Background and Experience
Victoria (Tori) Schall is a partner in the firm’s New Jersey office where she concentrates her practice on civil litigation claims for nursing home abuse and neglect, medical malpractice, and personal injury.
Prior to joining Locks Law Firm, she had extensive experience in the long-term care industry, including public policy for nursing home reform at NCCNHR/The Consumer Voice and as an Elder Law Staff Attorney for Legal Services of Northern Virginia. Ms. Schall moved to NJ in 2010 to concentrate her practice on nursing home abuse, working at preeminent firms trying nursing home and personal injury matters.
Ms. Schall has served as trial counsel in many jury and non-jury cases and has devoted her professional practice mostly to representing injured residents of nursing homes, assisted living facilities, and group homes. She is licensed and admitted to practice in the State of New Jersey, U.S. District Court for the District of New Jersey, Pennsylvania, Virginia and the District of Columbia.
Blog Posts
Publications
- The New Extreme Makeover: The Medical Malpractice Crisis, Non-Economic Damages, the Elderly & the Courts, 5 Appalachian J.L. 151 (2006)
- What if a Nursing Home Asks You to Leave, Fairfax County Golden Gazette (2008)
- ‘Leaning In’ and the Young Female Trial Lawyer, Trial Magazine (March 2014)
- Nursing Home Litigation and New Jersey, New Jersey Lawyer (August 2014) co-authored
- Finding a Home as a Female Plaintiff Trial Lawyer, Ohio Assn for Justice Trial Magazine (March 2019)
Practice Areas
- Medical Malpractice
- Nursing Home Abuse and Neglect Litigation
- Personal Injury
Admitted to Practice
- U.S. District Court, District of New Jersey (2014)
- New Jersey (2010)
- Pennsylvania (2010)
- District of Columbia (2009)
- Virginia (2008)
Education
- Appalachian School of Law, J.D., 2007
- Loyola College in Maryland, B.A., 2002
- Pennsylvania State University, Adult Development & Aging Certificate, 2001
Professional Affiliations
- American Association for Justice
- New Jersey Association for Justice
- New Jersey State Bar Association
- Burlington County Bar Association
- Camden County Bar Association
- NCCNHR/The Consumer Voice
Board Affiliations and Appointments
New Jersey Association for Justice -- Founding Co-Chair of the Nursing Home Committee
Certifications and Awards
NJ Certified Civil Trial Attorney
Honors
- Awesome Attorney in Nursing Home Law
- Issued by South Jersey Magazine
- Associated with Locks Law Firm
- National Trial Lawyer
- Issued by National Trial Lawyers Association
- Associated with Locks Law Firm
- Top 100 - Plaintiff Civil New Jersey 2020-2023
- Top 40 Under 40 - 2012-2019Top 100 - Plaintiff Civil New Jersey 2020-2023 Top 40 Under 40 - 2012-2019
- Super Lawyers
- Issued by Super Lawyers
- Super Lawyers - 2020-2022
- Rising Star - 2016-2020Super Lawyers - 2020-2022 Rising Star - 2016-2020
- Top Attorney
- Issued by South Jersey Magazine
- Associated with Locks Law Firm
