Virginia Beach, VA Lawyer Report - John Cooper receives "superb" rating from Avvo

The Avvo rating system for attorneys is one of the newer and most influential tools for finding out how a lawyer ranks.

And John Cooper of Cooper Hurley, a law firm with offices in Norfolk and Virginia Beach, VA scores a perfect 10, giving him a superb rating.

The rating is based on experience, industry recognition and professional conduct.

The Avvo rating is important because it uses a mathematical system. According to Avvo’s website it’s an “effort to evaluate a lawyer’s background, based on the information we know about the lawyer.”

The rating is worked out using a mathematical model that takes into account the information shown in a lawyer’s profile, including years in practice, disciplinary history, professional achievements and industry.

“We periodically collect background data from multiple sources, including state bar associations, court records, lawyer websites, and information that lawyers choose to provide to Avvo,” the website states.

“We calculate the Avvo Rating based on background data we’ve collected on each lawyer. That data may come from various sources, including public records (such as the state bar associations, regulatory agencies, and court records), published sources on the Internet (including lawyers’ websites), and information that lawyers choose to supply to Avvo.

“This information is then considered and weighted by our mathematical model to arrive at a numerical rating from 1 – 10 or, if we only have licensing records for an attorney, a rating of “Attention” or “No Concern.” The Avvo Rating takes into account factors that we believe are relevant to an assessment of a lawyer’s qualifications, including the attorney’s experience, professional achievements, and disciplinary sanctions.”

Here are the reasons Avvo gives for why its ratings can help clients find the best lawyers:

• It’s unbiased. Because ratings are calculated using a mathematical model, all lawyers are rated by the same standards.
• There’s no favoritism. All lawyers are treated equally. They can’t pay to change their ratings, and we don’t play favorites to lawyers we know.
• It’s developed by legal experts for non-experts. The model used to calculate the Avvo Rating was developed with input from hundreds of attorneys, thousands of consumers, and legal experts.
• It’s easy to understand. With simple ratings from 1 to 10 or “Attention” and “No Concern,” Avvo aims to make clearer the murky process of understanding lawyers’ backgrounds.

But the Avvo rating isn’t the only consideration to use when choosing an attorney. It’s just one tool it’s an attempt to “provide a snapshot evaluation of the lawyer’s background.” , so as potential clients can compare the available background information of different lawyers.

“And of course, Avvo’s mathematical model has not met the lawyer in person. Because of this, our system can’t measure subjective factors like personality and communication style. Also, because we don’t believe there is yet an accurate way to score it, the Avvo Rating does not take into account a lawyer’s performance on particular cases or matters,” the Avvo website states.

But as an evaluation tool the Avvo rating is a highly respected benchmark within the legal profession.

The Norfolk and Virginia Beach based personal injury law firm, Cooper Hurley, handles car, truck, and motorcycle injuries as well as brain injury, wrongful death, railroad workers’ injuries (FELA) mesothelioma and medical malpractice. John Cooper and Jim Hurley have over 40 years of combined experience in handling auto injury accident claims. Attorney John Cooper has been named to Virginia “Super Lawyers” since 2010 and has been a member since 2011 of the Multimillion dollar Advocates Roundtable. Cooper Hurley represents people hurt in accidents in Norfolk, Virginia Beach, Portsmouth, Suffolk, Chesapeake, Hampton, Newport News and throughout VA, and always put the best interests of the our clients first. The firm is recognized by other lawyers as “AV” by Martindale-Hubbell, a national attorney rating service, for our top level of legal skill and highest ethical standards. If you need help or advice about a serious injury, please call us (757) 455 -0077. For a free consultation with a specialized Hampton Roads, Virginia personal injury lawyer contact us through this website