Leesburg, VA

Jonathan N. Portner

Mr. Portner is the President and Managing Partner of Portner & Shure, P.A. He is licensed to practice in MD, VA, and D.C. and represents clients in criminal defense, personal injury (motor vehicle accidents, medical malpractice, workers' compensation, drug and medical device injuries). He supervises seven offices and ten lawyers, securing millions in settlements and trial awards, with over $400 million recovered. He is known for his aggressive yet fair approach, focusing on client satisfaction and results. He is a member of the Multi-Million Dollar Advocates Forum and Lawyers of Distinction, recognized as a top trial lawyer in America. He has been featured in Time Magazine and The National Law Journal, and recognized by the National Top 100 Trial Lawyers for personal injury, workers’ compensation, and criminal defense. Other accolades include American Top 100 Attorneys, Million Dollar, Best Attorneys of America, and Lawyer of the Year for Criminal Defense. State-level recognition includes "Top 10" in Maryland by the American Institute of DUI/DWI Attorneys, One of Maryland’s Top 10 Attorneys, and "10 Best" for Criminal Law. He was also named Personal Injury Litigator of the Year by the American Institute of Trial Lawyers and a Top Rated Attorney by AVVO. He has dedicated firm resources to non-English speaking clients, providing services in Spanish, Chinese, Korean, and Vietnamese.

Peter C. Burnett

Peter Burnett is a graduate of Hobart College and Antioch School of Law. He has practiced law in Leesburg since 1977. Peter limited his practice to personal injury law when he founded Burnett & Williams in 1988. In addition to building the firm into one of Virginia’s oldest and most experienced personal injury law firms, Peter has compiled an impressive array of legal achievements, including obtaining the highest wrongful death verdict in Virginia history, obtaining the highest personal injury verdict in Loudoun County, and other record results. Peter has guided the firm through a number of noteworthy cases including multi-million-dollar settlements and verdicts for wrongful death, medical malpractice and automobile accident cases. He has earned a reputation as a relentless advocate who is always willing to negotiate carefully and creatively on behalf of his in pursuit of a fair outcome. In cases large and small, Peter works closely with clients to uncover every important detail and to convey a full understanding of their claims to the insurance adjustors and attorneys on the other side. For his dedicated service to his clients and the Virginia legal system, Peter has received numerous accolades and honors. Among them are Lawyer of the Year designated by U.S. News for Plaintiff’s personal injury in 2022 and induction into the Virginia Lawyers Hall of Fame. He has also served in leadership positions in the Virginia State Bar and locally having been President of the Loudoun County Bar Association, a member of the Virginia State Bar Council, Chairman of the VSB Diversity Conference, and Chairman of the VSB Judicial Nominations Committee. Currently, as the Chair of the VSB Senior Lawyers Conference, Peter assembled a team to produce a video on the importance of civility and professionalism for lawyers. It is intended to have multiple uses from presentations to 3rd year law students to continuing legal education seminars for practicing lawyers to law firm education for young associates. Peter has been committed to charitable activities in Loudoun County for many years. He is a founding director of the Loudoun Abused Women’s Shelter, a founding director and Chairman of Loudoun Cares, Co-Chairman of the Downtown Improvement Association, founder and Chairman of the Loudoun Law Foundation, and founding Chairman of the Virginia Diversity Foundation, the parent organization of the Ampersand Pantry Project. Whether salvaging a historic Leesburg structure, building a home for a valued member of the community, or planning for the future of downtown Leesburg, Peter is tirelessly devoted to the common good.

Morgan A. Whitlock

Morgan Whitlock is the founding attorney of Whitlock Law, LLC. She is licensed in Maryland and Virginia and focuses her practice on auto, tractor-trailer, and motorcycle accidents, as well as police brutality and premises liability actions. An active litigator, she has been recognized with multiple awards including Super Lawyers and National Trial Lawyers Top 40 Under 40 and Top 100 Civil Plaintiff. She is also a life member of the Million Dollar Advocates Forum and Multi-Million Dollar Advocates Forum.

