Paul Cornoni

Paul Cornoni

Washington, DC
Car AccidentsSlip & FallMedical MalpracticeWrongful Death

About Paul Cornoni

Paul J. Cornoni is a partner at Regan Zambri Long and one of Washington, DC's most respected personal injury trial lawyers. For more than two decades, Paul has represented individuals and families in catastrophic injury, medical malpractice, and wrongful death cases across the DC Metro area and beyond. His results include a $15.2 million verdict against a property owner who violated safety codes (recognized as one of the Top 50 Premises Liability Verdicts in the United States for 2018), a $6.4 million jury verdict for an ex-CIA employee injured when a car drove into a Sam's Club, and a $4.2 million verdict for a nightclub patron assaulted while leaving the premises. Best Lawyers named Paul the 2026 Lawyer of the Year for Personal Injury Litigation in Washington, DC. He has been named a DC Super Lawyer every year since 2014 and to the Top 100 Washington, DC Super Lawyers list for the past two consecutive years. In 2025, the District of Columbia Bar Association named him Pro Bono Attorney of the Year. He served as President of the DC Trial Lawyers Association and was recognized as Trial Lawyer of the Year by that organization in 2019. Paul teaches trial advocacy as an adjunct professor at The George Washington University Law School. He is licensed in Washington, DC, Maryland, Virginia, and Massachusetts.

Notable case results

$15.2 millionVerdict

Against property owner for safety code violations (Top 50 Premises Liability Verdicts in U.S., 2018)

$6.4 millionVerdict

Jury verdict for ex-CIA employee injured when car drove into a Sam's Club

$4.2 millionVerdict

For nightclub patron assaulted leaving the premises

Prior results do not guarantee a similar outcome. Each case is unique and depends on its own facts.

Practice areas

Car Accidents
Slip & Fall
Medical Malpractice
Wrongful Death

Education

George Washington University Law School
J.D., 2003
Boston College
Undergraduate, 2000

Bar admissions & credentials

State Bar of Washington
State Bar of Maryland
State Bar of Virginia
State Bar of Massachusetts

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