Background
Rish, Retha was born on May 12, 1958 in Indianapolis, Indiana, United States.
Rish, Retha was born on May 12, 1958 in Indianapolis, Indiana, United States.
Ball State University (Bachelor of Science in Biology, 1979). Tidewater Community College (Associate of Applied Science, Medical Records Administration, magna cum laude, 1989).
Worked at Harlan & Flora, Professional Corporation (Norfolk, Virginia) specializing in Civil Trials and Appeals in State and Federal Courts. Medical Malpractice, Aviation Accident Litigation, Products Liability. (Paralegal)
Thomas J. Harlan, Junior the firm"s founder and senior partner, has been a pioneer in the art and science of complex tort litigation for over 30 years.
He is the only Virginia lawyer in Martindale-Hubbell"s Bar Register of Preeminent Lawyers 1996 listed in the fields of medical malpractice, personal injury and products liability.
He is listed in "The Best Lawyers in America." He has established a standard of excellence and a record of success unprecedented in this jurisdiction, winning, for example, in single year (1995) one-third of all medical malpractice cap verdicts ever awarded in Virginia. He is also listed in "The Best Lawyers in America".