Washington, DC Lawyers

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.

Criminal Defense Law

1101 17th NW St, STE 1100, Washington, DC 20036

Bill Coffield has successfully represented corporations, corporate officers of major corporations, and public sector officials, including The White House and The United States Congress, for over twenty-five years. He is AV Peer Rated by Martindale Hubbell, is ranked a Super Lawyer by Thompson Reuters, and has been named a Top One Hundred Trial Lawyer by the National Trial Lawyers Association. In 2015 Bill was made a Fellow in the Litigation Counselors of America. His areas of practice and expertise include white collar and complex civil litigation. Bill regularly advises clients on how to strategically navigate high-profile investigations by federal agencies, Congress, and foreign governments. Bill attended Fordham University and The University of Miami. He served in the US Army as an Infantry Officer. He is a graduate of numerous Military programs, to include the U.S. Army's Airborne and Ranger Schools. He was Executive Assistant to Congressman Bill Emerson from 1985 to 1991.

In House Counsel

1140 3rd ST NE, 2nd Floor, Washington, DC 20002

Kelly Burchell has been practicing law since 2004. With Burchell Law, Kelly regularly appears before state and federal courts in the District of Columbia, the State of Maryland, and the Commonwealth of Virginia, as well as before state and federal administrative agencies and oversight boards on behalf of clients. Kelly has represented numerous government contractors in payment disputes and false claims actions. Working with small businesses, Kelly has assisted individuals in forming corporations-both LLCs and INCs and structured various clients’ joint ventures to ensure proper management and tax structure. Kelly has also defended small businesses in EEO and wage actions. Prior to establishing Burchell Law PLLC, Kelly was a partner with Burchell & Hughes PLLC and Burchell, Goldblatt & MacKay PLLC. Kelly also served as General Counsel for numerous Fraternal Order of Police Labor Committees in the District of Columbia area including the United States Capitol Police, the National Institutes of Health Division of Police, the United States Park Police, the Library of Congress Police, and the Government Printing Office Police. While representing police unions, Kelly negotiated multiple collective bargaining agreements, arbitrated overtime claims on behalf of the collective bargaining unit and represented officers in adverse action proceedings. Kelly was also directly involved in handling agency policy negotiations, unfair labor practice claims, as well as collective bargaining unit certification issues. Kelly graduated from Howard University School of Law in 2004 and earned a LLM in Tax Law from Villanova University School of Law. While attending Howard, he interned with District of Columbia Superior Court Judges Honorable Arthur L. Burnett, Sr. and the Honorable Herbert B. Dixon, Jr. While interning with Judge Burnett, Kelly researched and drafted an advisory memorandum discussing the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act and the Anti-Terrorism and Effective Death Penalty Act and warrantless searches in the post-9/11 era. Kelly grew up on a farm in Nebraska. He spends his Saturdays cheering for Nebraska football (Go Big Red!).