Best D.C. Personal Injury Attorneys

Price Benowitz Accident Injury Lawyers is a Washington, D.C. personal injury firm serving the District, Maryland, Virginia, and South Carolina. The practice pairs each client with the attorney best suited to the case, then keeps a support team on it from intake through verdict.

Partners John Yannone, Kenneth Laduca, Arren Waldrep, and Rammy Barbari lead the injury side. Reported results include $5 million and $3 million auto crash recoveries. Another $1.2 million came from a slip and fall claim.

Phones are answered around the clock, and staff speaks Spanish. Consultations are free, and there is no fee unless the firm wins.

Four decades of courtroom work sit behind this K Street practice, which takes only serious injury and wrongful death matters in D.C. and Maryland.

Kenneth Trombly is AV rated by Martindale-Hubbell and limits his work to catastrophic injury litigation. Partner Daniel Singer sits on the Board of Governors of the Trial Lawyers Association of Washington, D.C. Adam Trombly spent nearly eight years as an Assistant State's Attorney in Prince George's County before joining the firm.

Results include an $8.35 million medical malpractice verdict tied to a leg amputation. Another $4.2 million came from a shooting caused by inadequate security. The firm stays selective so each personal injury attorney in Washington carries a manageable caseload.

Barry Chasen founded ChasenBoscolo in 1986 on one rule: take care of the clients. The firm has recovered more than $1.1 billion since then and tried over 1,000 jury cases in the last five years alone.

More than 100 people now work across offices in Greenbelt, Waldorf, and Fairfax, covering Maryland, Virginia, and the District. Verdicts and settlements include $11.48 million for a woman struck by a D.C. school bus and $4.2 million for a Prince George's County construction worker.

Workers' compensation is a core practice alongside auto and premises claims. The No Fee Guarantee means clients owe nothing unless the case is won, and the first meeting with an injury lawyer in Washington costs nothing.

For more than 40 years, this firm has handled injury and wrongful death claims exclusively across the DMV.

Recoveries include $1.5 million for a passenger with a traumatic brain injury. A pedestrian struck in Alexandria recovered $1 million. Team members speak English, Spanish, and Farsi fluently, which matters in a region this diverse.

Every matter is staffed with attorneys, investigators, and paralegals. Fees are contingent, so there is no hourly billing and no upfront cost.

Birth injury work sets this Georgetown practice apart. Johnnie Bond Law handles cerebral palsy, hypoxic ischemic encephalopathy, delayed C-section, and Erb's palsy claims alongside ordinary accident files.

The firm also takes assault and battery, premises liability, scooter, and mass tort matters, including hair relaxer and Camp Lejeune litigation. Offices in Nashville and Memphis extend the reach beyond D.C., Maryland, and Virginia.

Staff answer calls at any hour and speak English, Spanish, and Filipino.

Small by design, this downtown practice keeps John Mesirow on every file from intake to resolution. Clients are never handed off to a clerk or paralegal.

Mesirow holds an AV rating from Martindale-Hubbell and a 10.0 rating on Avvo. He is a bicycle commuter himself and has built a resource center around cycling claims, which shows in the firm's bicycle and pedestrian caseload.

Other matters include auto crashes, dog bites, negligent security, and civil litigation in state and federal courts across D.C., Maryland, and Northern Virginia.

William P. Lightfoot has litigated multi-million dollar cases in Washington-area courts for nearly four decades and has been named a Super Lawyer since 2007. His son, William J. Lightfoot, co-founded the firm after working in Mayor Bowser's Office of Legal Counsel.

Work injury claims are the core of the practice, with reported results between $90,000 and $2.15 million. The team also takes construction accidents, defective products, slip and falls, and car crashes in D.C. and Maryland courts.

Criminal defense and injury work sit side by side at Hannah Akintoye Law. That mix helps clients whose accident case overlaps with a traffic charge or a protective order.

The firm covers DUI defense, domestic violence, civil protection orders, and record expungements from an office near Judiciary Square. It also runs webinars for parents on protecting college students from arrest.

