About Bradley C
Bradley C Ratliff built a profession on the intersection of rehabilitation offerings and the regulation. He pursued undergraduate study in organizational management and improvement at Bluefield College, earned a master’s diploma in rehabilitation counseling from Virginia Commonwealth University and finished his J.D. at Appalachian School of Law in 2006. Those credentials formed an early professional rhythm that mixed client evaluation, vocational work and courtroom process.
His first roles after graduate faculty have been in vocational rehabilitation. He served as vice president and vocational rehabilitation counselor at Rehabilitation & Job Placement Services, Inc., and later became regional director for Career Support Systems, Inc. Those positions concerned overseeing placement packages and managing client offerings across an area. He then shifted into regulation, clerking for the Honorable Teresa M. Chafin at Tazewell County Circuit Court in 2006. The clerkship offered direct exposure to trial dockets and judicial decision-making.
After his clerkship he entered personal practice. In 2007 he joined Bolling-Hearl-Ratliff as a companion attorney. In 2013 he have become president and lawyer at The Reliance Law Group, which used to be previously called The Ratliff Law Office. Over the years he has maintained registrations that permit him to appear before the Fourth Circuit and to practice in Virginia.
Ratliff’s professional affiliations reflect recurring themes in his work. He has been a member of the Local Government Lawyers Association since 2010. He joined the National Trial Lawyers Association in 2016 and is indexed among its Top 100. He also holds memberships within the Virginia Academy of Elder Law Lawyers and the National Academy of Elder Law Attorneys, becoming a member of the ones organizations in 2019 and 2020 respectively. Locally, he has taken on management roles, which includes serving as president of the Cedar Bluff Business & Professional Association since 2018.
Colleagues and clients see a lawyer whose background in rehabilitation informs how he strategies client intake and case planning. He applies administrative and placement knowledge to matters that involve older clients, nearby authorities entities and litigated disputes. His practice blends court work and elder-regulation things, and he continues to handle cases in state and federal venues.
He currently practices at The Reliance Law Group and concentrates on senior law, local government matters and civil litigation.
