Personal injury lawyers in Washington.
Personal injury attorneys serving Washington, District of Columbia.
Top-rated personal injury lawyers in Washington.
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Hannah Amundson
AttorneyHannah Amundson is an attorney at Price Benowitz LLP focused on personal injury matters in Washington, D.C. and Maryland. Her practice areas include auto accidents, motorcycle and bicycle accidents, trip and slip and fall cases, dog bites, assault and battery, security negligence, and medical malpractice. Amundson earned her Juris Doctor cum laude from the University of the District of Columbia, David A. Clarke School of Law, where she served as Associate Editor of the UDC Law Review and as a Dean's Fellow. During law school she worked as a student attorney in both the UDC Immigration and Human Rights Clinic and the UDC Legislation Clinic. She earned her undergraduate degree summa cum laude from Florida Gulf Coast University, where she was a member of the Honors Program. She is admitted to the bars of the District of Columbia, Maryland, and Florida. Her recognitions include selection as a Super Lawyers Rising Star and inclusion in Best Lawyers "Ones to Watch."
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Sonja Aoun
PartnerSonja Aoun is a partner in the Family Law practice at Price Benowitz LLP, serving Northern Virginia and Washington, D.C. Her practice focuses on family law, including divorce, custody and visitation, child and spousal support, relocation, property distribution, military and government-related divorces, retirement and pension division, premarital and separation agreements, stepparent adoptions, and select estate planning matters. Aoun earned her Juris Doctor from Georgetown University Law Center and her Bachelor of Arts in Spanish from Georgetown University. She is admitted to the Virginia State Bar and the Bar of the District of Columbia. Originally from Minnesota, Aoun is actively involved in community work addressing food insecurity and dyslexia advocacy and is conversational in Spanish. Her recognitions include Super Lawyer designation in both Virginia and Washington, D.C., the Martindale-Hubbell Client Distinction Award, and inclusion in Best Lawyers in America for Family Law.
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Kush Arora
PartnerKush Arora is a partner and criminal defense attorney at Price Benowitz LLP, where he helped launch the Maryland practice. He represents clients at both the misdemeanor and felony levels, with cases tried before judges and juries ranging from traffic offenses to serious felonies. Arora earned his Juris Doctor from Catholic University of America Columbus School of Law in 2005, where he was involved in the D.C. Law Students in Court program and the Moot Court Society. He is admitted to the Maryland State Bar, the Bar of the District of Columbia, and is licensed to argue cases before the United States Supreme Court. Before joining Price Benowitz, Arora served as an Assistant Public Defender in Montgomery County, Maryland, handling misdemeanor through felony cases. He is an officer and ongoing member of the South Asian Bar Association, participates in the Montgomery County Bar Association Mentor-Mentee Program, and serves on the Attorney Grievance Committee Ethics Review Panel. His recognitions include AV rating from Martindale-Hubbell, Top 100 Trial Lawyer designation from the National Association of Trial Lawyers, Thomson Reuters Super Lawyers selection (2014-2026), Top Attorney designation by Moco260, and Super Lawyers Criminal Defense - Maryland/DC selection for five consecutive years.
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Juan Asconape
AttorneyJuan Asconape is a veteran trial attorney at TopDog Law Personal Injury Lawyers, joining following the firm's November 2025 acquisition of Keller Swan Injury Attorneys. With over 15 years of experience in plaintiff's personal injury litigation, he has successfully resolved more than 2,500 cases and secured approximately $70 million in compensation for his clients. A native Spanish speaker, Juan spent his childhood in Buenos Aires, Argentina, and further enriched his linguistic skills through studies in Europe, becoming proficient in Italian and French. He earned his Bachelor of Arts in English from Indiana University in 2001 and his Juris Doctor from Santa Clara University School of Law in 2006. Prior to joining Keller Swan in February 2025, he practiced for many years at Schwed, Adams, & McGinley, P.A. in Palm Beach Gardens, FL.
