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Malcolm "Mic" McConnell is the lead medical malpractice attorney at Allen, Allen, Allen & Allen. He has settled or tried cases in virtually every medical specialty since he began practicing law in 1987. He has been rated by other attorneys as Martindale-Hubbell AV, the highest rating available for competency and ethics. He has been listed in Virginia’s Super Lawyers every year since 2006, and in Best Lawyers in America every year since 2007. Best Lawyers in American named Mic Richmond’s Medical Malpractice Lawyer of the Year in 2013 and 2016.

He is one of the few attorneys in America who is Board Certified in Medical Malpractice Law, by the American Board of Professional Liability Attorneys. He also serves on the Board of Governors of the ABPLA. Mic is also an active member of the Virginia Trial Lawyers Association, is Chair of the Medical Malpractice Legislative Subcommittee and serves on VTLA’s Board of Governors.

Mic frequently lectures to medical professionals and to lawyers on issues of medical malpractice law and trial advocacy and serves on the faculty of the Virginia College of Trial Advocacy. Mic also helped write and lobby on behalf a new law to extend time limits for cancer victims to file medical malpractice suits to ensure their rights do not expire before they are aware of their illness.

As an attorney with Allen & Allen, Mic works out of our Richmond office (https://www.allenandallen.com/richmond-office.html).

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Location
  • 1809 Staples Mill Road
    Richmond, VA 23230
Languages
  • English
Education
  • University of Richmond, J.D., graduated 1987
  • University of Richmond, BA, graduated 1984
Bar Admissions
  • District of Columbia, United States
  • Virginia, United States
Affiliations
  • Southern Trial Lawyers Association - Member
  • Virginia State Bar - Member
  • Virginia Trial Lawyers Association - Member
Federal Clerkships
  • United States Court of Appeals
  • United States Court of Appeals
  • United States District Court
  • United States District Court
State Clerkships
  • Virginia - Court of Appeals
  • Virginia - Intermediate Appellate Courts
  • Virginia - Supreme Court
  • Virginia - Trial Courts

Lawyer of the Year Badge - 2024 - Medical Malpractice Law - Plaintiffs Lawyer of the Year Badge - 2019 - Medical Malpractice Law - Plaintiffs Lawyer of the Year Badge - 2016 - Medical Malpractice Law - Plaintiffs Lawyer of the Year Badge - 2013 - Medical Malpractice Law - Plaintiffs
Named "Lawyer of the Year" by Best Lawyers® for:
  • Medical Malpractice Law - Plaintiffs, Richmond (2024)
  • Medical Malpractice Law - Plaintiffs, Richmond (2019)
  • Medical Malpractice Law - Plaintiffs, Richmond (2016)
  • Medical Malpractice Law - Plaintiffs, Richmond (2013)
Recognized in The Best Lawyers in America® 2025 for work in:
  • Medical Malpractice Law - Plaintiffs
Special Focus:
  • Birth Trauma
  • Brain Injury
  • Catastrophic Injury
  • Hospital Malpractice
  • Litigation
  • Medical Negligence
  • Nursing Homes
  • Personal Injury
  • Wrongful Death
Additional Areas of Practice:
  • Medical Malpractice Law

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