Attorneys

Christopher J. Toepp

Meet Christopher J. Toepp

Chris dedicates his practice to helping clients and making his community a safer place. He has earned a reputation as an exceptional litigator in the courtroom. With nearly a decade of trial experience, he has handled hundreds of bench and jury trials in the Commonwealth of Virginia. This experience includes complicated trucking cases. Chris knows how to present evidence so that the jury comprehends his client’s hardships and the impact their injuries have had on their lives.

Chris works on a wide range of personal injury cases including car crashes, truck accidents, and motorcycle wrecks. Injured in a tractor-trailer accident in 2007, Chris has a first-hand understanding of what personal injury clients go through in the aftermath of a trucking accident including the physical pain, the impact on loved ones, and the financial burdens incurred along the road to recovery. He strives to guide and protect those experiencing these difficult situations so that they may concentrate fully on their healing.

Chris graduated from Dartmouth College in 2004, where he was part of the Division I Swim and Dive team. He then received his law degree from the William and Mary School of Law. Before joining Allen & Allen, he served as an Assistant Commonwealth’s Attorney in Richmond, prosecuting a variety of cases including murder, robbery, animal cruelty, DUI, and hit and run. He believes in the effectiveness of the judicial process and enjoys being in the courtroom.

Chris is an avid golfer and enjoys fishing, boating, and watching his daughter’s swim meets. He lives in Richmond.

Experience

  • Partner and Trial Attorney, Allen, Allen, Allen & Allen (2012-Present)
  • Assistant Commonwealth’s Attorney, Office of the Commonwealth’s Attorney – Richmond, Virginia (2008 – 2012)
  • Clerk, United States Attorney’s Office – Las Vegas, Nevada (Summer 2006)
  • Research Assistant, United States Attorney’s Office – Syracuse, New York (Summer 2005)

Bar Admissions

  • Licensed to practice law in the Commonwealth of Virginia

Education

  • J.D., College of William and Mary School of Law (2007)
  • B.A., English Literature, Dartmouth College (2004)
  • Oxford University, England (Fall 2003)

Honors

  • Listed as “One to Watch” by Best Lawyers in America (2021-present)
  • Listed as one of the Virginia Super Lawyers (2017 – Present)
  • Listed as “Rising Star” in Virginia Super Lawyers (2016)
  • Legal Elite – Civil Litigation, Virginia Business Magazine (2014 – 2018)
  • Richmond Times-Dispatch, Reader’s Choice Top Lawyers (2015)
  • Fredericksburg Regional Chamber of Commerce – Top Ten of the Next Gen (2014)

Professional Affiliations

  • Richmond Bar Association
  • Fredericksburg Area Bar Association
  • Virginia Trial Lawyers Association
  • Dartmouth Lawyers Association

Community Service

  • Lewis Powell American Inn of Court (2009 – Present)
  • Judge, National Moot Court Competition (2010 – 2011)
  • Dartmouth College Alumni Interviewer (2010 – Present)

More Accident Results

Edward Allen

Testimonial: Kristie and Amanda

Edward L. Allen
When my wife and I were driving, we were T-boned by an 18-wheeler. She had two traumatic brain injuries and can’t remember the accident.  But I do, and I still think about how lucky we are to be alive. We have too many injuries to name, but Kristy suffered lung contusions, a broken humerus,...
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Tractor-trailer crash – $23 million jury verdict

Allen & Allen secured a $23 million verdict in the Jones vs. Moen trial. This case involved a collision between two tractor-trailers on I-295 in Virginia. The plaintiff suffered a traumatic brain injury and lost a leg. A truck owned by Moen Inc. had stopped for nine minutes in the emergency lane of I-295...