Phelan Petty Trial Attorneys

What Phelan Petty Trial Attorneys does

Phelan Petty Trial Attorneys (DBA Phelan Petty Injury Lawyers) is a privately held plaintiff-side trial law firm headquartered in Richmond, Virginia, representing individuals in personal injury, medical malpractice, product liability, and wrongful death matters throughout the state. The firm is structured as a partnership led by named partners Michael Phelan and Jonathan Petty, joined by partner Brielle Hunt and associate Christopher Yakubisin, supported by a small paralegal and intake team (six team members total). Its core offering is contingency-fee legal representation across practice-area modules including motor vehicle and trucking accidents, medical negligence, catastrophic injury (TBI, spinal cord, burn, amputation), product liability (defective vehicles, e-cigarettes/exploding batteries, pool drain entrapment), and wrongful death; it also serves as Virginia local counsel for out-of-state firms handling federal class actions and MDLs in the Eastern District of Virginia.

The go-to-market is sales-led rather than marketing-led: the firm relies on organic search, educational blog content, client and medical-professional referrals, video testimonials, and free case evaluations to source plaintiffs, and openly declines high-volume advertising in favor of selective acceptance of complex, trial-ready cases. The firm makes money exclusively through contingency-fee arrangements—clients pay no upfront fees and the firm recovers a percentage of settlements or verdicts—so revenue is event-driven and realized over multi-year case tails. Notable publicly listed results include a $3.75M wrongful death settlement, a $3.5M medical malpractice verdict, a $1.4M infant death settlement, and additional seven-figure recoveries for traumatic brain injury and birth injury matters. Practice differentiators rest on partner-level trial experience, prior defense-side exposure (Petty), scientific/medical fluency for technical claims, and repeat recognitions including Best Law Firms 2023/2024, AV Preeminent rating, Super Lawyers, AVVO, and AAJ Leaders Forum 2025.

The firm operates a single physical office on West Broad Street in Richmond, strategically located near federal and state appellate courts, and supplements in-person intake with home/hospital visits and remote (video/phone) consultations for injured clients. There is no disclosed product or technology platform, no external funding, and no parent company; growth to date has been organic, evidenced by the addition of a third partner, a new associate, expanded paralegal support, and broadening of the practice portfolio into emerging mass-tort verticals.

Name

Phelan Petty Trial Attorneys

Legal name

Phelan Petty Injury Lawyers

Website

https://phelanpetty.com

Company type

Private

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

1–10 employees

Short description

Phelan Petty Trial Attorneys is a Richmond, Virginia plaintiff-side trial law firm that selectively represents individuals in personal injury, medical malpractice, product liability, and wrongful death cases on a contingency-fee basis, and also serves as Virginia local counsel for out-of-state firms in federal MDLs and class actions.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Personal Injury Legal Services

NAICS

Offices of Lawyers (541110)

SIC

Services-Legal Services (8111)

akta.pro primary industry

Personal Injury & Insurance Defense (BPAHAAAM)

akta.pro secondary industry

Litigation Support & Expert Witness Services (BPAHALAG)

Keywords

• Personal injury law
• Medical malpractice litigation
• Product liability law
• Catastrophic injury representation
• Wrongful death claims

Headquarters

HQ city

Richmond

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Marketing or Sales

Revenue model

1. Legal Representation Fees: Phelan Petty operates on a contingency fee basis for personal injury cases, meaning clients pay no upfront fees and the firm receives a percentage of settlements or verdicts awarded. This is standard for personal injury law firms in Virginia.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels3 records

Marketing channels5 records

Core offering

Phelan Petty is a Virginia trial law firm that provides plaintiff-side legal representation on a contingency fee basis to individuals who have suffered catastrophic personal injuries, medical negligence, product-related harms, or wrongful death. The firm selectively accepts complex injury cases rather than high-volume claims, drawing on partner experience in medicine, science, and litigation to take cases to trial when necessary. It also provides local counsel services to out-of-state law firms handling federal litigation in the Eastern District of Virginia.

Product overview

Phelan Petty Injury Lawyers is a Virginia personal injury trial law firm offering legal services through distinct practice area modules. The core offering consists of personal injury and medical malpractice legal representation, supplemented by specialized services for motor vehicle accidents, product liability cases, catastrophic injuries, pool drain entrapment incidents, and explosion/fire injuries. The firm also provides local counsel services for out-of-state firms handling federal cases in Virginia. The practice areas function as interconnected service modules addressing various injury and negligence claim types.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Personal Injury Legal Services Contingency-fee legal representation for individuals injured by accidents, negligence, or wrongful acts, covering premises liability, sexual assault, and wrongful death matters in Virginia.

Quantifiable outcome

• Multiple multi-million dollar settlements and verdicts including $3.75M swimming pool drowning, $3.5M medical malpractice, $1.4M infant death, $1.35M stroke case, $900K premises fall, $750K cataract surgery injury, $500K scarring, $375K hospital fall

Named customers4 records

Segments4 records

Ideal customer profiles2 records

Technology focussed No

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Has API

No

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Partnerships

One partnership is on record.

• Out-of-State Law Firms (Various)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerPhelan Petty has established partnerships with out-of-state law firms requiring reliable local counsel in Virginia. They serve as the go-to firm for sophisticated local counsel services, partnering on individual catastrophic injury claims as well as complex class actions, multidistrict litigation, and mass tort litigation in Virginia federal and state courts.

Scale indicators2 records

Recent moves5 records

Expansion highlights4 records

Direct peers

• Law Offices of D. Scott Hicks: Virginia personal injury and workers' compensation firm representing injured individuals. Comparable plaintiff-side injury practice with similar contingency model and Virginia client base.
• Breit Drescher Imprevento: Virginia-based law firm with a personal injury and criminal defense practice. Comparable as a regional Virginia firm offering plaintiff injury representation under contingency fees.
• Allen & Allen: Long-standing Richmond, Virginia-based plaintiff personal injury firm handling car accidents, medical malpractice, and wrongful death. Directly comparable by geography, practice areas (PI/med-mal), and contingency-fee trial model.
• Kalfas & Kalfas: Small Virginia plaintiff personal injury firm offering contingency-based representation in injury and wrongful death matters. Comparable boutique PI scale and case-type focus.
• Marks & Harrison: Richmond-based Virginia personal injury firm covering auto accidents, medical malpractice, and wrongful death. Comparable by service offering, client segment, and contingency-based plaintiff practice.
• Geoff McDonald & Associates: Richmond plaintiff personal injury firm focused on car, truck, and motorcycle accidents. Comparable as a Virginia trial-oriented PI firm serving individual injury victims on contingency.
• Goodman Ecker & Suffridge: Northern Virginia personal injury and insurance defense-adjacent firm handling serious injury and wrongful death matters. Comparable plaintiff-side PI/catastrophic injury practice in Virginia.

Broad incumbents

• Jacoby & Meyers: National plaintiff personal injury firm with offices across multiple states. Overlaps with Phelan Petty on auto accidents and injury claims but competes primarily on volume and brand.
• Morgan & Morgan: Largest U.S. plaintiff personal injury firm with national advertising spend and broad PI/med-mal/product liability practice. Comparable in core practice areas but operates at far greater scale and with a volume-based model.

Regional players

• Gentry Locke: Regional full-service Virginia law firm with a litigation practice including personal injury and med-mal defense. Comparable as a Virginia-headquartered firm with overlapping personal injury exposure but broader corporate practice mix.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses4 records

Competitive moat3 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/phelan-krudys-petty-trial-attorneys

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Number of profiles

Profiles4 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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