Rachel D.G. Horvath

Representative Experience

Ms. Horvath focuses her practice on medical malpractice defense, other professional liability defense, personal injury defense including claims of catastrophic injury, commercial litigation, construction and significant plaintiffs’ personal injury claims.  Ms. Horvath graduated from the University of Virginia School of Law in 2010, where she held the position of Managing Editor for the Virginia Journal of Social Policy and the Law.

Practice Focus

• Complex Litigation
• Health Professional Representation
• Construction Law and Litigation
• Strategic Counseling and Risk Management
• Personal Injury
• Trucking Litigation and Insurance
• Commercial

Education

• University of Virginia School of Law, Charlottesville, Virginia, J.D., 2010
• Tulane University, New Orleans, Louisiana, B.A., Psychology, summa cum laude with honors, 2007

Bar Admissions

• Virginia State Bar, 2010
• U.S. District Court for the Western District of Virginia
• U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Virginia

Professional Associations and Memberships

• Charlottesville-Albemarle Bar Association, Co-Chair of the Young Lawyers Section 2011-Present
• Thomas Jefferson Inn of Court
• Virginia Bar Association
• Virginia State Bar
• Virginia Association of Defense Attorneys
• Phi Beta Kappa

Publications and Presentations

• "Virginia Rules of Evidence," Thomas Jefferson Inn of Court, Charlottesville, Virginia, March 8, 2012.  Prepared Written Materials.

• "Trends and Updates in Medical Malpractice," Summit Health Care, Richmond, Virginia, October 27, 2011.  Prepared Powerpoint Materials.

• “Vicious or Merely Dangerous?  Preparing and Trying the Dog Bite Case,” Virginia CLE, Charlottesville, Virginia, June 7, 2011.

• "Young Children's Understanding of Spatial-Graphic Representations," Honors Thesis, Psychology Department of Tulane University, New Orleans, Louisiana, May 2007.