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Wayne Cohen has been recognized both locally and nationally by the media for his work.  He is the founder and managing partner of Cohen & Cohen, P.C. Mr. Cohen is an AV-rated lawyer, whose practice is concentrated in the areas of medical malpractice, wrongful death, automobile accidents, product liability, class actions, and other personal injury areas. In short, he has devoted his professional career to representing the rights of the injured. Mr. Cohen has appeared on numerous occasions in local and national television shows and print media. Mr. Cohen has been called one of "Washington's best lawyers", one of Washington's "top 40 lawyers under 40," one of "Washington's top trial lawyers," one of "the 50 best lawyers in Washington," and "one of the city's most feared personal injury lawyers." (Washingtonian Magazine, November 2017, November 2015, November 2013, November 2011, December 2009, July 2006, August 2004, April 2002, and June 2001, respectively).The Washington Examiner identified Mr. Cohen as a "prominent, personal injury lawyer" on January 31, 2006. He was named in The American Trial Lawyers Association's 2008 Top 100 Trial Lawyers in the District of Columbia. Mr. Cohen has been named as one of Washington DC's Super Lawyers for 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018 & 2019.. Mr. Cohen has been an Associate Professorial Lecturer of Law at The George Washington University Law School since 1993, where he currently teaches Trial Skills. He is also the former President of the Trial Lawyers Association of Metropolitan Washington D.C. (TLA-DC, D.C. branch of ATLA), is a former Board of Governor of the TLA-DC, a member of the Association of Trial Lawyers of America, former Chairman of the Litigation Section of the District of Columbia Bar Association, and the former chair of the Injury to Persons and Property Section of the D.C. Bar. Mr. Cohen also served a 2 year appointment to the Attorney Grievance Commission of Maryland, Peer Review Committee. Perhaps it was The Wall Street Journal in a feature article on Mr. Cohen which most clearly identified him, as "brash, aggressive, and enterprising." Mr. Cohen, who is a former amateur boxer, zealously pursues his cases and has won millions of dollars in settlements and verdicts for his clients.Mr. Cohen is a graduate of the University of Michigan (with distinction - 1988) and the University of Miami (cum laude - 1991).. Mr. Cohen holds the highest rating, AV, by the Martindale-Hubbell Peer Review Rating system. Mr. Cohen’s experience has been recognized locally and nationally on television shows, print media, and radio.

Washington D.C. attorney Craig D. Miller serves as a partner at the firm Simeone & Miller, LLP. For over 17 years, he has been practicing as an attorney in the District of Columbia, Maryland and Virginia. Mr. Miller has been recognized as Martindale-Hubbell® AV Preeminent® by his peers in the legal field. Attorney Miller serves on the Board of Governors and as co-chair of the Membership Committee of the DC Trial Lawyers Association. Get in touch with his firm today to arrange for a complimentary case evaluation.. Office:

Personal Story. Joshua Basile, Esq., decided to pursue a legal career to help and fight for the catastrophically injured after suffering his own catastrophic injury in 2004. Mr. Basile's life changed forever while on family vacation when he suffered a severe spinal cord injury resulting in permanent paralysis. As a quadriplegic, he knows firsthand the daily struggles of the catastrophically injured and the importance of doing everything possible to improve one's quality of life in such a situation.. After graduating magna cum laude from law school and passing the Maryland bar and District of Columbia bar, Mr. Basile became the newest associate to join Jack H. Olender & Associates. His empathetic voice and passion to help others is a great addition to the already diverse legal team.. Early Years. While in law school, Mr. Basile took every opportunity to gain valuable courtroom and legal experience. During his first year, he learned the ins and outs of the courtroom while working as a judicial intern for the Honorable Ellen Huvelle in the US District Court for the District of Columbia. He then clerked for the law firm of Ashcraft & Gerel LLP where he experience the day-to-day operation of a tort-based personal injury law firm. During his second year, he gained policy experience while clerking for Senator Tom Harkin and the Senate's Health, Education, Labor, and Pension (HELP) Committee. He was then selected for the prestigious summer internship at the Civil Division of the United States Attorney's Office for the Eastern District of Virginia. During his third and final year, he became a Senior Editor of his law school's Law Review and joined the demanding Housing & Consumer Law Clinic where he completed 450+ hours of free legal services for District of Columbia residents. He received his Rule 48 Legal Assistance Certification from the District of Columbia Court of Appeals Committee on Admissions which allowed him to practice law under the direct supervision of his clinic professor and supervisor. All the while he founded the first District of Columbia Student Trial Lawyers Association chapter which educates law students about the trial litigation world and provides valuable opportunities outside of the classroom. During his last semester, he began interning for Jack H. Olender & Associates. The law firm's commitment to its clients and empowering working environment solidified Mr. Basile's decision to pursue a career fighting for the catastrophically injured as a plaintiff trial attorney.. Outside the Courtroom. Mr. Basile's passion for helping the catastrophically injured continues outside his legal career. Mr. Basile is the founder and president of the Determined2heal Foundation Inc. which helps  simplify the difficult transition into life with paralysis for families living with a spinal cord injury. Early on, he recognized the importance of mentors in a newly injured person's life and the impact one has on improving that person's quality of life. To make sure that a diverse selection of mentors were always available for anyone, at any time, within the spinal cord injury community he cofounded . SPINALpedia is an online video mentoring website with thousands of community members and videos available 24/7. Each member and video has a unique set of physical functionality tags pairing  relevant mentors and videos to those searching on the website.. Mr. Basile's competitive attitude also continues outside of his legal career. He is an inventor of both a device and a sport. He holds a patent for a golf device that he created that allows those with physical limitations to putt a golf ball anywhere on a golf green or on a miniature golf course. His putting device is used in the sport that he created called Slingshot Golf and allows both able-bodied and disabled players to play against each other on a golf course.

