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Michael S. Morgenstern's dedication to representing the rights of average citizens hurt by big companies stems from his own small town upbringing. His father, Carl, a Harvard Law School graduate, disliked 'big corporate law,’ opting instead for the 'common touch' by practicing general law in the small town of Hamilton, Ohio. As a boy, Morgenstern worked in his father's law practice after school learning the skills that would later lay the moral and business structure foundation he would need for his successful law practice today.Graduating from American University Law in 1978, Morgenstern began his legal career clerking for Judge James B. Parsons who was the Chief Judge of the United States Federal District Court in Chicago and also the first African-American federal judge in the history of the United States. After completing the clerkship, Morgenstern joined the 9th largest law firm in the country, Weil, Gotshal & Manges, in its New York City office. Not satisfied working on cases with "nameless faces,” Morgenstern left corporate law to become an instructor at Brooklyn Law School. While at Brooklyn Law, he wrote several treatises and law review articles focusing on the rights of victims and consumers. During this process of research and writing, Morgenstern realized that he missed practicing law; only this time, like his father, he was drawn to helping people with real issues.In 1988, Morgenstern moved to the Washington, DC area to establish his own practice dedicated solely to representing the injured. Today, with offices in the District of Columbia, Maryland, and Virginia, Morgenstern Injury Lawyers consists of attorneys who follow Michael's approach to meticulous attentive client service.“We accept a smaller number of cases per year than most other personal injury law firms so that all of our clients get the attention I would expect if I had been injured. My job is not simply the practice of law,” says Morgenstern. "My job is to help put my clients and their families' lives back together after something bad has happened. My clients have already been injured once; my responsibility is to take steps to insure no further harm is done.”Morgenstern's impressive record of verdicts and settlements proves that his approach works. Among these was a landmark $59.7 million verdict against Toyota Motor Corporation and a $3.35 million settlement with Metrobus.The combination of solid legal know-how and the moral commitment to help all citizens has earned Michael S. Morgenstern an "A-V Preeminant" rating for 30 years - the highest rating for both legal ability and ethical standards - from Martindale-Hubbell. He is also repeatedly named a "Top Lawyer" by Washingtonian Magazine and elected to Maryland and DC SuperLawyers.

Hector Z. Oropeza is a founding member of Oropeza Law Firm, PLLC. Mr. Oropeza's personal injury practice is concentrated in the areas of medical malpractice, automobile accidents, products liability, pedestrian accidents, and other personal injury areas. Mr. Oropeza's criminal defense practice is concentrated, but not limited to, DUI, DWI Driving with a suspended license, Theft, Possession, and Assault.  Mr. Oropeza has been listed on the Continental Who's Who Registry of National Business Leaders and is a member of the Hispanic Bar Association of the District of Columbia ("HBA-DC”) and the Bar Association of the District of Columbia ("BADC").Mr. Oropeza is a graduate of the University of Maryland and the Howard University School of Law. While in law school, Mr. Oropeza participated in the International Moot Court Team where he argued complex international legal issues. While in law school, Mr. Oropeza was the Vice President of La Alianza, the Hispanic Bar Association. After law school, Mr. Oropeza worked at Fried, Frank, Harris, Shriver & Jacobson, LLP for two years. At Fried Frank, Mr. Oropeza structured and reorganized hedge funds and private equity funds and incorporated many entities in different jurisdictions. While at Fried Frank, Mr. Oropeza also fought for the rights of Guantanamo Bay detainees. Prior to establishing the Oropeza Law Firm, PLLC, Mr. Oropeza worked as an associate for Cohen & Cohen, P.C. and as Vice President of Legal Affairs for Capital Reporting Company. Mr. Oropeza currently participates in the Christian Legal Aid program at Covenant Life Church in Gaithersburg, Maryland and in Washington, DC. Mr. Oropeza also assists indigent Defendants in Baltimore city and Montgomery County as part of the Maryland Appointed Attorney Program.  Mr. Oropeza spent much of his career advocating for the rights of the unrepresented and looks forward to advocating for the rights and interests of his clients.

For many years, John M. “Jack” Quinn has held the highest honors available to a trial lawyer, including Fellowship in the American College of Trial Lawyers and election to Membership in the American Board of Trial Advocates.  He has been selected for inclusion in “Best Lawyers in America” every year since that evaluation service began.  He has held an “AV” Preeminent Lawyer rating from Martindale-Hubbell for approximately thirty years.  He holds the highest rank as a “Bencher Emeritus” in the Montgomery County Inns of Court.  He has been a Member of the Governor’s Trial Court Nominating Commission for approximately fifteen years.  Mr. Quinn has been recognized in Super Lawyers Magazine since its inception and was later among the “50 Best Lawyers in Maryland” in 2006 and 2008.  Mr. Quinn was awarded the Maryland Daily Record’s “Leadership in Law” Award in 2008.. Mr. Quinn served for twenty years on the Governor’s Advisory Committee to the Law-Related Education Program for the State of Maryland.  He has also served three terms as a Member of the Board of Governors of the Maryland State Bar Association.  He has served as a member of the Executive Committee of the Board of Governors and has served on its Planning Commission.  Mr. Quinn was elected as a Fellow of the Maryland Bar Foundation in 1998.. Mr. Quinn currently serves as President of the Bar Foundation of Montgomery County, Maryland.  He is the current Past-President of the Bar Association of Montgomery County and has served the Bar Association of Montgomery County as a Member of the Executive Committee, Chairman of the Nominations and Elections Committee and Interprofessional Committee, Judicial District Delegate to the Young Lawyers Section Council, and on numerous Committees and Commissions, including the Judicial Selections Committee and the Fee Dispute Resolution Committee.  He has been a recipient of the President’s Citation for Outstanding Service to the Bar Association. He has also served as trial counsel to the Bar Association.. Mr. Quinn acts as a special mediator to the Circuit Court for Montgomery County, and has conducted in excess of 50 specially appointed mediations.  He has also served as a Special Arbiter on numerous occasions.  His areas of practice include business litigation, medical malpractice, personal injury, products liability, real estate and construction litigation, criminal law, workers’ compensation and family law.  He lectures frequently on issues relating to tort, family, and insurance law and trial practice to various professional organizations.. Mr. Quinn has practiced law in Rockville, Maryland since 1975 and has served as lead trial counsel in hundreds of jury and non-jury cases.  He is a Member of the Maryland and District of Columbia Bars.  He is also a Member of the Bars of the United States District Court for the District of Maryland, the United States Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit, the United States District Court for the District of Columbia, the United States Circuit Court for the District of Columbia Circuit and the Supreme Court of the United States.  Mr. Quinn has served on numerous business and community Boards of Directors.

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