Troy W. Poole has recovered roughly $50 million for clients and taken on more than 530 cases from his White Oak office in Silver Spring.

He graduated cum laude from Howard University and earned his law degree there. He then clerked at the Eleventh Court of Appeals in Texas. The National Trial Lawyers named him to its Top 40 Under 40.

The practice is limited to injury claims in Maryland and the District, including nursing home abuse and dog bites.

An in-house registered nurse reviews the medical side of every case at The Cochran Firm, DC, which speeds up malpractice and catastrophic injury files.

The office carries the name and resources of Johnnie Cochran's national practice. Results include a $190 million settlement for more than 8,000 women secretly recorded by a Johns Hopkins physician. A near-drowning brain injury case brought $14 million.

Police brutality and civil rights claims round out the docket.

Washingtonian Magazine once called founder Wayne Cohen one of the city's most feared injury lawyers. The firm has leaned into that reputation for over 30 years.

Cohen & Cohen has recovered hundreds of millions across D.C., Maryland, and Virginia and holds hundreds of 5-star reviews. Attorneys are licensed in all three jurisdictions, which matters under the contributory negligence rule each one applies.

Cases run from Metro train collisions and truck crashes to catastrophic injuries and workplace claims.

Founded in 2002, Simeone & Miller has recovered hundreds of millions across the D.C. metro area and holds membership in the Multi-Million Dollar Advocates Forum.

Managing partner Thomas Simeone and partner Craig Miller build claims with accident reconstruction specialists and medical experts. Reported results include $3 million for a pedestrian and $2.88 million in a malpractice case.

Birth injury, clergy sexual abuse, and nursing home neglect claims also feature. The firm funds a scholarship for law students headed into public service.

Lawdragon called this a powerhouse firm built for catastrophe cases. The numbers back it: over $1 billion recovered in nearly 30 years, including a $77 million wrongful death settlement.

Washingtonian describes Patrick Regan as the lawyer you call to sue WMATA. Metro, aviation, and gas explosion claims are genuine specialties here, alongside a $20 million brain injury verdict.

No TV spots, no billboards. Koonz McKenney Johnson & DePaolis has built a 40-year practice on referrals and results, passing $1 billion recovered.

Construction and workplace injuries are a real strength. A union steamfitter hurt on a D.C. renovation won a $2.18 million jury verdict, and one pedestrian settlement reached $9.3 million. Offices sit in the District, Fairfax, and National Harbor.

World War II veteran Joseph Gelb opened this practice in 1954, and his family still runs it three generations later.

Managing partner Roger Gelb personally handles or oversees every case the office accepts. More than $400 million has been recovered and over 10,000 clients represented. Washingtonian has called him one of the region's most sought-after legal minds.

Train and Metro claims, nightclub injuries, and hotel accidents are unusual niches the firm covers well.

Thomas Cardaro and Jeffrey Peek spent their early careers defending hospitals and insurers. They now sue them exclusively.

The Baltimore and D.C. offices take only medical negligence claims. Behind them sit 80-plus years of combined experience, medical staff in-house, and over $150 million recovered. A $12 million misdiagnosis result leads their reported verdicts.

Dedicated Korean, Spanish, and Chinese phone lines make this firm a practical choice for immigrant families in the D.C. metro area.

Robinson Rowe and Christina Shin handle criminal defense and injury claims across three jurisdictions. Over 100 combined years of experience back results such as an $11.3 million private settlement.

Trustwell Law Group takes on harm caused by products rather than drivers. Current litigation covers Ozempic, Depo-Provera, hernia mesh, Bard PowerPort ports, hair relaxers, toxic baby food, and asbestos exposure.

Workers' compensation, Social Security disability, and nursing home abuse claims fill out the practice.

Principal Kathleen Glen Burke carries a 50-year firm history near Farragut North Metro. Boating accidents, elevator and escalator claims, and auto defect cases sit alongside standard collision work. Attorneys answer the phone 24 hours and serve clients in English and Amharic.