Best Law Firms in Virginia for Product Liability Litigation - Plaintiffs

With over 36 years experience in injury litigation, Stephen M. Smith is widely recognized as a international expert in traumatic brain injury litigation.

Mr. Smith has won the largest mild traumatic brain injury verdict ever awarded in the world.

Stephen M. Smith, founder of the Brain Injury Law Center, has been litigating traumatic brain injury cases for more than 36 years, specializing primarily in the "mild" brain injury, while also handling moderate to severe cases and other serious and catastrophic injuries. He won the largest personal injury verdict in Virginia history and the largest mild traumatic brain injury verdict ever awarded in the world. He obtained the 2 largest mild traumatic brain injury settlements in South Carolina history. He has obtained numerous multi-million-dollar settlements and verdicts nationwide for traumatic brain injury survivors. He has proudly represented thousands of traumatic brain injury survivors and their families.

Frequently sought after as both a speaker and as co-counsel, he is included in the 2009-2010 edition of The Best Lawyers in America, and has consistently been in previous editions. Smith was recently awarded the distinction of being named to the Blue Ribbon Selection Panel for Super Lawyers in Virginia. Smith is licensed to practice in Virginia, New York and the District of Columbia. He is Past Chairman of the American Association for Justice Traumatic Brain Injury Litigation Group, the only attorney from Virginia to ever be awarded a Diplomate status by the American Board of Trial Advocates , Past President of the Brain Injury Association of Virginia, a board member of the Public Justice Foundation, and a national board member of the Belli Society.

The law firm of Koonz, McKenney, Johnson & DePaolis, LLP represents clients from Virginia, Maryland, and the District of Columbia in all aspects of personal injury litigation. For over 25 years our attorneys have protected the rights of workers and have spoken for the victims harmed by substandard medical care, defective products, and unsafe work places. We represent people who have been injured in auto accidents, construction site accidents, as a result of medical negligence, and through exposure to harmful substances such as asbestos, silica, lead paint, or defective products. Our attorneys are at the top of their profession and offer unparalleled legal representation. We have easily accessible offices in Virginia, Maryland, and D.C.

The founding partners, Joseph H. Koonz, Jr., Carolyn McKenney, and Roger C. Johnson began this firm in 1979 with a shared goal of aggressively defending the rights of individuals. We have founded a law firm dedicated to representing injured people, one client at a time. In keeping with this goal, we do not represent insurance companies or corporate clients. Rather, we exclusively represent individuals who have been injured through no fault of their own, including those entitled to workers' compensation or Social Security Disability benefits.

Koonz, McKenney, Johnson & DePaolis LLP provides our clients with the highest level of competent, personalized legal representation available in the Washington, D.C. metropolitan area. Each Maryland, Virginia and Washington DC personal injury lawyer at our firm has developed the knowledge, resources, and contacts to handle large, complex cases without losing the personalized commitment of a small, hometown law firm.

Koonz, McKenney, Johnson & DePaolis LLP has offices in Fairfax, Virginia, Greenbelt, Maryland, and the District of Columbia. Our work in the courts of all three jurisdictions has established our attorneys as aggressive representatives of our injured clients. We are, first and foremost, a firm of trial lawyers who vigorously pursue claims of injured people in the local and federal courts in all three jurisdictions.

The attorneys of Koonz, McKenney, Johnson & DePaolis LLP pride themselves on making our community a safer place to live and raise our children through our aggressive representation of injured people. Through our efforts, we have protected consumers from future injuries by forcing corporations to change the design of defective products and to alter harmful conduct. As a result, we believe we have made our community a better place for everyone.

To learn more about our law firm, contact us today.