John Baker
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John Baker is a partner at Cooper Hurley Injury Lawyers in Virginia, with approximately 14+ years of legal practice. His work covers motor vehicle accidents, truck accidents, motorcycle accidents, pedestrian injuries, premises liability, catastrophic injury, brain/spinal injury, slip and fall, construction accidents, and related personal injury matters.
A Norfolk native, Baker spent seven years with an insurance defense firm before joining Cooper Hurley Injury Lawyers in early 2018.
He earned his B.A. cum laude from Hampden-Sydney College in 2006 and his Juris Doctor from the University of Mississippi School of Law in 2010.
He is admitted to the Virginia State Bar (2010) and the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Virginia (2010).
Baker is a member of the Academy of Truck Accident Attorneys, the Norfolk & Portsmouth Bar Association, the Virginia State Bar, and the Virginia Trial Lawyers Association. He is a former member of the James Kent American Inn of Court.
His recognitions include Best Lawyers: Ones to Watch in America (2023-2026), Virginia Business Legal Elite (2023, 2025), Super Lawyers Rising Star (2015-2024), 2023 Top Lawyer by Coastal Virginia Magazine and CoVaBIZ, and Virginia Lawyers Weekly Up & Coming Lawyer (2020).
Notable case results
A 23-year-old mother suffered burns to 36% of her body after a corroded natural gas pipe fed an undetected leak into an apartment complex's outdoor grill enclosure, triggering an explosion when she attempted to light it.
A 40-year-old motorcyclist whose foot was traumatically amputated after an oncoming driver cut across his lane recovered $7 million in a settlement reached one month before trial.
Prior results do not guarantee a similar outcome. Each case is unique and depends on its own facts.
