JOHN MESSERSMITH

John is a founding shareholder, President, and managing partner of KPM LAW.

While focusing his practice in the areas of motor carrier transportation, para transit/ambulance and commercial liability John aggressively defends cases throughout the entire Commonwealth of Virginia. He maintains an AV® Peer Review Rating from Martindale-Hubbell, is a member of several defense organizations, including claimsXchange, TIDA and CLM, and is a life member of the Multi-Million Dollar Advocates Forum. A frequent lecturer with organizations on topics associated with transportation and defense litigation, John enjoys meeting with clients to devise strategies that efficiently and effectively resolve claims.

While working as a foreman for an international specialty concrete company to pay his way through school, John earned an undergraduate degree from Virginia Tech and his J.D. from the University of Richmond School of Law.  John is proud of five children and, along with his wife, continues to be a competitive athlete in on and off-road cycling.