R. Lee Livingston
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R. Lee Livingston was born in Baton Rouge, Louisiana, on March 11, 1968. He was admitted to the bar in 1993. Mr. Livingston is a trial attorney who devotes his practice to civil litigation.  His main practice areas are Medical and Legal Malpractice, Defamation (libel and slander), Personal Injury (including automobile and product cases) and General Civil Litigation.

Mr. Livingston lectures and publishes on topics within his practice area.  An article he published on preparing a client for deposition can be found under Articles of Interest on this website. 

Professional Activities and Memberships

• Member, Virginia Trial Lawyers Association Board since 1999 and chair of various committees and programs. 
• Virginia State Bar Litigation Section Board of Governors 2003, Chair 2007-2008
• Appointed by the Virginia Supreme Court to the Virginia State Bar Mandatory Continuing Legal Education Board in 2003 and was appointed Vice-Chair in 2006.  This board oversees continuing  education requirements for active attorneys in Virginia.
• Teaches Trial Advocacy and Trial Evidence at the University of Virginia School of Law. 
• Member of the board and faculty of the Virginia College of Trial Advocacy, an annual college that provides instruction in trial techniques to attorneys of all experience levels.  He was appointed to direct the College for 2008.
• Co-author of “Evidence for the Trial Lawyer,” Matthew Bender & Company, Inc., 2007.
• Virginia State Bar Litigation Section Litigation News Editor 1997-2003.
• Member of the Boyd-Graves Conference – a group established by the Virginia Bar Association that recommends changes to the law.
• Member, Virginia Supreme Court Appellate Rules Advisory Committee, 2005-2008. Virginia Supreme Court Electronic Filing Committee, 2006 —.

Other activities and memberships include the following: Charlottesville-Albemarle Bar Association Member; Association of Trial Lawyers of America;  Thomas Jefferson Inn of Court (Secretary 1996-1997); Virginia Trial Lawyers Association Foundation Board, 2004-present; American Association for Justice Member.

Biographical History

• College of William & Mary, B.A., 1990, J.D, 1993.
• Judicial Clerk to Hon. B. Waugh Crigler, U.S. Magistrate Judge, 1993-1994.
• Adjunct Faculty and Lecturer, "Trial Evidence: Principles and Practice," and "Trial Advocacy,"
  University of Virginia, 2002 —.

Community Service

• Salvation Army Advisory Board, 2004-2007
• Elder, Trinity Presbyterian Church