Michael Leon Shortridge

Martindale-Hubbell highest rating (AV).

Graduated from the University of Virginia in 1979 and the University of Virginia School of Law in 1982. Started out with an insurance defense and business litigation firm. Represented many of the major insurance companies (auto, health, life, fire, products liability, bonds, etc) . Began representing injured individuals and companies. Gained familiarity with the Bankruptcy Code and Article 9 of the Uniform Commercial Code by advising creditors, documenting secured transactions for creditors, and representing creditors in civil litigation and in bankruptcy courts in Va., Ky., and Tn. Served as a Chapter 7 bankruptcy trustee for approximately 5 years. Served on the board of directors of a bank for approximately 5 years. Served as a labor arbitrator for several years. Served as the main outside counsel for a hospital for over ten years.

Managing Partner, Shortridge and Shortridge, P.C., Norton, Va., 1984-2000, and Abingdon, Va., 2000 to the present. Associate, Mullins, Winston, and Robertson, Norton, Va. 1982-1984. Summer Intern, Office of the Attorney General of Virginia, Richmond, Va., 1981. Adjunct Instructor, Clinch Valley College of the University of Virginia, Wise, VA., 1987 (taught Business Law), 1996-97 (taught State & Local Government).

President, Wise County Bar Association, 1996.
Director, Governing Board of the Bankruptcy Section of the Virginia Bar Association, 1992-1995.
Director, Big Stone Gap Bank & Trust Company, Big Stone Gap, Va. 1987-92.
Director, Client Centered Legal Services, (a legal aid society), Castlewood, Va. 1987-93.
Director, Hope House, (a shelter for battered spouses), Norton, Va., 1987-92.
Director, Pro-Art (a chapter of the Va. Museum of Art), Wise, Va., 1984-89.
Member, Virginia State Bar Special Committee on Lawyers Malpractice Insurance, 2008 to 2013.

• Car Accidents
• Civil Litigation
• Creditor's Rights & Representing Creditors in Bankruptcy Court

Virginia

4th Circuit

Since 1984

6th Circuit

Since 1997

Supreme Court of Kentucky

Since 1996

Supreme Court of Virginia

Since 1982

U.S District Court, Eastern District of Kentucky

Since 1996

U.S. Bankruptcy Court, Western District of Virginia

Since 1982

U.S. District Court, Eastern District of Tennessee

Since 1995

U.S. District Court, Western District of Virginia

Since 1982

U.S. Supreme Court

Since 1987

University of Virginia School of Law

J.D. (1982)

1979 - 1982

University of Virginia

B.A. (1979)

1975 - 1979

Honors: Graduated with Distinction (Honors).

Activities: Member of ATO fraternity; resident advisor in a 1st year dorm.

Virginia State Bar

Member

Current

Kentucky Bar Association

member

Current

Virginia Creditor's Bar Association

member

Current

American Bankruptcy Institute

Current

"Wrongful Discharge Suits Based Upon An Employee's Filing a Worker's Compensation Claim: Tactics and Defenses," Journal of Civil Litigation, Vol 5, #1, at 13-25, (1993).

"Why Virginia Should Not Adopt the Proposed Amendment to Section 402A of the Restatement of Torts," Paper delivered at the 1994 Annual Convention of the Virginia Association of Defense Attorneys at the Boar's Head Inn, Charlottesville, Va.