Joseph King

Joe’s criminal defense portfolio includes defending some of the area’s most significant murder cases as well as defending federal white-collar matters, federal drug conspiracy and firearm offenses, state criminal matters, and DUI/DWI charges. His legal work has been recognized by Best Lawyers in America, Virginia, and Washington, D.C. Super Lawyers, and top regional publications The Washingtonian and Northern Virginia Magazine. In 2021 and 2022, Virginia Super Lawyers rated Joe as one of the top 100 lawyers in Virginia. Prior to establishing his private legal practice in 2008, Joe worked as an attorney at the Alexandria Office of the Public Defender, which has a number of alumni recognized among the Washington, D.C. metro area’s top trial lawyers. During his time as a public defender, Joe diligently worked on behalf of his indigent clients and attended the respected Trial Practice Institute at the National Criminal Defense College in Macon, Georgia. Joe received his Juris doctorate cum laude from The University of Michigan Law School in 2003. He earned a master's degree in History from George Mason University in 1996 and a bachelor’s degree in Physics from Mary Washington College in 1992. Joe is a fluent Spanish speaker.

Clinton O. Middleton

Attorney Clinton O. Middleton has over 30 years of legal experience, starting his career as a criminal defense lawyer and expanding into personal injury and mass tort cases over 20 years ago. He zealously represents clients in criminal defense, personal injury, and mass torts, including cases involving Depo-Provera, hair relaxers, Taxotere, AFFF foam exposure, and Roundup.

Ryan Campbell

Ryan is an experienced trial lawyer who has defended thousands of individuals in trial courts throughout Northern Virginia and has been recognized for his work by Washingtonian Magazine, Northern Virginia Magazine, and SuperLawyers. A central tenet to Ryan’s practice is service to others: There is no higher purpose than to serve this community and all of its members. It’s sometimes lost in other areas of legal practice, but serving individuals is central to the practice of criminal defense, family law, and personal injury law. Every person deserves the best advocate to stand up for them and tell their story. No matter what. Ryan was born and raised in Leesburg, Virginia - a small town at the time when he was growing up - where his parents and family knew most people in town. Every person was a neighbor and a friend. After graduating from Virginia Tech, he returned to the Capitol region and attended The George Washington University Law School. After law school, he clerked in the D.C. Superior Court and then joined the Public Defender’s Office in Alexandria. While with the Public Defender’s Office, he represented hundreds of clients through trial and participated in dozens of jury trials. During this time, Ryan spent nearly two years handling a juvenile delinquency docket, representing children accused of crimes, a distinct and particularly challenging area of criminal law. In the course of his career, he’s represented thousands of clients charged with criminal offenses ranging from DUI to Homicide. He’s also served as counsel in many civil matters including Protective Orders, Custody and Visitation matters, contested and uncontested divorces, Guardian ad litem, and various other civil matters. Over this time, Ryan has been privileged enough to represent thousands of deserving human beings that required a competent, experienced, and innovative advocate to tell their story to achieve the best possible result.

Richard D. Shure

Mr. Shure has been an attorney licensed in Maryland since 1991 and Virginia since 1995. He represents injured clients in personal injury, motor vehicle accidents, medical malpractice, and workers' compensation. He graduated from the University of Maryland as a three-time ACC All Academic student and played running back for the Terps football team. He graduated from Georgetown University Law School. He previously worked at a large Baltimore law firm and as in-house counsel for a national health care corporation, using this knowledge to negotiate millions in claims annually. His philosophy is aggressive yet thorough, leading to successful negotiations and multiple million-dollar awards. He remains on the board of a national health care corporation and is a member of the Million Dollar and Multi-Million Dollar Advocates Forum. He is a member of the Maryland State Bar Association, The Virginia State and Federal Bar Associations, and the Maryland Terrapin Club.