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PROFITT & SCHROEDER
Attorneys, P.C.

W. Harrison Schroeder
ATTORNEY AND COUNSELOR AT LAW

Overview:

Mr. Schroeder graduated in the top 5% of his law school class at the University of Tennessee. There, he served as an editor on both of the school's legal journals, represented indigent members of the community in civil and criminal matters through the law school's pro bono legal clinic, and received the Tennessee Attorney General's Award for Excellence in Trial Advocacy. Following law school, he gained valuable courtroom insight and experience as a judicial law clerk for Chief Judge Samuel G. Wilson and through the handling of automobile warranty litigation while associated with McGuireWoods, LLP. In 2002, Mr. Schroeder formed the law offices of W. Harrison Schroeder, P.C., in Tappahannock, Virginia, for the general practice of law. In 2005, Mr. Schroeder relocated his practice to his wife's hometown of Floyd, Virginia. In 2007, Mr. Schroeder and Mr. Profitt merged their firms to form Profitt & Schroeder, Attorneys, P.C. Mr. Schroeder's practice includes civil litigation, estate planning and administration, family law, real estate, business law, and criminal defense.

Professional History:

  • 2007-present: Profitt & Schroeder, Attorneys, P.C., Floyd, Virginia.

  • 2005-2007: Law Offices of W. Harrison Schroeder, P.C., Floyd, Virginia.

  • 2002-2005: Law Offices of W. Harrison Schroeder, P.C., Tappahannock, Virginia.

  • 2001-2002: Associate, McGuireWoods, LLP, Richmond, Virginia. Member of the Product Liability and Litigation Management team. Represented several major automobile manufacturers in various lawsuits alleging negligence, defective design, breach of warranty, breach of contract, fraud, and violation of the Virginia Motor Vehicle Warranty Enforcement Act (the "Virginia Lemon Law"), the Federal Magnuson Moss Warranty Act, and the Virginia Consumer Protection Act. Also assisted with the defense of toxic tort litigation in Mississippi, New Jersey, and Rhode Island.

  • 2000-2001: Judicial Law Clerk, Honorable Samuel G. Wilson, Chief Judge, United States District Court for the Western District of Virginia in Roanoke. Assisted with the research and preparation of judicial orders and memorandum opinions in a variety of civil and criminal matters.

  • 1999: Summer Associate, McGuire, Woods, Battle & Boothe, LLP, Richmond, Virginia. Worked on various estate planning, civil litigation, and corporate matters.

  • 1998, 1999: Summer Associate, Hunton & Williams, Richmond, Virginia. Worked on various corporate, antitrust, and commercial litigation matters.

  • 1999: Student Attorney, University of Tennessee College of Law Legal Clinic, Knoxville, Tennessee. Represented indigent members of the community through the law school's pro bono legal clinic in a variety of criminal matters, landlord-tenant cases, and social security disability applications and appeals.

  • 1995: Summer Clerk, Law Offices of Emory L. Carlton, Tappahannock, Virginia.


Education:

  • University of Tennessee College of Law, Doctor of Jurisprudence Degree, summa cum laude, May 2000.
    • Order of the Coif
    • Tennessee Attorney General's Award for Excellence in Trial Advocacy
    • Advocates' Prize Moot Court Competition: award for best legal brief
    • Member, Moot Court Board
    • Editor of Student Materials, Tennessee Law Review
    • Publications Editor, Transactions: Tennessee Journal of Business Law
    • John W. Green Scholar
    • James Thurman Ailor Scholar
    • Student Attorney, University of Tennessee College of Law Legal Clinic
    • Vice President, Business and Tax Law Association
    • Member, Christian Legal Society
    • Member, Phi Delta Phi Legal Fraternity

  • Washington and Lee University, Bachelor of Arts Degree in European History, June 1997.
    • Washington and Lee Debate Team
    • Chi Psi Social Fraternity


Admitted to Practice in the Following Courts:

  • All Virginia trial and appellate courts,
    including the Supreme Court of Virginia
  • United States Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit
  • United States District Court for the Eastern District of Virginia
  • United States Bankruptcy Court for the Eastern District of Virginia
  • United States District Court for the Western District of Virginia
  • United States Bankruptcy Court for the Western District of Virginia

Title Company Approved Attorney Status:

  • Lawyers Title Insurance Corporation
  • Investors Title Insurance Company
  • Chicago Title Insurance Company
  • Southern Title Insurance Corporation

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