Free Newsletter
Go To Lawyers: Mark S. Brennan Sr.
Principal, Woods Rogers Vandeventer Black, Richmond
Virginia Lawyers Weekly//October 22, 2025//
Years in practice: 39
Best known for: Medical malpractice defense litigation
Why I chose my practice area: It was the most interesting and challenging practice area.
Most memorable case: A defense verdict for a surgeon alleged to have stapled a mercury-filled dilator to patient’s stomach; a defense verdict for a nursing home against claims patient was smothered between railing and bed mattress.
What makes me a leader in my field: My experience and ability to evaluate claims efficiently and timely, plus litigation skills developed over decades.
Outlook for 2026: More use of AI and the usual annual increase in the cap on recovery of damages in medical malpractice cases.
Bar involvement/leadership roles: Member, Richmond Bar Association; chair, VSB Referral Service Committee; past chair, VSB MCLE Committee; member, Virginia Defense Lawyers Association, Virginia Bar Association Virginia Trial Lawyers Association
Representative clients: Medical College of Virginia Associated Physicians, LifeCare Medical Transports
Related Articles
Related Content
Verdicts & Settlements
- Medical Malpractice – Death from cancer followed stomach pain misdiagnosis
- Workers’ Compensation – Seasonal worker paralyzed in tobacco baler accident
- Medical Malpractice – Jurors side with doctor in suit over rescue surgery
- Motor Vehicle Negligence – Unicycle rider dies after being hit by car
- Premises Liability – Delivery driver injured by porch decking collapse
- Premises Liability – Fall down stairs at resort results in injuries, death
- Medical Malpractice – Jurors side with doctor in suit over rescue surgery
- Workers’ Compensation- Seasonal worker paralyzed in tobacco baler accident
- Medical Malpractice- Death from cancer followed stomach pain misdiagnosis
- Workers’ Compensation – Struck in face by forklift, woman suffers brain injury
- Negligence and Tort – Group home resident falls, sustaining femur fracture
Opinion Digests
- Negligence – Neighbors ordered to pay $300,000 for boundary wall collapse
- Fraud – Court vacates fraud judgment against home sellers
- Employment – Former employee’s claims against ODU are narrowed
- Civil Rights – Civil rights suit was filed too late
- Criminal – Woman dodges disorderly conduct conviction
- Zoning – Disgruntled resident’s suit against County zoning officials is dismissed
- Criminal – Trial court lost jurisdiction to act on defendant’s motion
- Civil Procedure – Court seals briefs and exhibits
- Freedom of Information – UVA appropriately withheld documents under ‘working papers’ exemption
- Contract – Sprint sued for terminating contract in bad faith
- Bankruptcy – Purchaser of assets dodges bankrupt predecessor’s alleged liability
- Landlord and tenant – Commercial landlord’s suit against tenant is dismissed
