Attorney Andrew Greenwald, Joseph, Greenwald & Laake, PA, Greenbelt, Maryland

A Maryland and District of Columbia Birth Injury
and Cerebral Palsy Law Practice
...because experience and results matter...

Andrew E. Greenwald
Greenbelt, Maryland


phone	(240) 553-1196
fax	(301) 220-1214
email	agreenwald@jgllaw.com

Practice:

Andrew Greenwald has once again been chosen by his peers to be included in Best Lawyers of America under the headings of medical malpractice (a new heading) and personal injury.

Mr. Greenwald was chosen one of the top lawyers in the Washington D.C. area by Washingtonian Magazine. He is named Who's Who in America, Who's Who in American Law and Who's Who in the World. Mr. Greenwald was elected co-chair of the Birth Trauma Litigation Group, (a group that educates lawyers that represent children with brain injuries, cerebral palsy, and other neurological disorders as a result of medical negligence).

Mr. Greenwald is a founding shareholder in the litigation group of Joseph Greenwald and Laake, P.A. He conducts and oversees litigation of medical malpractice, product liability, personal injury and other civil litigation matters. Mr. Greenwald has handled some of the largest medical malpractice cases in Maryland. He has handled 29 cases where he has obtained verdicts or settlements of more than one million dollars.

Mr. Greenwald has argued cases before the Maryland Court of Special Appeals, Maryland Court of Appeals, United States Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit and the United States Supreme Court. He is an active member of numerous bar associations.

Mr. Greenwald has been invited to speak to nationwide legal audiences at the Association of Trial Lawyers of America meetings and conventions as well as to various state trial lawyer and bar associations. He has given more than one hundred lectures and seminars on various legal topics to such organizations. Mr. Greenwald has also contributed numerous articles to national legal publications and contributed to several legal instructional tape series.

Experience Includes Representation Of:

Settlement in obstetrical malpractice case of $3 million

Settlement of $4 million in an obstetrical brain damage case involving a feto-maternal bleed

Settlement of $1,043,000 in a meningitis case

Representation of a client in an obstetrical malpractice case which resulted in $5,000,000 settlement

Representation of a client in an obstetrical malpractice case which resulted in a $2,500,000 settlement

Representation of client in one of the largest Health Claims Arbitration awards in Maryland, in a medical negligence case under Maryland Arbitration Statute - $5,500,000

Representation of client in one of the largest Health Claims Arbitration awards in Maryland, in an obstetrical medical negligence case under Maryland Arbitration Statute - $5,400,000

Representation of client in wrongful death medical malpractice case with a verdict of $6,000,000

Co-Counsel in Murel v. Baltimore City Court, argued in U.S. Supreme Court, challenging constitutionality of Maryland's Defective Delinquent Statute

Andrew Greenwald attended college at the University of Wisconsin where he graduated in 1964. He attended law school at Georgetown University where he graduated in 1967.

Areas of Practice:: Personal Injury; Medical Negligence; Product Liability; Civil Litigation

Litigation Percentage:: 100% of Practice Devoted to Litigation

Bar Admissions:: Maryland, 1969; District of Columbia, 1968; U.S. District Court of the District of Columbia; U.S. District Court District of Maryland; U.S. Court of Appeals District of Columbia Circuit; U.S. Court of Appeals 4th Circuit; U.S. Supreme Court

Education:: Georgetown University Law Center, Washington, District of Columbia, 1967
J.D.; University of Wisconsin, 1964
B.S.

Published Works:: Deposing Medical Experts, Trial Magazine; In the Beginning: Examples of Opening Statements, Trial Magazine; Contributor, The Profoundly Injured Child, ATLA Press; Shattered Dreams: A Look At The Seriously Injured Child, Trial Magazine; Let Me Ask You This - Some Thoughts on Cross-Examination, Trial Magazine; Oh, Didn't I Tell You? A Look At Informed Consent, Trial Magazine; Contributor, Settlement and Plea Bargaining, Association of Trial Lawyers of America Education Fund; Medical Negligence and Hospital Liability, ATLA Tape Series; Contributor, Sports Torts, Tape, Association of Trial Lawyers of America; Effective Pre-Trial Discovery in Medical Negligence Cases, Malpractice Tape Series, Association of Trial Lawyers of America; How to Recognize and Handle Recreational Liability: Sports Torts, Association of Trial Lawyers of America; Effective Pre-Trial Discovery in Medical negligence Cases, A Positive Approach, Trial Magazine; Gymnastics Litigation, The Standard of Care, Trial Magazine; Medical Malpractice Litigation: A Modest Settlement Proposal, Trial Magazine; Effective Pre-Trial Discovery in Medical Negligence Cases/What You Don't Know May Hurt You, Trial Magazine and selected for publication in Best of Trial, ATLA Press; Shoulder Dystocia and Birth Injury, Published by invitation (James O'Leary, MD)

