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Law 2025: BREIT, JEFFREY
PARTNER, BREIT BINIAZAN, VIRGINIA BEACH
Virginia Business //September 2, 2025//
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Scales of justice on a desk in a modern lawyer's office with blurred background
Law 2025: BREIT, JEFFREY
PARTNER, BREIT BINIAZAN, VIRGINIA BEACH
Virginia Business //September 2, 2025//
A Hampton Roads native, Breit is known for representing plaintiffs in high-profile personal injury cases.
Breit is a member of the legal team representing Abby Zwerner, the Newport News elementary school teacher who was shot by a 6-year-old student in 2023. In July, a circuit court judge allowed Zwerner to proceed with a lawsuit against the school’s former assistant principal. A jury trial is expected this fall.
In 2010, a federal judge appointed Breit to the 15-lawyer plaintiff steering committee for the consolidated BP Deepwater Horizon oil spill lawsuits. Breit oversaw the case against Halliburton, which settled its portion for $1.24 billion. Alabama also retained Breit as one of its attorneys and recovered $1 billion.
Breit also represented plaintiffs in Virginia, North Carolina and Georgia in a decade-long national lawsuit against Chinese drywall manufacturer Taishan Gypsum Co., which settled for $248 million in 2019.
In 2022, Breit Cantor Grana Buckner split into two firms: Breit Biniazan and Cantor Grana Buckner Bucci. Virginia Speaker of the House Don Scott is one of Breit Biniazan’s five partners.
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