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District of Columbia Personal Injury Lawyers

5 distinguished personal injury law attorneys in District of Columbia, each reviewed by the Lawyers of Distinction Selection Committee.

District of Columbia personal injury law directory

Adam R. Leighton

Adam R. Leighton

Featured Lawyer

Personal Injury Law

1730 Rhode Island Ave NW #410, Washington, DC 20036, USA

Adam R. Leighton, Esq. ( [email protected] ), an AV-Rated lawyer and Partner at Cohen & Cohen, PC, is a 1997 graduate of the University of Toledo School of Law. In 1993, he received a Bachelor of Arts in English, with a minor in Economics from Tulane University. Mr. Leighton focuses his practice in the area of medical negligence, automobile, and premises matters. Mr. Leighton has served on the Tort Law Steering Committee and Steering Committee of the Injury to Persons and Property Section of the D.C. Bar. Mr. Leighton was the 2011-2012 President of the Trial Lawyers Association of Washington, D.C. He has served as a Board of Governor and as a Chair of the Education Committee. Mr. Leighton has also served as a trial judge at the George Washington University Law School.

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Archie Rich

Archie Rich

Distinguished Lawyer

Personal Injury Law

1250 I Street NW, Suite 902, Washington, DC 20005

Archie L. Rich II is the founding partner of The Rich Firm, PC and is responsible for the firm’s management. Mr. Rich is an experienced litigation attorney with over 15 years’ experience in personal injury and medical malpractice matters. In addition to an extensive background in tort litigation, Mr. Rich’s professional experience includes substantial work in international business development and telecommunications.

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D. Todd Mathews

D. Todd Mathews

Distinguished Lawyer

Personal Injury Law

1055 Thomas Jefferson St NW, Washington, DC 20007

During the past two decades, Todd Mathews has secured numerous multimillion-dollar trial verdicts and settlements on behalf of his clients, successfully representing plaintiffs nationwide across product liability, personal injury, employment, sexual abuse, class action, mass tort, and whistleblower cases. Todd served as co-lead trial counsel to the Official Committee of Talc Claimants in the Johnson & Johnson bankruptcy of its special purpose subsidiary LTL Management. For more please visit here. His courtroom efforts have not gone unnoticed. Todd is a member of the National Trial Lawyers Top 100, an invitation-only organization composed of premier trial lawyers from each state or region, and is a lifetime member of the Million Dollar Advocates Forum, one of the most prestigious groups of trial lawyers in America. A partner in Bailey Glasser’s St. Louis office, Todd joined the firm in September 2021. Todd serves on the plaintiff’s executive committee of both the Atrium Hernia Mesh Multidistrict Litigation (MDL) in New Hampshire and the Smith and Nephew Hips MDL in Maryland. He also holds leadership committee positions on the Bard Hernia Mesh Coordinated Cases, Mirena PTC MDL, and Taxotere MDL. He serves the Missouri Association of Trial Lawyers as a representative to the American Association of Justice’s board of governors. A regular organizer of and speaker at legal symposiums worldwide, Todd designs events that facilitate leadership roles, reflect organizational structure, and encourage coordinated litigation efforts. His conferences have featured hundreds of U.S. law firms. Todd holds a J.D. from Nova Southeastern University School of Law, as well as a bachelor’s degree from Southern Illinois University.

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James Taglieri

Featured Lawyer

Personal Injury Law

1100 Connecticut Avenue NW, 730, Washington, DC 20036

A native of Jersey City, New Jersey, James Taglieri has extensive legal experience, as evidenced by his many professional affiliations and honors.

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Wayne Cohen

Personal Injury Law

1730 Rhode Island Avenue, NW, Suite #410, Washington, DC 20036

Wayne R. Cohen 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 2015, December 2013, November 2011, December 2009, December 2007, July 2006, August 2004, April 2002, and June 2001). The Washington Examiner identified Mr. Cohen as a “prominent, personal injury lawyer” on January 31, 2006. He was named in The National Trial Lawyers Association’s 2008 Top 100 Trial Lawyers in the District of Columbia, has been named as one of Washington DC’s Super Lawyers for 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015 & 2016 and has been featured by Washingtonian Magazine. Our DC injury lawyers and car accident lawyers have appeared on major news networks including ABC, NBC, Fox, the Washington Post, USA Today, Washingtonian Magazine and more. If you or a loved one has suffered an auto accident injury, or personal injury, and need a lawyer in DC, Maryland or Virginia, call our office today for a free consultation. We have decades of experience handling injury claims in DC, in Maryland in Virginia, and will work hard to provide you with immediate assistance on your case. Education: The University of Miami 1991. Practicing for over 27 years.

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