Top Lawyers: Personal Injury Lawyers

Did you slip on an icy sidewalk? Receive shoddy medical treatment? Get in a collision with a city bus? If you want retribution, one of these top personal-injury lawyers can help you collect damages.

Published Tuesday, December 01, 2009

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Laurie A. Amell

Stein, Mitchell & Muse, LLP
1100 Connecticut Ave., NW
Suite 1100
Washington, DC 20036

Ms. Amell has specialized in complex medical malpractice and personal injury litigation for 17 years. She has obtained numerous six and seven figure verdicts and settlements in the District of Columbia, Maryland, and Virginia. In addition to being the current President of the Trial Lawyers Association of Metropolitan Washington, D.C., she was the 2007 recipient of their Trial Lawyer of the Year award, and is listed in “Best Lawyers in America.”


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Richard A. Bussey

Stein, Mitchell & Muse
1100 Connecticut Avenue, NW
Suite 1100
Washington, DC 20036

Rich Bussey has been representing persons injured due to the fault of others in D.C., MD and VA for more than 30 years. He has successfully handled hundreds of cases of virtually every type including primarily truck, bus, auto, motorcycle, bicycle and pedestrian accidents, train crashes, falls and other premises accidents, construction site injuries, defective products, and medical malpractice.


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Joseph Cammarata

Chaikin, Sherman, Cammarata, Siegel, PC
1232 17th Street, NW
Washington, DC 20036

Mr. Cammarata is a prominent, Board Certified civil trial attorney whose practice is concentrated in the areas of serious personal injury, brain injury, wrongful death, and medical malpractice. He has successfully litigated against insurance companies, governmental entities and even the President of the United States. Washingtonian magazine has named him one of the area’s top attorneys since 1997. Mr. Cammarata is President of the Brain Injury Association of Washington, D.C., a not-for-profit organization devoted to assist persons suffering from a brain injury. He is licensed in DC, Maryland, Virginia, and New York.


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Paulette Chapman

Koonz, McKenney, Johnson, DePaolis & Lightfoot, LLP
2001 Pennsylvania Avenue, NW
Suite 450
Washington, DC 20006

Ms. Chapman, a Washington DC personal injury lawyer, limits her practice to people who are injured because of unsafe construction sites and other workplaces, defective consumer products, and substandard medical care. She is involved in several high profile cases representing catastrophically injured clients. She is listed in “Super Lawyers” magazine, and she is a Martindale-Hubbell AV Rated attorney. Ms. Chapman graduated from George Washington University National Law School in 1988 (with Honors). She has served as President of the Bar Association of the District of Columbia and President of the Women’s Bar Association of the District of Columbia.”


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Peter DePaolis

Koonz, McKenney, Johnson, DePaolis & Lightfoot, LLP
10300 Eaton Place
Suite 200
Fairfax, VA 22030

Mr. DePaolis has exclusively represented personal injury victims in Virginia and the District of Columbia. He has represented personal injury victims of asbestosis, mesothelioma, defective products, automobile collisions, medical malpractice, as well as workers' compensation cases. Mr. DePaolis has led his firm's fight against the asbestos industry and has recovered over $30 million in damages for asbestos victims and their families. He is listed in Super Lawyers magazine, and he is a Martindale-Hubbell AV Rated attorney.


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Roger Johnson

Koonz, McKenney, Johnson, DePaolis & Lightfoot, LLP
2001 Pennsylvania Avenue, NW
Suite 450
Washington, DC 20006

Mr. Johnson has represented clients with serious personal injuries for over thirty years. He has litigated hundreds of catastrophic injury and death cases. Described by the Washington Post as “the man who makes them pay,” his results for clients have also been featured on Tru TV, in the National Law Journal, and in Washingtonian Magazine. He has been elected to America’s Best Lawyers from 2007-2010.


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William Lightfoot

Koonz, McKenney, Johnson, DePaolis & Lightfoot, LLP
2001 Pennsylvania Avenue, NW
Suite 450
Washington, DC 20006

Since 1992, Washingtonian Magazine has recognized William Lightfoot. He concentrates on serious personal injuries i.e. brain, spine, and wrongful death; often representing people injured by automobile crashes, dangerous jobs, defective products, or medical errors. A Board Certified Civil Trial Attorney, he has secured seven figure jury verdicts and settlements. A former District of Columbia Councilmember, he is elected to Super Lawyers and Best Lawyers in America, and lectures to lawyers.


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Patrick Malone

Patrick Malone & Associates, P.C.
1331 H Street, NW,
Suite 900
Washington, DC 20005

Patrick Malone is a leading advocate for victims of serious personal injuries. He has won a long string of exceptional verdicts and settlements on behalf of his clients. Malone is co-author of Rules of the Road: A Plaintiff’ Lawyer’s Guide to Proving Liability, and he recently wrote The Life You Save: Nine Steps to Finding the Best Medical Care – and Avoiding the Worst. Malone was an award-winning investigative journalist before attending Yale Law School. He speaks publicly to groups of patients and health care providers about improving the safety of our health care system.


