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548									<img width="1200" height="630" src="https://www.eastcoasttriallawyers.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/04/ECTL-Super-Lawyers-2021.jpg" class="w-100 wp-post-image" alt="Super Lawyers 2021" decoding="async" loading="lazy" srcset="https://www.eastcoasttriallawyers.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/04/ECTL-Super-Lawyers-2021.jpg 1200w, https://www.eastcoasttriallawyers.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/04/ECTL-Super-Lawyers-2021-300x158.jpg 300w, https://www.eastcoasttriallawyers.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/04/ECTL-Super-Lawyers-2021-1024x538.jpg 1024w, https://www.eastcoasttriallawyers.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/04/ECTL-Super-Lawyers-2021-768x403.jpg 768w, https://www.eastcoasttriallawyers.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/04/ECTL-Super-Lawyers-2021-150x79.jpg 150w" sizes="auto, (max-width: 1200px) 100vw, 1200px" /></a></div>
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551								<h5 class="pb-2 mb-0"><a style="color: #1B75BB;font-weight: 600;" href="https://www.eastcoasttriallawyers.com/news/2021-super-lawyers/" title="Read more">Catherine Six Selected to the 2021 Virginia Super Lawyers List</a></h5>
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553								<div class="mb-lg-2"><p>East Coast Trial Lawyers is proud to announce that Catherine Six, a founding partner, has been selected to this year’s Virginia Super Lawyers list. Super&hellip;</p>
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568								<h5 class="pb-2 mb-0"><a style="color: #1B75BB;font-weight: 600;" href="https://www.eastcoasttriallawyers.com/news/super-lawyers-2020/" title="Read more">East Coast Trial Lawyers Super Lawyers 2020</a></h5>
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570								<div class="mb-lg-2"><p>East Coast Trial Lawyers is excited to announce that founding partner, Catherine Six, has been selected to Super Lawyers and Rising Stars for 2020. Super&hellip;</p>
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573								<div class="text-center text-lg-left"><a class="mr-0 mr-lg-5 pl-0 font-weight-bold" href="https://www.eastcoasttriallawyers.com/news/super-lawyers-2020/">Read More</a></div>
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581															<div class="col-lg-12 p-0 pb-3 mb-sm-0 m-auto"><a class="post-thumb" href="https://www.eastcoasttriallawyers.com/news/east-coast-trial-lawyers-plc-expands-virginia-beach-office/">
582									<img width="1200" height="630" src="https://www.eastcoasttriallawyers.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/11/ECTL-blog-default.jpg" class="w-100 wp-post-image" alt="East Coast Trial Lawyers, PLC" decoding="async" loading="lazy" srcset="https://www.eastcoasttriallawyers.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/11/ECTL-blog-default.jpg 1200w, https://www.eastcoasttriallawyers.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/11/ECTL-blog-default-300x158.jpg 300w, https://www.eastcoasttriallawyers.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/11/ECTL-blog-default-1024x538.jpg 1024w, https://www.eastcoasttriallawyers.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/11/ECTL-blog-default-768x403.jpg 768w, https://www.eastcoasttriallawyers.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/11/ECTL-blog-default-150x79.jpg 150w" sizes="auto, (max-width: 1200px) 100v
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584								
585								<h5 class="pb-2 mb-0"><a style="color: #1B75BB;font-weight: 600;" href="https://www.eastcoasttriallawyers.com/news/east-coast-trial-lawyers-plc-expands-virginia-beach-office/" title="Read more">East Coast Trial Lawyers, PLC Expands Virginia Beach Office</a></h5>
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587								<div class="mb-lg-2"><p>Virginia Beach law firm, East Coast Trial Lawyers, is pleased to welcome attorneys Jeffrey M. Coombs and Macayla Nicolaison to the firm. To read the full&hellip;</p>
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825gform.initializeOnLoaded( function() {jQuery(document).trigger("gform_pre_post_render", [{ formId: "2", currentPage: "1", abort: function() { this.preventDefault(); } }]);        if (event && event.defaultPrevented) {                return;        }        const gformWrapperDiv = document.getElementById( "gform_wrapper_2" );        if ( gformWrapperDiv ) {            const visibilitySpan = document.createElement( "span" );            visibilitySpan.id = "gform_visibility_test_2";            gformWrapperDiv.insertAdjacentElement( "afterend", visibilitySpan );        }        const visibilityTestDiv = document.getElementById( "gform_visibility_test_2" );        let postRenderFired = false;        function triggerPostRender() {            if ( postRenderFired ) {                return;            }            postRenderFired = true;            gform.core.triggerPostRenderEvents( 2, 1 );            if ( visibilityTestDiv ) {                visibilityTestDiv.parentNode.removeChild( visibilityTestDiv );            }        }        function debounce( func, wait, immediate ) {            var timeout;            return function() {                var context = this, args = arguments;                var later = function() {                    timeout = null;                    if ( !immediate ) func.apply( context, args );                };                var callNow = immediate && !timeout;                clearTimeout( timeout );                timeout = setTimeout( later, wait );                if ( callNow ) func.apply( context, args );            };        }        const debouncedTriggerPostRender = debounce( function() {            triggerPostRender();        }, 200 );        if ( visibilityTestDiv && visibilityTestDiv.offsetParent === null ) {            const observer = new MutationObserver( ( mutations ) => {                mutations.forEach( ( mutation ) => {                    if ( mutation.type === 'attributes' && visibilityTestDiv.offsetParent !== null ) {                        debouncedTriggerPostRender();                        observer.disconnect();                    }                });            });            observer.observe( document.body, {                attributes: true,                childList: false,                subtree: true,                attributeFilter: [ 'style', 'class' ],            });        } else {            triggerPostRender();        }    } );
826</script>
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826
827<script type="application/ld+json">
828  [ {
829    "@context" : "http://schema.org",
830    "@type" : "LegalService",
831    "image" : "https://www.eastcoasttriallawyers.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/10/ECTL-logo-web.png",
832    "name" : "East Coast Trial Lawyers, PLC",
833    "telephone" : "757-352-2237",
834    "address":
835    [
836      {
837        "@type" : "PostalAddress",
838        "streetAddress" : "301 Bendix Road, Suite 460",
839        "addressLocality" : "Virginia Beach",
840        "addressRegion" : "VA",
841        "postalCode" : "23452",
842				"telephone" : "757-352-2237"
843      }
844    ]
845  } ]
846  </script>
846
847
848<script>
849//Async Font Awesome - Removes Render Blocking
850	function loadCSS(e, t, n) { "use strict"; var i = window.document.createElement("link"); var o = t || window.document.getElementsByTagName("script")[0]; i.rel = "stylesheet"; i.href = e; i.media = "only x"; o.parentNode.insertBefore(i, o); setTimeout(function () { i.media = n || "all" }) }loadCSS("https://cdnjs.cloudflare.com/ajax/libs/font-awesome/5.8.2/css/all.min.css");
851
852wow = new WOW(
853									{
854									offset:       100,          // default
855									mobile:       false,       // default
856								}
857								)
858								wow.init();
859</script>
859
860<!-- eastcoasttriallawyers.com -->
861<script type="text/javascript" src="//cdn.callrail.com/companies/661008383/d56ddd6d46da82216c9d/12/swap.js"></script>
861
862</body>
863</html>

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