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Medical Malpractice

When a patient suffers serious personal injury or death due to the medical negligence of a healthcare provider, it is necessary to hire an experienced medical malpractice attorney.

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Non-Compete Law

Our attorneys have experience resolving disputes arising from non-compete, non-solicitation, and non-disclosure provisions in employment agreements.

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Financial Fraud

Our lawyers represent employees who “blow the whistle” on corrupt business practices such as employer retaliation, False Claims Act and qui tam litigation, and financial fraud.

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Proudly Serving Your Area

Frith & Ellerman are licensed to practice in any of the following jurisdictions throughout Virginia: Blacksburg, Bristol, Christiansburg, Danville, Harrisonburg, Lexington, Lynchburg, Radford, and Roanoke.

Meet Our Team

Our attorneys have over 40 years of collective experience in state and federal courts in Virginia. We are a small firm by choice, specializing in very distinct areas of civil law, working together to serve our clients.

Dan Frith

Dan has over 35 years of experience representing Virginia clients in employment litigation, long-term care litigation, serious personal injury litigation, medical malpractice, and complex commercial litigation.

Lauren Ellerman

Lauren has been representing Virginians in civil matters for almost fifteen years in state and federal courts. She cares about each and every case and client, and is dedicated to meeting the needs of her clients.

Thomas “Bo” Frith

A graduate of Washington and Lee University School of Law, Thomas “Bo” Frith has experience representing Virginia clients in medical malpractice, premises liability, and professional liability litigation.

Firm Awards

Wrongful Death litigation makes healing from a loss, even harder

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Grief is an unexplainable presence in the lives of so many. It’s ugly, raw, emptying, and at time, feels endless. And yet death is one of life’s most awful guarantees. Imagine for a minute, your grief, and the most intimate details of your loss were live Tweeted, or published through photos on Instagram in real time. What if your most desperate moments of grief became public record? What if you received a daily email that stated YOU LOST YOUR WIFE…

Researching Hospitals to Get Better Care

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Listen to Dan Frith on the Eldercare Success Podcast discussing “Researching Hospitals to Get Better Care.”

How Nonprofit Hospitals Put Profits Over People

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From the New York Times “The Daily” podcast on January 25, 2023, including specific information on a hospital system in Virginia: How Nonprofit Hospitals Put Profits Over People

How to Choose Your Doctor

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Listen to Dan Frith, president of Frith & Ellerman Law Firm, on podcast Eldercare Success discussing how to choose your doctor.

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Emergency Room Mistakes: A Scary Report!

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A new study finds that nearly 6% of the estimated 130 million people who go to US emergency rooms every year are misdiagnosed, which translates to about 1 in 18 patients getting the wrong diagnosis.

How does Medical Malpractice happen – part I

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Humans are curious creatures, and the thousands of Virginians who call our Roanoke legal office each year to ask about a medical trauma or potential medical malpractice will often ask out loud – “How does this happen in American Healthcare?” It is an excellent question. One that have I spent almost twenty years considering on a daily basis. How do millions of medical errors happen every year? How does a surgical mistake or misdiagnosis cause paralysis? How does a known…

The Empty Chair at Thanksgiving

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We know that many of our clients will struggle this Holiday Season. Losing a loved one is always hard – but when the loss is preventable, the grief is compounded by trauma, anger, sadness and heartbreak.

Home Health Care and Fraud

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Many elderly Americans need medical care at home…they don’t need or want to be in hospital and certainly want to avoid being placed in nursing home. What these individuals need is trained and attentive home health services…and most of the providers (nurses and nursing aids) are just that…competent and caring professionals.

“You are all a pleasure to work with. You are very prompt at responding to inquiries.”

“I appreciate the responsiveness and professionalism on every medical malpractice referral.”

“I recommend FED – they have a reputation for providing excellent legal services.”

“The firm is experienced, and competent to handle medical malpractice – the attorneys are very responsive and a pleasure to work with.”