John Messersmith

Background

About John Messersmith

As a founding shareholder and managing partner of KPMLaw, John has always held the belief that understanding clients’ business needs and goals is the key to a firm’s success. John earned his undergraduate degree from Virginia Tech in 1983 and his J.D. in 1986 from the University of Richmond where he was a member of the National Moot Court Team and the Order of the Barristers. Through both college and law school John worked as a labor foreman for an international specialty concrete company in order to pay his own way. John is proud of five children and along with his wife, continues to be a competitive athlete in sports associated with off road cycling.John maintains an AV® Peer Review Rating from Martindale-Hubbell, is a member of several defense organizations, including CLM and is a life member of the Multi-Million Dollar Advocates Forum. John is a frequent lecturer with organizations on topics associated with transportation and defense litigation and concentrates his practice in the areas of transportation law, para-transit, premises liability, and commercial litigation.Specialties: Trucking and transportation, auto liability, premises liability, restaurant and retail, legal malpractice, coverage, personal injury.