I'm a plaintiffs trial lawyer practicing in Washington, DC, Maryland, and West Virginia and am very proud to have the opportunity to represent individuals who have been harmed through no fault of their own.. I'm an avid Georgetown Hoyas basketball fan and a Washington football fan.  My baseball loyalties lie with the Washington Nationals.. Beyond fighting for my clients in the courtroom, I fight to keep the court house doors open through my involvment on the Boards of the American Association for Justice and the Public Justice Foundation, as well as my service as Vice President of the Trial Lawyers Association of Metropolitan Washington, DC.. But the most exciting thing in my life right now is my upcoming wedding in October. I am very much looking forward to marrying my perfect partner, Tracee.

I have been a trial lawyer since 1974. I completed 5 years in the Office of the Solicitor, Division of Civil Rights, U.S. Dept. of Labor and departed in the position of a Senior Trial Attorney. I litigated numerous class action civil rights enforcement cases seeking compliance with the obligation of federal contractors not to discriminate and to take affirmative action. One such case was against Uniroyal Tire & Rubber Co., Inc., alleging sex and race discrimination. The government was successful and Uniroyal was “debarred”, by Order of President Gerald Ford, from engaging in contracts with the United States until they came into compliance with their civil rights obligations.. I began at Chaikin, Sherman, Cammarata & Siegel, P.C. in 1980. I became the Managing Partner in 2005. I have represented thousands of individuals injured as a result of the carelessness of others. I have focused a lot of my energies on the representation of individuals with traumatic brain injuries. I am a founding member of the Brain Injury Association of D.C. (BIADC). I currently serve as Vice President of BIADC and assisted in the drafting of the Athletic Concussion Protection Act of 2011 – a District of Columbia law that protects youth athletes suspected of sustaining a concussion from reentering play unless cleared by a healthcare provider.. I represented approximately 15 of the families of developmentally disabled wards of the District of Columbia that died in the D.C. operated group home system. A plaque memorializing the deaths of these individuals has been placed in their honor, as a result of this litigation, outside the door of the Director of HHS of the District of Columbia. I have represented numerous children that suffered brain injury at birth as well as individuals that suffered profound brain injury as a result of the use of cyanoacrylate (the chemical equivalent of Superglue®) as an embolization device. I have also successfully represented a 6 yr. old child that suffered profound brain injury as a result of near drowning.. In December 2012, I was elected to the Board of Directors for the Brain Injury Association of America. In January 2014, I was elected to a 2-year term as Treasurer of the Brain Injury Association of America.. Some highlights of 2014 and 2015 include the continued successful management of Chaikin, Sherman, Cammarata & Siegel, P.C. and the mentoring of all partners and associates regarding trial technique and litigation strategies, as well as the approaches most likely to lead to the successful resolution of cases with values of approximately $1,000,000 or more at mediation.. I was counsel of record in Peluso-Riti v. Treeman, Inc., et al., which concerned an incident that resulted in our client having to undergo surgery to replace a fractured screw which was placed in her back in a pre-accident surgery. Unfortunately, one of the prongs of the instrument used to insert the disc material broke and remains inside Ms. Peluso-Riti’s spine. This case was favorably resolved by settlement.. I am also counsel of record in Galloway v. Alexandria Transit Company, et al. which involves a lady who was injured when she was struck by a bus while she was crossing in the crosswalk. Our client was dragged under the wheel of the bus which resulted in severe, permanent injuries. This case is scheduled for trial in the Fall.. The law firm has filed a class action in Jane Doe 2, et al. v. Georgetown Kesher Israel, et al. regarding the videotaping of women while they were participating in a religious ritual bath known as a "mikvah" at Kesher Israel Synagogue under the supervision of Rabbi Freundel. Rabbi Freundel has been sentenced to more than 6 years in jail but the civil case is proceeding.. The law firm filed Green, et al. v. Cosby, et al., a case which seeks compensation for injuries to the reputation of the Plaintiffs sustained as a result of the alleged defamatory comments by Defendant Cosby and/or his agents. As managing partner, I assist in the development of the litigation strategy.. In short, my entire career has been dedicated to successfully representing those that have been adversely affected by the careless behavior of others.

