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  • University President Out as Defendant

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  • Child’s Statements to Social Worker Admissible

    In a proceeding for termination of mother’s parental rights to three of her four children, the Court of Appeals affirms the trial court’s admission of one child’s statements to a social worker about sexual abuse by mother and men living with her; this testimony is admissible in this civil proceeding under § 63.2-1522, and ample [...]

  • Firefighter’s Heart Condition Not Compensable

    The Court of Appeals affirms the commission’s denial of benefits to a retired firefighter based on the testimony of his treating physician that he had a heart condition likely caused by a genetic defect; the commission is not required to accept the conflicting testimony of an independent medical examiner who saw firefighter only once. Firefighter retired [...]

About Us

postdateiconPublished on Saturday, 25 June 2011 05:00 | postauthoriconWritten by Super User

Cardon & Goodman, PC is a Hampton Roads, VA-based law firm serving clients in the areas of traffic, criminal and personal injury law. We are committed to achieving positive outcomes in all of our cases.

 

 WHY HIRE ME AS YOUR LAWYER?

David A. Cardon, Esquire

David A. Cardon, a native of Hampton Roads, has been serving clients in the areas of traffic, criminal and personal injury law in Virginia since 1996.

 

A graduate from the College of William & Mary, Mr. Cardon received his law degree from the T.C. W

illiams School of Law at the University of Richmond.


Before forming the law firm of Cardon & Goodman with Erin Goodman, Esquire in 2003, Mr. Cardon was an associate with Clark & Stant, which merged with Williams Mullen in 1999. He left Williams Mullen in 2001 to organize a solo practice. He is admitted to practice before the Supreme Court of Virginia, the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Virginia and the United States Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit.

 

He is a member of the Virginia State Bar, the Virginia Bar Association, and the Virginia Beach Bar Association.

 

Mr. Cardon has been a frequent contributor to the military magazine, Soundings, and the Virginia Trial Lawyers Law Journal. He also has been a frequent guest on WHRV 89.5 FM's radio show "Hearsay" with Cathy Lewis where he answered listener's legal questions.


 

 

Erin J. Goodman, Esquire

Erin J. Goodman practices traffic, criminal, domestic relations, and personal injury law in the General District Courts and Circuit Courts for the cities of Virginia Beach, Chesapeake, Hampton, Newport News, Norfolk, Portsmouth and Suffolk as well as in the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Virginia.

Before joining David A. Cardon in the law firm of Cardon & Goodman in 2003, Ms. Goodman was an associate with George Holton Yates, P.C. practicing criminal and traffic litigation. She is admitted to practice before the Supreme Court of Virginia and the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Virginia. She is a member of the Virginia State Bar and the Virginia Beach Bar Association.

Ms. Goodman is a 1991 graduate of James Madison University and received her law degree from George Mason University in 1997. She was admitted to practice in the courts of Virginia in 1997 and admitted to practice in the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Virginia in 1999.

 

 

DISCLAIMER: David A. Cardon is an attorney at the Virginia Beach office of Cardon and Goodman, P.C. who concentrates his legal practice in traffic, criminal, and personal injury law. Mr. Cardon provides the materials contained above as a public service and on an informational basis only. These materials are not intended to be a comprehensive statement of Virginia law, and are not intended to convey legal advice.


If you have a legal problem, you should consult with an attorney in your area who can investigate the particular circumstances of your situation. You can contact David Cardon, Esquire at (757) 306-9060 or  This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. .

 

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