Areas of Practice:

Jonnie L. Speight

Education

• Old Dominion University, B.A., magna cum laude, 1983
• Washington & Lee University, J.D., cum laude, 1986

Clerkships

• Supreme Court of Virginia, Honorable Roscoe B. Stephenson, Jr., Law Clerk, 1986 - 1989

Bar & Court Admissions

• Virginia, 1986
• U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals, Fourth Circuit
• U.S. District Court, Western District of Virginia
• U.S. District Court, Eastern District of Virginia
• U.S. Bankruptcy Court, Western District of Virginia

Classes & Seminars Taught

• Resolving Title Insurance Claims, December 2001
• Introduction to Workers' Compensation in Virginia, October 2002
• Doing Vocational Rehabilitation Right, June 2003
• Slips and Falls Under the Virginia Workers' Compensation Act, Sixth Annual Virginia Workers' Compensation Seminar, September 2003
• A Tale of Two Issues in Establishing Title as Insured, May 2004
• Elaboration on the Concepts of “Arising Out Of” and "In the Course of" Employment: Parking Lot Cases, Seventh Annual Virginia Workers' Compensation Seminar, September 2004.
• Medical Management and Vocational Issues in Virginia Workers' Compensation, March 2008
• T Minus 90: Trial Preparations In The 90 Days Leading To Opening Statement, October 2008.
• Adjunct Professor of Law, Washington & Lee University School of Law, Spring 2007 - Present.

Honors, Awards & Affiliations

• Outstanding Political Science Student, 1983
• Phi Kappa Phi Honor Society
• Omicron Delta Epsilon Honor Society in Economics
• Speaker, Alpha Chi National Convention March 1982, April 1983 (papers competitively selected for presentation)
• Co-author of "The Spot Oil Market." a statistical analysis presented at the 1984 International Studies Symposium
• Secretary, Alpha Chi National Honor Society, 1981 - 1982
• President, Alpha Chi National Honor Society, 1982 - 1983
• Third Place Oralist, 1984 Burks Moot Court Competition
• Nominee, 1984 Burks Best Brief Competition
• National Moot Court Team, 1984 - 1985
• Head Fellow, Burks Scholar Teaching Fellows, 1985 - 1986
• Kaufman & Canoles Law Firm Scholar, 1985 - 1986
• Staff Writer, The W&L Law News, 1984 - 1985
• Arts Editor, The W&L Law News, 1985 - 1986
• Listed in "The Best Lawyers in America" 2006 - 2010

Professional Associations and Memberships

• Roanoke Bar Association
  • Board of Directors, 1997 - 1999, 2009 - 2011
• Virginia Bar Association
• Virginia Association of Defense Attorneys
  • Vice Chair, VADA Workers' Compensation Section - 2002
  • Chair, VADA Workers' Compensation Section - 2003
  • Member and Southwest Virginia Regional Director, Board of Directors, 2005 - 2007
• Virginia Women Attorneys Association
  • Director at Large, Board of Directors, 2010 - 2011
• Virginia Self-Insurer's Association

Publications

• Commission Rules that Chiropractic Treatments to Nonspinal Injuries are Within the Scope of "the Practice of Chiropractic," 8 Journal of Civil Litigation (1996)
• From McGuinn to the Present: The Development of the DeFacto Award Doctrine in Workers' Compensation, 10 Journal of Civil Litigation 351 (1998)
• Analyzing Compensability of Accidents Occurring in Parking Lots under the Virginia Workers' Compensation Act, 18 Journal of Civil Litigation 243 (2006)

Military

• US Naval Air Reserves, 1978 - 1981