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John Ayers
AttorneyJohn D. Ayers is a personal injury attorney at Marks & Harrison who represents plaintiffs and focuses primarily on auto accidents. Born and raised in Hanover County, Virginia, he earned his Juris Doctor from the University of Richmond School of Law and his undergraduate degree from Virginia Tech. Ayers left Marks & Harrison in 2016 to serve as General Counsel for the Virginia Trial Lawyers Association, lobbying the General Assembly on behalf of personal injury attorneys and their clients, and returned to the firm in 2021.
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Melisa Azak
AttorneyMelisa Azak is a personal injury attorney at Marks & Harrison, focusing on medical malpractice law. Before joining the firm, she represented employers, design professionals, homeowners' associations, medical providers, and other entities at an insurance defense firm. Azak earned her Juris Doctor cum laude from the University of Richmond School of Law and her Bachelor of Arts from American University. During law school, she interned with a U.S. Magistrate Judge in the Eastern District of Virginia and was a member of the Journal of Law and Technology, the Moot Court Board, and the Trial Advocacy Board.
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Jessica Baldwin
AttorneyJessica Baldwin is an attorney at Price Benowitz LLP focused on criminal defense, with over 15 years of legal experience in criminal law. Baldwin previously served as an Assistant Solicitor in South Carolina's Ninth Judicial Circuit, where she handled diverse criminal cases ranging from misdemeanors to complex felonies, including domestic violence, drug offenses, sexual assault, and homicide. She supervised the Charleston Domestic Violence Unit, was a founding member of the Ninth Circuit Fatality Review Team, and serves as an Executive Board Member for the Tri-County Domestic Violence Coordinating Council.
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Rammy Barbari
PartnerRammy G. Barbari is a partner at Price Benowitz LLP focused on personal injury and civil litigation. He has more than a decade of trial experience, with hundreds of bench and jury trials and more than 10,000 cases handled. Barbari earned his Juris Doctor from Indiana University Maurer School of Law in 2014 and his Bachelor of Arts from the Virginia Military Institute in 2009, where he graduated as a Distinguished Graduate with Institute Honors. He is admitted to the Virginia State Bar, the Bar of the District of Columbia, the U.S. District Courts for the Eastern and Western Districts of Virginia, the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia, the U.S. District Court for the District of Maryland (pro hac vice), and the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit. After law school, Barbari clerked for U.S. District Judge Claude M. Hilton of the Eastern District of Virginia, then served as a prosecutor in Fairfax County, Virginia handling violent felonies, fraud, and narcotics cases. He previously led Price Benowitz's federal white-collar defense group. Before law school, he had international business development experience securing more than $500 million in contracts for a private security firm in the Middle East. Barbari is a member of the Federal Bar Association, the National Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers, the National Arab American Bar Association, the National Trial Lawyers, the American Bar Association, and the Fairfax Bar Association. He is fluent in Arabic and Spanish. His honors include Super Lawyers Rising Star recognition (2023-2025), selection to the National Trial Lawyers Top 100, and multiple commendations for trial practice excellence.
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Destiny Barbosa
AttorneyDestiny Rae Barbosa is a trial attorney at TopDog Law Personal Injury Lawyers (working through Keller Swan Injury Attorneys, part of TopDog Law SE, PLLC), based in Jupiter, Florida. She focuses on personal injury and property damage cases resulting from negligence and wrongdoing, including catastrophic injury cases. She earned her J.D. from Florida Coastal School of Law in Jacksonville, graduating early in two years with Cum Laude honors and a certificate in Civil Litigation. Earlier in her career, she clerked for Judge Waddell Wallace III in Duval County's Repeat Felony Offender Court, served as a Certified Legal Intern with the State Attorney's Office, and practiced at Romano Law Group and Keller Melchiorre & Walsh, PLLC. She lectures on Federal Motor Carrier Safety Regulations and evidence preservation in personal injury cases.
