Personal-injury law is one of the most common fields in which ordinary citizens get involved with the judicial system. These lawyers almost always work on contingency—that is, on a percentage of the recovery—a controversial system that makes the courts accessible to ordinary people but that gives rise to criticism that the lawyers too often make as much money as the injured client.
Dov Apfel, Joseph, Greenwald & Laake; Greenbelt Seth Berenzweig, Albo & Oblon; Arlington Lorin Bleecker, Bleecker Law Firm; Rockville Aaron Book, Reed Smith; Falls Church Michele Bartoli Cain, Sale & Quinn Thomas Cawley, Hunton & Williams; McLean Jill Cohen, Cohen & Cohen Wayne Cohen, Cohen & Cohen Thomas J. Curcio, Law Office of Thomas J. Curcio; Alexandria Steven Dorne; Rockville Marc Fiedler, Koonz, McKenney, Johnson, DePaolis & Lightfoot Nathan Finkelstein, Finkelstein & Horvitz; Bethesda Stephen Friedman, Joseph, Greenwald & Laake; Greenbelt Roger Gelb, Gelb & Gelb Andrew Greenwald, Joseph, Greenwald & Laake; Greenbelt Peter Grenier, Bode & Grenier Roger Johnson, Koonz, McKenney, Johnson, DePaolis & Lightfoot Ronald Karp, Karp, Frosh, Lapidus, Wigodsky & Norwind; Rockville Joseph Koonz, Koonz, McKenney, Johnson, DePaolis & Lightfoot Lawrence Lapidus, Karp, Frosh, Lapidus, Wigodsky & Norwind Aaron Levine, Aaron M. Levine & Associates William Lightfoot, Koonz, McKenney, Johnson, DePaolis & Lightfoot R. Peyton Mahaffey, McCandlish & Lillard; Fairfax Patrick Malone, Stein, Mitchell & Mezines John Mesirow, Mesirow & Stravitz Gerard Mitchell, Stein, Mitchell & Mezines Michael Morgenstern, Michael S. Morgenstern & Associates; Rockville Robert Muse, Stein, Mitchell & Mezines Barry Nace, Paulson & Nace Jack Olender, Jack H. Olender & Associates Charles Parsons, Charles C. Parsons & Associates Patrick Regan, Regan, Halperin & Long George Shadoan, Shadoan & Michael; Rockville Brian Shevlin, Shevlin & Smith; Arlington Allan Siegel, Chaikin & Sherman Robert M. Somer, Hilton & Somer; Fairfax David Webster, Caplin & Drysdale Charles Zauzig III, Nichols, Bergere, Zauzig & Sandler;Woodbridge