is needed.

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