Jeffrey Breit
Breit Biniazan
Jeffrey Breit is a product liability, personal injury and medical malpractice trial lawyer with Breit Biniazan in Virginia Beach, Virginia. Admitted in Virginia, Louisiana, New York, North Carolina and District of Columbia; J.D., Tulane University Law School.
Meet Jeffrey
"I do not like big company, big business, big government world, when little people are getting squished."
Jeffrey A. Breit is a Virginia personal injury and product liability trial lawyer at Breit Biniazan in Virginia Beach. He represents injured people and families in cases that include medical malpractice, product liability, truck and motor vehicle accidents and wrongful death, and he has handled multidistrict litigation.
Breit and a partner started the firm that became Breit Drescher Imprevento in 1988, and it now practices as Breit Biniazan. He studied at Tulane University and is admitted in Virginia, Louisiana, New York, North Carolina and Washington, D.C.
After the 2010 BP/Deepwater Horizon explosion, Judge Carl Barbier appointed Breit to the plaintiffs’ steering committee in MDL 2179 in the Eastern District of Louisiana. The firm says he was responsible for the case against Halliburton, which settled its portion for $1.24 billion after trial, and that he was also retained as counsel for the state of Alabama, which recovered $1 billion. He has also been involved in nationwide Chinese drywall litigation against Taishan Gypsum.
Breit is a past president of the Virginia Trial Lawyers Association and has been an adjunct professor of law at William & Mary Law School since 2004. He is a member of The Inner Circle of Advocates and the American Association for Justice and has been listed in Super Lawyers since 2006 and The Best Lawyers in America since 1999.
Experience and Expertise
Qualifications
Timeline
- Tulane University of Louisiana, B.A.
- Tulane University of Louisiana, J.D.
- Admitted to the Virginia State Bar
- Admitted to the Louisiana State Bar
- Admitted to the New York State Bar
- Admitted to the North Carolina State Bar
- Admitted to the District of Columbia Bar
- U.S. District Courts for the Eastern District of Louisiana and the Eastern District of Virginia
- U.S. Courts of Appeals for the Fourth, Fifth and Eleventh Circuits
- U.S. Supreme Court
Practice Areas
- The Inner Circle of Advocates
- International Academy of Trial Lawyers
- American Association for Justice (Member, Board of Governors, 1988-present)
- Virginia Trial Lawyers Association (President, 1998-1999; Board of Governors, 1983-1993)
- National College of Advocacy, AAJ (Fellow)
- Deepwater Horizon MDL 2179 Plaintiffs' Steering Committee (Member)
- Virginia Poverty Law Center Advisory Council (Member)
- American Bar Association
- Maritime Law Association of the United States
- North Carolina Trial Lawyers Association
- Virginia Beach Bar Association
- Norfolk-Portsmouth Bar Association
- Best Lawyers in America, listed since 1999 (Medical Malpractice Law, Personal Injury Litigation and Product Liability Litigation - Plaintiffs, 2027)
- Best Lawyers "Lawyer of the Year," Personal Injury Litigation - Plaintiffs, Norfolk (2014, 2016, 2026)
- Best Lawyers "Lawyer of the Year," Product Liability Litigation - Plaintiffs, Norfolk (2021, 2024, 2026)
- Super Lawyers, listed since 2006; Top 100 Virginia (2013, 2014, 2019-2024); Top 10 Virginia (2006, 2020-2023)
- American Association for Justice, Master of Trial Law (2019)
- Virginia Trial Lawyers Association, Distinguished Service Award (2019)
- Lawdragon 500 Leading Plaintiff Consumer Lawyers (2022-2025)
- Virginia Lawyers Weekly, Hall of Fame (2019)
- William & Mary Law School, St. George Tucker Adjunct Professorship Award (2008)
- The Litigator Awards, Ranked Top 1% of Lawyers (2014)
- $1.24 Billion Halliburton Settlement: Breit was responsible for the case against Halliburton in the Deepwater Horizon MDL; Halliburton settled its portion for $1.24 billion after trial.
- $1 Billion Recovery for the State of Alabama: Recovery for the state of Alabama for the 2010 Deepwater Horizon oil spill; Breit was retained as one of the lawyers for the state.
- $29 Million in Deepwater Horizon Individual Claims: Total value of individual claims handled for those affected by the Deepwater Horizon disaster, including menhaden settlements, lost wage claims, BP business claims, seafood claims and medical claims.
- $60 Million Settlement: Head-on collision involving a commercial vehicle that resulted in a traumatic brain injury.
- $23 Million Maritime Accident Result: Plaintiff suffered burn injuries in a flash fire while cleaning an engine with a flammable brake-part cleaner.
- $20 Million Premises Liability Result: Negligently maintained power station fence resulting in a catastrophic burn injury to a minor child.
- $20 Million Car Accident Result: Automobile collision resulting in a traumatic brain injury.
- $15 Million Motorcycle Accident Result: Motorcyclist in Virginia Beach struck by a turning delivery truck; the plaintiff's leg was crushed and a below-knee amputation was necessary.
- $10 Million Verdict: Jury award in a civil case after a teacher was shot in her classroom by a student carrying a firearm.
- $7.5 Million Settlement: City vehicle struck a pedestrian, resulting in a traumatic brain injury.
- $6.5 Million Settlement: Tractor trailer collision resulting in traumatic brain injury, spinal cord injuries and left-side paralysis.
- $5 Million Wrongful Death Settlement: Wrongful death cases from a traffic accident between a former Fauquier County Sheriff's Office deputy and Mr. and Mrs. Dangerfield, resolved for the full extent of available insurance.
- $4.5 Million Settlement: Boy struck by a tractor trailer while riding his bicycle, resulting in multiple pelvic fractures and lower extremity neurological injuries.
- $3.5 Million Product Liability Settlement: Loss of eyesight in one eye caused by a faulty Takata airbag.
- $2.4 Million Maritime Accident Settlement: Maritime case involving a defective ladder rung on a vessel, resulting in a fall and a traumatic brain injury.
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