I am a civil litigation attorney at The Law Offices of Leonard B. Ference located in Washington, DC.  We provide our clients with a unique level of personal attention and experience in a wide array of legal areas. From Los Angeles, CA to Washington DC, the firm’s attorneys and I have fought to protect our clients’ interests in Civil Litigation matters, including personal injury, workplace discrimination and harassment, wrongful termination, wage claims, wrongful arrest and police brutality, slander and other intentional tort actions, contract disputes and negotiations, and business litigation matters.

Emily C. Lagan handles wrongful death, personal injury, medical malpractice, premises liability, and products liability cases. Alongside other firm members, she is committed to helping clients secure the results they need. Prior to joining the firm, Emily graduated magna cum laude from the University of Richmond and cum laude from Wake Forest University School of Law.. At Wake Forest, she was a legal writing teaching assistant and active member of the Moot Court Board, serving as its Chief Justice. While on the Moot Court Board, Emily competed in two interscholastic competitions, including the National Moot Court Competition, where her team placed second in its region and earned a top-ten score for its legal brief among law schools nationwide. In her third year of law school, Emily participated in the Wake Forest Litigation Externship Clinic, where she assisted the Department of Social Services in obtaining child support awards and the Forsyth County District Attorney’s Office in prosecuting criminal cases. She is also a member of the Order of the Barristers, a national honorary organization that recognizes achievements in written and oral advocacy.. Emily is licensed to practice in Virginia, Maryland, and the District of Columbia. She is currently serving as a co-chair of the New Lawyers Division of the District of Columbia Trial Lawyers Association, a co-chair of the Social Media Committee of the Women’s Bar Association, and is a member of the Young Lawyers Network Leadership Council of the District of Columbia Bar Foundation.

David E. Haynes, The Cochran Firm, D.C.’s managing partner has been representing clients throughout Washington, D.C., Maryland and Virginia since the office’s founding. He has significant experience handling cases involving commercial vehicle and trucking collisions, gas explosions, carbon monoxide poisoning, drowning, fires, inadequate security, medical malpractice, train collisions, product liability, and police misconduct, among others. David has handled dozens of cases involving wrongful death, paralysis, loss of limb, loss of sight, brain injury, and other very serious injuries, often against large corporations or municipalities, securing some of the largest verdicts and settlements of their kind. See examples of case results here.. David was named a Super Lawyer for 2013, 2014, and 2015 in Personal Injury Lawyers in Washington DC. Only up to 5 percent of D.C. attorneys are selected as Super Lawyers. The selection process involves an in-depth, measurable process that includes peer nominations by seasoned attorneys followed by detailed evaluations that are matched against third-party research. Each candidate is evaluated on 12 indicators of peer recognition and professional achievement. In 2015 he was named to the Best Lawyers in America in Washington, D.C. for Personal Injury and Medical Malpractice.. As lead counsel, David has obtained numerous multimillion dollar verdicts and settlements for his clients. Virginia Lawyer’s Weekly recognized attorney Haynes in 2006 after he achieved one of the largest verdicts in Virginia that year, which was upheld on appeal and collected. He was recognized in 2012 by the same publication for securing two of the ten largest settlements in all of Virginia that year, both of which were wrongful death cases.. He has also been appointed by various Courts to leadership positions in complex injury litigation, including:. David has lectured at multiple legal conferences to other lawyers, including the National Trial Lawyers Summit and Mass Torts Made Perfect. He has been interviewed or quoted by numerous national and local news outlets, including NBC National News and The Wall Street Journal. David is often called upon to comment on legal issues of the day and he is a regular contributor on the Ring of Fire radio and TV show.. Active in the community, David is a member of the Board of Directors of the Abramson Scholarship Foundation, a not-for-profit charitable organization that provides scholarships for disadvantaged high school graduates going on to college and fellowships for law school graduates who accept non-profit public interest positions.