- Koonz McKenney Johnson & DePaolis LLP23y
Justin Beall
AttorneyJustin M. Beall is a Partner at Koonz, McKenney, Johnson & DePaolis L.L.P., representing personal injury clients in Virginia, Maryland, Washington D.C., and West Virginia. He handles catastrophic injury, truck accidents, car accidents, premises liability, construction accidents, medical malpractice, and workers' compensation claims. Prior to joining the firm in November 2009, he practiced insurance defense at Kalbaugh, Pfund & Messersmith, P.C. from 2002 to 2009, defending trucking, restaurant, and retail companies. This insurance defense background gives him a unique perspective on the evaluation and litigation of plaintiffs' personal injury claims. He earned his J.D. from George Mason University School of Law in 2000.
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Tammy Begun
PartnerTammy Begun is a partner at Price Benowitz LLP, practicing exclusively in family law in Maryland state courts, with more than 20 years of legal experience. Begun earned her Juris Doctor from the Catholic University of America Columbus School of Law and her Bachelor of Arts from the University of Maryland. After law school she clerked for the Honorable L. Leonard Ruben of the Circuit Court for Montgomery County. She is admitted to the Maryland State Bar (state and federal), the Bar of the District of Columbia, and the Supreme Court of the United States. Begun is a mediator with special certifications in child custody and marital property matters, a Best Interest Attorney for minor children, a parenting coordinator, and trained in collaborative law. She is a member of the Montgomery County Bar Association, the Frederick County Bar Association, and the Maryland State Bar Association. Her recognitions include Top Attorney by Bethesda Magazine, Best of Bethesda Family Law Practitioner, Top Attorney by Moco260, and Super Lawyers selection (2023-2026).
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Abigail Beichler
PartnerAbigail Beichler is a partner at Price Benowitz LLP, based in Baltimore, Maryland. Her practice focuses on family law, with additional experience in criminal defense, administrative proceedings, business law, and juvenile law. Beichler earned her Juris Doctor from the University of Maryland Francis King Carey School of Law and her Bachelor of Science in Sociology and Criminal Justice from the University of Richmond. She is admitted to the Maryland State Bar. After law school, Beichler clerked for the Honorable Judge Marcus Z. Shar of the Circuit Court for Baltimore City, working concurrently as an evening law clerk at a private firm. Her honors include selection as a Super Lawyers Rising Star (2022-2026) and inclusion in Best Lawyers "Ones to Watch."
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Breana Bell
AttorneyBreana Bell is an Associate Attorney at Wingfield, Ginsburg & Lipp, P.C., a Washington, D.C. personal injury firm serving clients across DC, Maryland, and Virginia. She earned her Juris Doctor from Regent University School of Law (2015-2018), where she served as Chairwoman of the Moot Court Board and competed in moot court competitions. Prior to law school, Breana pursued a diverse academic path, obtaining undergraduate degrees in both pre-law and theater, with experience in acting, directing, and musical theater that cultivated strong communication and interpersonal skills. Her prior legal experience includes positions as an estate planning and administration attorney handling probate, guardianship, and conservatorship matters, and roles at firms including Kondori Moorad & Niesen, Alperin Law, Conrod & Company Law Firm, Shupert Chaing, and Gibbs & Associates Law Firm.
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Haley Benjamin
Associate AttorneyHaley Benjamin is an associate attorney at Koonz McKenney Johnson & DePaolis LLP, representing personal injury clients throughout Northern Virginia. Her practice covers motor vehicle accidents, premises liability, and workplace injuries. Ms. Benjamin joined the firm as a law clerk in early 2024 while completing her J.D., working alongside the firm's senior trial lawyers, and was promoted to associate after passing the Virginia bar in 2025. She earned her J.D. from George Mason University's Antonin Scalia Law School and a Distinguished Major B.A. in Sociology from the University of Virginia, with a minor in Chinese language and literature. She has a long background of community service, including volunteer work with the Jefferson Area Board for Aging (JABA) and the Night Light Cafe.
