Jim Hurley
Managing Partner | Cooper Hurley Injury Lawyers
Jim Hurley is a car accidents, truck accidents and personal injury trial lawyer and managing partner at Cooper Hurley Injury Lawyers in Norfolk, Virginia. Admitted in Virginia and Florida; J.D., Western Michigan University Thomas M. Cooley Law School (1990).
Meet Jim
Jim Hurley is the managing partner of Cooper Hurley Injury Lawyers in Norfolk, Virginia, and a personal injury attorney with more than 30 years of experience. He represents people injured in car and truck crashes and other accidents, and over his career has recovered millions of dollars for thousands of clients.
As managing partner, Hurley sets the firm’s emphasis on client service, asking each of its attorneys to pair strong communication with strong results. Results listed on his firm profile include a $5 million recovery for a Hampton woman struck by a construction truck in Gloucester County.
A Buffalo, New York, native, Hurley earned his bachelor’s degree from the University of Arizona in 1982 and his J.D. from Thomas M. Cooley Law School in 1990. He is admitted in Virginia and Florida and in the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Virginia, and was named to The National Trial Lawyers Top 100 list in 2019 and 2021. He and his wife have lived in the Norfolk area for more than 30 years.
Experience and Expertise
Qualifications
Timeline
- J.D., Thomas M. Cooley Law School, 1990
- B.A., University of Arizona, 1982
- Admitted to practice in Virginia, 1990
- Admitted to practice in Florida, 1998
- U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Virginia
Practice Areas
- American Association for Justice
- American Bar Association
- Virginia Trial Lawyers Association
- Virginia Beach Bar Association
- Norfolk & Portsmouth Bar Association
- National Trial Lawyers Top 100 (2019, 2021)
- National Trial Lawyers Motor Vehicle Membership (2018)
- Virginia Super Lawyers, Personal Injury (2014-2024)
- Best Lawyers, Plaintiffs Personal Injury Litigation (2025-present)
- Virginia Business Legal Elite, Civil Litigation (2025)
- Coastal Virginia Magazine and CoVaBIZ Top Lawyer (2019-2023)
- Lawyers of Distinction, Personal Injury Law (2021-2024)
- Martindale-Hubbell AV Preeminent Peer Review Rating
- Avvo Rating 10.0 (Superb)
- $5 Million Recovery: Recovery for a Hampton woman hit by a construction truck in Gloucester County.
- $675,000 Insurance Settlement: Settlement for a woman who suffered a mild traumatic brain injury.
- $500,000 Recovery: Recovery for a man injured in an accident with a truck.
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