Christopher H. Mitchell concentrates his law practice on representing people who have suffered the wrongdoing of others.  For 25 years he has handled cases for patients victimized by medical malpractice; motorists, bicyclists, and pedestrians seriously injured or killed in collisions; consumers harmed by unsafe commercial products; and visitors endangered on another’s property.  Mr. Mitchell’s clients have spanned all ages and backgrounds, and he has obtained substantial recoveries for them by judgment or settlement in federal and local courts throughout metropolitan Washington, D.C.  Since 2013 he has been named as one of the region’s best lawyers in the Washington Post  Magazine and SuperLawyers®.. Before joining Stein Mitchell Cipollone Beato & Missner LLP,  Mr. Mitchell was the Executive Director of the Johnstown Symphony Orchestra in Pennsylvania, served as law clerk to Judge John Bayly of the District of Columbia Superior Court, and was a litigation associate at Collier Shannon Rill & Scott, PLLC (now Kelley Drye) in Washington, D.C. Born and raised in the D.C. area, Mr. Mitchell is a graduate of Harvard and Georgetown, and the oldest of seven siblings

Attorney Paul Zukerberg has the experience that victims of carelessness and negligence need—he has tried hundreds of cases in personal injury, contracts, civil rights, and criminal defense throughout over 30 years of practice. His legal work has held the most powerful entities in Washington, D.C. accountable to the law, including a successful suit against the D.C. City Council over voters’ rights. Attorney Zukerberg is passionate about using the law to help those in need, which is why he often offers his services at reduced rates or even pro bono. If you need an attorney you can trust, contact Attorney Paul Zukerberg at Zukerberg & Halperin, PC.

Attorney Joseph Cammarata is a board-certified personal injury and civil trial lawyer who has received national recognition for his tenacious representation of his clients during all stages of litigation. He is a graduate of St. John’s University Law School of Law, and also holds a Masters degree in Taxation from the prestigious Georgetown University Law School. He is licensed to practice law in Maryland, Virginia, New York, and Washington, D.C.. His practice focuses on the areas of brain injury, personal injury, medical malpractice, and wrongful death. It is his goal to fight for the rights of those who suffer discrimination and other abuses of civil rights. He has won numerous high profile cases and has successfully recovered tens of millions of dollars for his clients. In his experience, he has fought against insurance companies, government entities, and even the President of the United States.. Mr. Cammarata, who is also a certified public accountant, has served as a Chairman of the Criminal Justice Advisory Board and has been involved with the Community Initiative to Reduce Youth Violence, both of which are based in Fairfax, VA. He has also served as a Chairman of the Public Safety Committee of the Visioning Task Force of Mount Vernon, VA, and is a past Chairman of the Red Cross’s largest outdoor fundraising event, the Alexandria Red Cross Waterfront Festival.. As an intelligent, well-spoken, and highly accomplished public speaker, Mr. Cammarata has appeared many times on national and international cable and network television programs and national radio shows. His words have been widely quoted in national and international newspaper and magazine publications. Additionally, he serves as a contributing author for Beyond a Reasonable Doubt, a book edited by Larry King of CNN.. Attorney Cammarata once secured a unanimous decision from the U.S. Supreme Court that guaranteed people the right to equal access to justice, especially against powerful and intimidating opponents. In 1989, he was honored with the Outstanding Attorney Award by the U.S. Department of Justice. He also authored legislation designed to safeguard young athletes from known concussion risks in the “Athletic Concussion Protection Act of 2011.”. Every year since 2007, Attorney Cammarata has been named a Washington, D.C. area “Super Lawyer” by Law & Politics Magazine.. Washingtonian magazine has consistently named him one of the area’s top lawyers every year since 1997, including:. Mr. Cammarata currently serves as the Secretary of the Trial Lawyers’ Association of Metropolitan Washington, D.C. and is a founder of the non-profit organization Brain Injury Association of D.C., which is devoted to helping people suffering from brain injuries through research, education, prevention, and advocacy.

As a partner at Simeone & Miller, LLP, Washington, D.C. attorney Thomas J. Simeone provides legal representation to injury victims. He is licensed to practice law in Maryland, the District of Columbia and Virginia, and has over 20 years of legal experience. Attorney Simeone is a graduate of Syracuse University and the Columbia University School of Law. He is a Justice Fellow at the American Academy of Medical Experts and a member of the Multi-Million Dollar Advocates Forum. Contact his firm today and get a no-charge consultation.   Office: