Richard B. Baker is a partner at Protogyrou & Rigney, where he specializes in insurance defense, products liability and construction-related litigation.

Mr. Baker has represented institutional clients such as insurance companies and self-insured corporations, and tried over 100 jury trials varying in length from several days to several weeks.

He handles matters in all local jurisdictions as well as on Virginia's Peninsula and the Eastern Shore.
Mr. Baker has extensive trial experience in complex cases defending brain injury, wrongful death, severe personal injury and complex products liability matters.

Practice groups

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Construction law
Insurance defense
Product liability

Admitted to practice

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The Virginia Bar, 1988
Virginia Supreme Court
United States District Court for the Eastern District of Virginia
United States Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit

Academics

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Virginia Military Institute, (BA with distinction 1984)
Marshall-Wythe School of Law, College of William and Mary (JD 1987)

Law-related organizations

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American Bar Association
Norfolk-Portsmouth Bar Association
Virginia Association of Defense Attorneys
Virginia Bar Association
Virginia State Bar
   Litigation and construction law sections

Lectures-appearances-publications

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Lecturer: Advanced Personal Injury Practice in Virginia, National Business Institute, March 2005
Author-lecturer: Trial Advocacy in Virginia, National Business Institute, 2004
Author-lecturer: Trying the Automobile Injury Case in Virginia, National Business Institute, 2002, 2003
Lecturer-panelist: Ethics, Norfolk-Portsmouth Bar Association,
Lecturer-panelist: The Automobile Injury Case for Paralegals in Virginia, National Business Institute, 2002

Community Organizations

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Virginia Military Institute, Alumni Board, Regional Director, 1991-1997
Norfolk International Azalea Festival, 1992-1998, Vice Chairman, 1996
Norfolk International Azalea Festival, Chairman, 1997