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David Benowitz
Founding PartnerDavid Benowitz is a founding partner of Price Benowitz LLP, where he represents CEOs, federal contractors, and financial services executives in white-collar criminal and personal injury matters. He has practiced as a high-profile criminal defense attorney for 25 to 30 years. Benowitz earned his Juris Doctor from George Washington University Law School in 1995, where he served on the Law Review, the Moot Court Board, and the D.C. Law Students in Court Program. He also earned an LL.M. in Trial Advocacy from Temple University in 2006. He is admitted to the Bar of Washington, D.C. and the State Bar of Maryland. From 1995 to 2001, Benowitz served as a Staff Attorney at the Public Defender Service for the District of Columbia, where he represented clients in serious felony cases including first-degree murder, armed robbery, and carjacking. He has been a faculty member of the Harvard Law School Trial Advocacy Workshop since 2012. Notable matters include representation of a former African nation president charged with bulk cash smuggling (resulting in a small fine), defense of a business owner in the "Africa Sting" FCPA prosecution (dismissed by the Department of Justice), representation of a high-ranking naval officer in a government corruption investigation, the 2017 exoneration of Lamar Johnson through work with the Mid-Atlantic Innocence Project, and the 2020 release of Calvin Bright from a 60-years-to-life sentence for a wrongful murder conviction. His honors include Super Lawyers selection (2013-2025), Best Lawyers designation, an AV Preeminent rating from Martindale-Hubbell, recognition as one of Washington D.C.'s Best Lawyers by the Washington City Paper, and selection to the National Trial Lawyers Top 100. He is the founder of the Recognizing Public Servants Scholarship and a supporter of Operation Enduring Warrior and the Semper Fi Fund.
- TopDog Law Personal Injury Lawyers26y
Sean Berberian
General CounselSean Berberian is the General Counsel of TopDog Law and TopDog Technologies, based in Phoenix, Arizona. He has practiced law for over 25 years across business litigation and transactional law, with extensive experience in business transactions, regulatory matters in highly regulated industries, and commercial litigation. Previously, he served as General Counsel and Senior Vice President at a public company where he led the company's 2018 IPO, was a founding partner at White Berberian PLC, and was a litigation partner at the national firm now known as Stinson LLP, where he handled cases before the U.S. Supreme Court and the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals.
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Jacob Bradshaw
AttorneyJacob Bradshaw is an Associate Attorney at Koonz McKenney Johnson & DePaolis LLP, handling personal injury and workers' compensation cases in Maryland and Virginia. His practice areas include medical malpractice, auto accidents, slip-and-fall, products liability, wrongful death, dog bite, funeral home malpractice, assault and battery, and workers' compensation, with both trial and appellate advocacy experience. Jacob received his undergraduate degree from the College of William & Mary and his J.D. from the University of Virginia School of Law, where he served as an editor for the Virginia Journal of Law & Technology. During his third year of law school he clerked for the Hon. Judge Cheryl Higgins of the Albemarle County Circuit Court in Virginia. After law school he obtained licensure in Maryland and Virginia and spent one year at a small personal injury firm in Rockville, Maryland before joining Koonz McKenney.
- Marks & Harrison - Personal Injury Attorney - Washington DC16y
Michael Braggs
AttorneyMichael J. Braggs is a personal injury attorney at Marks & Harrison in Richmond, Virginia, joining the firm in 2019. He focuses on injury and accident claims, drawing on years of insurance defense experience. Braggs earned his Juris Doctor from the University of Richmond School of Law in 2009 and his undergraduate degree from North Carolina State University. After law school, he served in the Fredericksburg public defender's office, handling a heavy criminal trial caseload, then spent time on the legal staff at GEICO insurance company representing insureds. Before joining Marks & Harrison, he was an associate at Freeborn & Peters in Richmond.
