Stephen first engaged in a general litigation practice with a firm in Norfolk.  He moved his practice to Virginia Beach in 1988 and joined with Mike Inman, later forming the current firm of Inman & Strickler.  He began concentrating on workers’ compensation and disability claims over the past 25 to 30 years.  He currently represents injured workers before the Virginia Workers’ Compensation Commission and Virginia Court of Appeals.  Mr. Strickler and his staff focus on staying in close contact with injured workers in order that they are able to maintain both their medical benefits and weekly compensation payments.  In many cases he is able to reach reasonable and appropriate settlements of workers’ compensation claims.  In the past 20 years alone, he has garnered settlements in excess of $35 million for injured workers.  Mr. Strickler previously also represented employers and insurance carriers in workers’ compensation and therefore has considerable experience as to how insurance carriers and their attorneys defend these claims.  He now represents only injured workers in his workers' compensation practice.

Mr. Strickler also represents injured workers in claims regarding disability applications before the Virginia Retirement System (VRS).

Because Mr. Strickler’s workers’ compensation practice places considerable focus on medical issues, Mr. Strickler can also provide an analysis of potential medical malpractice claims.

Mr. Strickler and his staff provide free consultations with regard to potential workers’ compensation claims, potential disability claims and medical malpractice evaluations.

Personal:  Mr. Strickler is married.  His wife, Lynda, is a retired Social Worker.  They have two daughters.  He enjoys golf and traveling to Charlottesville and San Diego to visit their daughters and their grandchildren.

After graduating from law school Mr. Strickler served as a Lieutenant in the USAR from 1971-1973 and then as a Captain in the JAGGC USAR 1973-1980.

• Mr. Strickler has served as President of the Tidewater Chapter of the VMI Alumni Association.
• He also served for several years on a screening committee to provide U.S. senators with recommended candidates for appointment to the Service Academies.
• He has been a member of the Board of Directors of the Bay Colony-Cavalier Park Civic League for some 35 years, serving as Registered Agent for the League.

• For the past three years he has been named as a top workers’ compensation attorney by Coastal Virginia Magazine.  He recently has been names as a Best Lawyer for representing claimants in workers’ compensation cases.
• He served on a 2018 panel with regard to Virginia Retirement System disability claims at the Virginia Workers’ Compensation Inn of Court annual meeting.
• He lectured for the National Business Institute in 2012 and 2016 on handling workers’ compensation claims.
• He also was a speaker at the Virginia Workers’ Compensation Commission Annual Seminars in 2004 and 2005.
• Mr. Strickler has lectured for the Virginia CLE statewide seminars in 2002, 2004, 2006 and 2008 on various workers’ compensation issues to other attorneys around the state.