Jim's Representative Cases
James B. Thorsen

Representative Cases and Recent Speaking Engagements
THESE CASE RESULTS DO NOT GUARANTEE OR PREDICT A SIMILAR RESULT IN ANY FUTURE CASES
  • Transition, et al. v. Austin, et al., United States District Court, Richmond, Virginia, January 23, 2002. Civil RICO action and state fraud claims. Amount of award by jury: $8,569,620.
  • O’Connor v. Tice, 281 Va. 1 (2011) (affirming a malicious prosecution jury verdict for $185,000).
  • Minor v. Bostwick Laboratory, Inc. 669 F.3d 428 (4th , 2012) (reversal and remand of the case back to district court in a published opinion reversing a Rule 12(b)(6) motion to dismiss a FLSA retaliatory discharge claim).
  • Bennett v. R &L Carriers, 744 F.Supp.2d 494 (E.D. Va. 2010) (aff’d June 21, 2012 by 4th Ct. (No. 10-2242) in an unpublished opinion affirming the district court jury verdict of $2.066M. At the time this was believed to be the largest malicious prosecution jury verdict in Virginia.)
  • Ligon v. County of Goochland, 279 Va. 312 (2010) (affirming demurrer as to sovereign immunity under the Virginia Fraud Against Taxpayers Act whistleblower claim, which the Virginia General Assembly months later amended to clearly eliminated sovereign immunity)
  • Williams v. Garraghty, 249 Va. 724 (1995) (case of first impression allowing personal damages in a work place defamation claim with a Title VII privilege defense)
  • Garraghty v. Commonwealth of Virginia, 52 F. 3rd 1274 (4th Cir. 1995) (affirming district court ruling on an interlocutory appeal that the law was clearly established that plaintiff’s grievance rights could not be taken away after the fact)
  • Said v. VCU/MCV, 130 F.R.D. 60 (E.D. Va. 1990) (granting plaintiff’s attorney fees as part of costs in a Rule 68 Offer of Judgment in a Title VII action)

Publications and Speaking Engagements

       Whistleblower Litigation in Virginia, Virginia Trial Lawyers Association 52nd Annual Convention, Employment/Civil Rights Law Section Luncheon (April, 2011)

        Retaliation Under the Virginia Fraud Against Taxpayers Act: A Unique Employment Related Tort for Virginia, Virginia Bar Association 41stAnnual Labor and Employment Law Conference (September, 2011)

        Drug and Alcohol Abuse in the Workplace, The Virginia Supreme Court Hearing Officers Program (February, 2000)

        Retaliation Law Update, Virginia Bar Association, 40th Annual Labor and Employment Law Conference, (October, 2010)

        Improper Deposition Conduct, Virginia Bar Association 39th Annual Labor and Employment Law Conference (October, 2009)

        42 USC 1983 Plaintiffs View, The Virginia Trial Lawyer Association, (June, 1996)
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        Sexual Harassment Claims in the Workplace, Richmond Bar Association CLE (June, 1995)
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