About Roger A.
Roger A — Ritchie is a attorney practicing at The Ritchie Law Office in Harrisonburg, Virginia. He has been a member of the Virginia State Bar since 1975 and the West Virginia State Bar since 1992. The firm, located at 71 South Court Square, Suite A, Harrisonburg, VA 22801, specializes in personal injury cases, including automobile and tractor-trailer collisions, traumatic brain injuries, product liability, nursing home abuse, and complex litigation. He earned his Bachelor of Arts in History from the University of Maryland in 1969 and his Juris Doctor from the University of Maryland School of Law in 1975. After law school, he began his legal career as a sole practitioner in Harrisonburg, focusing on general law practice. Over time, his practice evolved into personal injury, employment, and civil rights litigation.
He has been involved in First Amendment cases, age discrimination, and discrimination based on handicap and race. In 1992, he expanded his practice to West Virginia, becoming a member of the West Virginia State Bar. He is admitted to practice before the Supreme Court of Virginia, the Supreme Court of Appeals of West Virginia. Various U.S. District Courts, including the Western and Eastern Districts of Virginia and the Northern and Southern Districts of West Virginia. He has also been admitted to the U.S.
Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit. Before his legal career, he taught at Elkton Elementary and Elkton High School in Rockingham County from 1969 to 1971 and coached junior varsity football during those years. He is a Certified Civil Trial Specialist with the National Board of Trial Advocacy and a member of the Association of Trial Lawyers of America, the Virginia Trial Lawyers Association. The West Virginia Trial Lawyers Association. He served on the Board of Governors of the Virginia Trial Lawyers Association from 2002 to 2006. He has been recognized for his contributions to the legal community, including being selected to Super Lawyers in 2023.
He has also been invited to speak at the American Trial Lawyers Association’s 2006 Conference in Seattle, Washington, on the topic of Business Continuation and Planning Agreements. In addition to his legal work, he has served as a board member and treasurer of The ARC and was elected chairman of the Pro-Bono Committee of the Virginia Trial Lawyers Association. The Ritchie Law Firm has multiple locations, including offices in Martinsburg, West Virginia, and Charlottesville, Virginia. The firm's Harrisonburg office can be reached at (540) 433-6124, and the Martinsburg office at (304) 263-6124. For more information, visit their website at www.ritchielawfirm.com.