Established in 1990, the highly rated firm of Parker, McElwain & Jacobs offers clients in Charlottesville and the surrounding central Virginia Piedmont a comprehensive civil practice, with appeals, in state and federal courts, including malpractice, negligence, personal injury and real estate litigation. The five lawyer firm also concentrates on commercial law; family law, including divorce; real estate and trusts and estate planning, including probate. Attorneys with the firm are active members of state and national trial lawyer associations.