Hon. Lynn S. Brice (Ret.)

Judge Brice retired in 2022 from the 12th Judicial Circuit, which includes Chesterfield County and the City of Colonial Heights. She is experienced in all areas of civil litigation, including contracts, complex business disputes, personal injury and medical malpractice, trusts and estates, real estate, and domestic law (including equitable distribution, custody, visitation, and child and spousal support).

Judge Brice’s judicial career spans 21 years, beginning in 2001 as a Judge of the Juvenile and Domestic Relations District Court, where she served on the Juvenile Drug Court for many years.

Prior to her service on the bench, Judge Brice appeared daily in the courts of Chesterfield and Colonial Heights as a prosecutor for six years. Judge Brice’s career continued in private practice as an Officer at the law firm of LeClair Ryan (Richmond), where she specialized in complex litigation. While in private practice Judge Brice divided her time between defending physicians, hospitals and healthcare providers in medical malpractice actions and representing clients in all areas of domestic relations litigation.

Judge Brice’s comprehensive experience, both on and off the bench included a multitude of jury trials involving complex forensic, medical and evidentiary issues.

PROFESSIONAL AND COMMUNITY EXPERIENCE

Adjunct Professor, University of Richmond School of Law, 2003-present

Former Member, Community Criminal Justice Board

Current or former memberships: Virginia State Bar, Virginia

Bar Association and VBA Judicial Council, Virginia Trial Lawyers Association, Virginia Association of Defense Attorneys, National Council of Juvenile and Family Court Judges, Metropolitan Richmond Women’s Bar Association, The John Marshall American Inn of Court.

MULTIPLE PANELS AND PRESENTATION INCLUDING:

Virginia CLE: Best Trial Practices in Circuit Court, 2015; VTLA: Admissibility of Expert Testimony, 2016; VTLA: Evidence from the Judges’ Perspective, 2017; Richmond Bar Association: Bench Bar Conferences – multi year co-chair/ member planning committees and presenter on various litigation topics to include: Becoming an Expert on Expert Depositions; Spousal Support: You Be the Judge.