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Kim Brooks-Rodney
PartnerKim Brooks-Rodney is a Partner at Cohen & Cohen Personal Injury Lawyers in Washington, D.C. An AV-rated attorney, she has obtained millions of dollars for injured clients across various personal injury practice areas. Brooks-Rodney earned her J.D. from American University Washington College of Law and her B.A. in Political Science and Sociology from the University of Pennsylvania. She has been named one of Washington's Top Lawyers (2009, 2011) and one of Washington's Best Lawyers (2013, 2015) by Washingtonian Magazine. She serves on the Board of Governors of the Trial Lawyers Association of Metropolitan Washington D.C. and previously served on the Board of Directors of the Prince George's County Bar Association.
- Marks & Harrison - Personal Injury Attorney - Washington DC12y
Lee Bujakowski
AttorneyLee J. Bujakowski is a Partner at Marks & Harrison, joining the firm in August 2013 and progressing from Associate to Partner. He is the lead attorney in the firm's Hopewell, Virginia office and focuses his practice on representing injured clients. In more than ten years at Marks & Harrison, Bujakowski has helped victims of car accidents, workplace injuries, dog bites, and slip-and-fall incidents pursue compensation. He earned his Juris Doctor from Tulane University School of Law and captained the baseball team at James Madison University, where he attended after quarterbacking Hopewell High School's 2003 state-championship football team.
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Stephen Caramenico
AttorneyStephen Caramenico is an associate attorney at Malloy Law Offices, LLC, where he has practiced since December 2018. He has represented clients in auto accidents, slip and falls, and work-related accidents for over seven years. His practice is 100% devoted to litigation in personal injury and civil litigation matters. Caramenico earned his Juris Doctor from the University of South Carolina and his Bachelor of Arts from the University of Maryland, College Park. He is admitted to the Maryland State Bar. Before joining Malloy Law, Caramenico defended individuals charged with traffic offenses and criminal matters and worked at law firms in Rockville and Baltimore. He began practicing law in 2012.
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James Cardea
PartnerJames D. Cardea is a partner at Schochor, Staton, Goldberg and Cardea, P.A. in Baltimore, Maryland, with over 30 years of litigation and jury trial experience focusing on medical negligence and catastrophic injury. He has secured one of the largest medical malpractice verdicts in the country and numerous seven-figure verdicts. He is a Fellow of the American College of Trial Lawyers (2026) and the International Society of Barristers (2025), and has been recognized in Best Lawyers in America for Medical Malpractice since 2011 and as a Maryland Super Lawyers Top 10 attorney (2025–2026).
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Andrea Carver
AttorneyAndrea R. Carver is a personal injury attorney at Marks & Harrison in Virginia. Before joining the firm, she served as Staff Counsel for GEICO defending personal injury cases. She came to the practice of law after careers in teaching and medical science. Carver earned her Juris Doctor from the University of Richmond School of Law. She also completed undergraduate studies at Baylor University with a double major in Biology and Psychology, studied medical science at the Kirksville College of Osteopathic Medicine, and studied business management at the University of Alabama.
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Kerri Castellini
PartnerKerri Castellini is a partner at Price Benowitz LLP and chairs the firm's Trusts and Estates practice group. With over a decade of experience in estates and trusts, her practice areas include estate planning, estate administration, and guardianships for adults and minors. Castellini earned her Juris Doctor from the Columbus School of Law at Catholic University of America, where she received the First Lap Award for first-year service, managed the Journal of Contemporary Health Law & Policy, served as a moot court associate, and participated in the Columbus Community Legal Services clinic. She graduated cum laude from Loyola University Maryland with a double major in English and Political Science. Castellini is admitted to the Maryland State Bar, the Bar of the District of Columbia, the Commonwealth of Virginia, and the Supreme Court of the United States. She is a Board Member of the Women's Bar Association Foundation, recent Past President of the Women's Bar Association of the District of Columbia, and a member of the Washington D.C. Estate Planning Council. She is a Fellow of the American Bar Foundation (2012). Her recognitions include Super Lawyers selection (2017-2025) and a Best Lawyers designation.