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Gerard E. Mitchell

Stein, Mitchell & Muse
1100 Connecticut Avenue, NW
Suite 1100
Washington, DC 20036

2010 -- Washington D.C. "Medical Malpractice Lawyer of the Year" according to BestLawyers.com. April 2002 Washingtonian Magazine -- Gerard E. Mitchell has "earned a reputation as the area's most effective medical-malpractice attorney." 1992 -- Washingtonian Magazine lists Mitchell as top-ranked personal injury lawyer among "Washington's 50 Best Lawyers." 1969 -- J.D., U.Va. Law School -- Notes and Decisions Editor, Virginia Law Review. Married, 9 children.


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Michael S. Morgenstern

Michael S. Morgenstern & Associates, PC
77 South Washington Street
Suite 204
Rockville, MD 20850

Michael Morgenstern is a recognized leader in representing victims of serious automobile accidents. For over 30 years, his narrow focus and expertise in automobile accidents have resulted in record verdicts and settlements. His $59.7 million jury verdict against Toyota is the largest of its kind in the country. He is rated "A-V Pre-eminent" by Martindale-Hubbell. Washingtonian Magazine has repeatedly named him in its "Best Lawyers" issues.


Robert Muse

Stein, Mitchell & Muse, LLP
1100 Connecticut Ave., NW
Suite 1100
Washington, DC 20036



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Barry J. Nace

Paulson & Nace, PLLC
1615 New Hampshire Ave., NW
Washington, DC 20009

Recognized as one of Washington’s most successful trial attorneys, Barry J. Nace has represented plaintiffs in more than 100 medical malpractice and drug products liability jury trials. He is the former president of the Association of Trial Lawyers of America (now AAJ), the National Board of Trial Advocacy, and the Trial Lawyers Association of Metropolitan Washington, DC.


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Brian J. Nash

Nash & Associates
1025 Connecticut Avenue, NW
Suite 1012
Washington, DC 20036

Having practiced civil litigation for 35 years, Brian Nash is a highly skilled and experienced trial attorney representing plaintiffs in medical malpractice and catastrophic injury cases. He holds the highest rating (“AV”) by Martindale-Hubbell and is a member of the prestigious American College of Trial Lawyers and the American Board of Trial Advocacy.


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Jack H. Olender

Jack H. Olender & Associates
888 17th Street, NW
4th Floor
Washington, DC 20006

Jack H. Olender is President of the Malpractice Law Firm Jack H. Olender and Associates, which handles catastrophic medical malpractice and personal injury cases. Since winning the nation's first multi-million dollar obstetric malpractice verdict in 1976, he has won or settled more than 200 cases upwards of a million dollars each. He is the only medical malpractice /personal injury lawyer to be recognized by Legal Times as one of “The 90 Greatest Washington Lawyers of the Last 30 Years.” He is elected to Washington, D.C. Super Lawyers and to Best Lawyers in America 2010.


Patrick M. Regan

Regan Zambri & Long
1919 M Street, NW
Suite 350
Washington, DC 20036



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Sandra Robinson

Jack H. Olender & Associates
888 17 Street, NW
4th Floor
Washington, DC 20006

Sandra H. Robinson, a senior trial attorney at the Malpractice Law Firm Jack H. Olender & Associates, P.C., handles catastrophic medical malpractice and personal injury cases. She is Past President of the Public Justice Foundation, and the Trial Lawyers Association of Metropolitan Washington, D.C. and was elected their “Trial Lawyer of the Year.” She was named “Queen of Malpractice” by Washington DC Super Lawyers, and is elected to Best Lawyers in America 2010.


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Allan M. Siegel

Chaikin, Sherman, Cammarata, Siegel, PC
1232 17th Street, NW
Washington, DC 20036

Allan M. Siegel has dedicated his entire career to representing victims injured as a result of negligence. His dedication, commitment and perseverance, combined with his courtroom skills, has earned him respect among his peers. He has been named one of Washington’s “Best Lawyers” by Washingtonian Magazine in every year the magazine has compiled the list since 2004. He is a past president of the Trial Lawyers’ Association of Metropolitan, Washington, D.C., and he has received the highest rating (“AV”) from the Martindale Hubbell Legal Directory. He is also the current Chairman of the Maryland State Advisory Board of the Association of Plaintiff Interstate Trucking Lawyers of America.


William Artz; Arlington

Kim Brooks-Rodney, Cohen & Cohen

Michele Bartoli Cain, Bartoli Cain Law; Alexandria

Wayne R. Cohen, Cohen & Cohen

Thomas Curcio; Alexandria

Peter Everett, Blankingship & Keith; Fairfax

Peter Grenier, Bode & Grenier

Kim Michele Keenan

Bruce Klores

Walter Laake Jr., Joseph Greenwald & Laake; Greenbelt

Lawrence Lapidus, Karp, Frosh, Lapidus, Wigodsky & Norwind

Aaron Levine

John Mesirow, Mesirow & Stravitz

Gary Brooks Mims; Hall, Sickels, Frei & Mims; Reston

Michelle Parfitt, Ashcraft & Gerel

Charles Parsons

George Shadoan, Shadoan, Michael & Wells; Rockville

Brian Shevlin, Shevlin Smith; Fairfax

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