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Molly Shifflett: (434) 951-7331
Mena Mastronardi: (434) 951-6454
“I genuinely love the law, so I consider myself lucky that I get to help truly deserving people by doing what I love.”
Kyle’s practice is split between (1) appeals and critical motions and (2) representing plaintiffs in personal injury and products liability cases. He has successfully argued complex issues before the Supreme Court of Virginia, the United States Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit, the Court of Appeals of Virginia, federal district courts throughout Virginia, and the Virginia circuit courts. He has built a state-wide reputation for his legal knowledge and advocacy, and has been recognized as a “Best Lawyer” in Virginia’s appellate bar since 2016. In addition to his own appellate practice, Kyle also teaches Appellate Advocacy as an adjunct professor at Washington and Lee University School of Law.
The other half of Kyle’s practice is devoted to representing individuals who have suffered serious injury or the families of someone who has died as a result of the negligence of others. Though he has handled virtually all types of injury cases, he has particularly deep experience with cases involving tractor trailers or other commercial motor vehicles and cases involving workplace injuries or death that fall outside the worker’s compensation system, either because it was due to a defective product or because there was a contractor relationship involved. Other attorneys frequently consult with Kyle and bring him into their high-value cases to handle discrete, complex legal or evidentiary issues.
Kyle is an active leader in various statewide legal organizations. He is a member of the Boyd-Graves Conference. Kyle has chaired the Virginia Trial Lawyers Association’s amicus curiae committee, and has authored several amicus briefs on behalf of VTLA. He is a member of the VTLA Board of Governors, as well as a former member of the Board of Governors for the Litigation Section of the Virginia State Bar and the Judicial Candidate Evaluation Committee of the Virginia State Bar. His peers frequently call upon him to present at seminars and CLE courses on appellate advocacy and legal issues arising in civil litigation.
Before joining MichieHamlett, Kyle clerked for the Honorable Boyce F. Martin, Jr., of the United States Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit. Prior to that clerkship, Kyle practiced complex litigation with Troutman Sanders (now Troutman Pepper) and clerked for the Honorable Walter D. Kelley, Jr., of the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Virginia. A lifelong Virginia resident, Kyle lives in the Ivy region of Albemarle County with his wife and two sons. In his free time, he enjoys scuba diving, helping coach his sons’ sports teams, hunting, fishing, and physical fitness.
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Kyle’s practice is split between (1) appeals and critical motions and (2) representing plaintiffs in personal injury and products liability cases. He has successfully argued complex issues before the Supreme Court of Virginia, the United States Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit, the Court of Appeals of Virginia, federal district courts throughout Virginia, and the Virginia circuit courts. He has built a state-wide reputation for his legal knowledge and advocacy, and has been recognized as a “Best Lawyer” in Virginia’s appellate bar since 2016. In addition to his own appellate practice, Kyle also teaches Appellate Advocacy as an adjunct professor at Washington and Lee University School of Law.
The other half of Kyle’s practice is devoted to representing individuals who have suffered serious injury or the families of someone who has died as a result of the negligence of others. Though he has handled virtually all types of injury cases, he has particularly deep experience with cases involving tractor trailers or other commercial motor vehicles and cases involving workplace injuries or death that fall outside the worker’s compensation system, either because it was due to a defective product or because there was a contractor relationship involved. Other attorneys frequently consult with Kyle and bring him into their high-value cases to handle discrete, complex legal or evidentiary issues.
Kyle is an active leader in various statewide legal organizations. He is a member of the Boyd-Graves Conference. Kyle has chaired the Virginia Trial Lawyers Association’s amicus curiae committee, and has authored several amicus briefs on behalf of VTLA. He is a member of the VTLA Board of Governors, as well as a former member of the Board of Governors for the Litigation Section of the Virginia State Bar and the Judicial Candidate Evaluation Committee of the Virginia State Bar. His peers frequently call upon him to present at seminars and CLE courses on appellate advocacy and legal issues arising in civil litigation.
Before joining MichieHamlett, Kyle clerked for the Honorable Boyce F. Martin, Jr., of the United States Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit. Prior to that clerkship, Kyle practiced complex litigation with Troutman Sanders (now Troutman Pepper) and clerked for the Honorable Walter D. Kelley, Jr., of the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Virginia. A lifelong Virginia resident, Kyle lives in the Ivy region of Albemarle County with his wife and two sons. In his free time, he enjoys scuba diving, helping coach his sons’ sports teams, hunting, fishing, and physical fitness.
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