Classes/Seminars Taught:: Contributor to Sports Torts, Association of Trial Lawyers of America tape; Effective Pre-Trial Discovery in Medical negligence Cases, Malpractice Tape Series, Association of Trial Lawyers of America; Instrumental Deliver, Seminar on the Catastrophically injured child, ATLA; Questions, Language and Bologna, Presentation to the Birth Trauma Litigation Group, ATLA National Convention, Boston; Deposition Techniques to Prepare for Cross Examination of Expert Witnesses and Defendants at Trial, ATLA Birth Trauma Group Seminar; Discovery of Defendants and Their Expert Witnesses, ATLA Summer Conference, Atlanta, Presentation to the Birth Trauma Litigation Group; Erb's Palsy: The Defense, Presentation to the Birth Trauma Litigation Group, ATLA National Convention; Persuasive Techniques in Birth Injury Cases, Litigating Catastrophically Injured Infants Cases, Atlanta Georgia, National College of Advocacy Seminar; Vacuum Extraction Perils, Problems and Pearls, Presentation to the Birth Trauma Litigation Group, ATLA Annual Convention, San Francisco; Developing Thematic Evidence Through Expert Witnesses, Trial Advocacy Track: Depositions: "The Game Plan for Trial", ATLA Annual Convention, Washington, D>C>; Making the Defendant the Plaintiff's Expert, Trial Advocacy Track Education Program, ATLA 50th Anniversary Annual Convention, Boston, MA.; Obstetrics, Liability Issues in Health Care, American Bar Association National Institute Program, San Francisco, California; Preparation For and Cross-Examination of Expert Witnesses at Deposition and at Trial,, Virginia Trial Lawyers Association Annual Convention, White Sulfur Springs, West Va. Fighting For Justice; How to Prepare Your Case Through Discovery, Maryland Trial Lawyers Seminar, Baltimore, MD; Discovery, Kansas City Trial Lawyers Association; Section on Professional Negligence, ATLA National Convention, San Francisco, CA; Prozac, Section of Toxic, Environmental and Pharmaceutical Torts, National Convention, Washington, D.C.; The Trial of a Medical Negligence Case, Seminar on Medical Negligence, MICPEL; Faculty member, Advanced NITA Course, Washington D.C.f, NITA; The Defendant's Life Expectancy Experts; Prozac,, ATLA National Convention, Toronto, Sunrise Seminar; Trial Tactics-Direct and Cross Examination of Experts in a Product Liability Case, District of Columbia Bar Association Annual Convention; Discovery, DCTLA Meeting; Blackboards and Tear-Sheets, ATLA Seminar on Demonstrative Evidence; Seminar on Opening Statement, Montgomery County Bar Association; Causation in Medical Negligence Cases, Belli Seminar / ATLA National Convention; Demonstrative Evidence, Trial Lawyers Association of Metropolitan Washington, D.C. Litigation Luncheon.; Final Argument, Moderator, Maryland Trial Lawyers Association Annual Seminar; Medical Legal Issues in Pediatrics, 18th Ross Roundtable Held at Johns Hopkins Medical Center; Proof and Work Up of Damages in the Profoundly Injured Child, ATLA National Convention; Depositions, ATLA National College of Advocacy, Discovery and Settlement, Yale University; Techniques of Examination, Cross Examination of Pediatric Immunologists, ATLA Seminar on Traumatic Medicine - Pain, It's Origins and Measurement, Boston, Massachusetts; Medical Negligence, West Virginia Trial Lawyers Association Seminar; Cross Examination, National College of Advocacy, University of Bridgeport; Taking on the Defendant and His Experts in a Medical Negligence Case,, ATLA National Convention; Seminar on Medical Malpractice, MICPEL; Prince George's County Seminar on Final Argument, Montgomery County; Faculty, ATLA National College of Advocacy; Presenting Economic Evidence, Risk Managers Division of the Hospital Council of the National Capital Area; Faculty Seminar for Maryland Emergency Medical Services, Baltimore, Maryland; Faculty Seminar for Maryland Emergency Medical Services, Cumberland, Maryland; Faculty Seminar for Maryland Emergency Medical Services, Hyattsville, Maryland; Faculty, ATLA National College of Advocacy, Basic College, Specialized Course in Damages, Washington, D.C.; Faculty, ATLA National College of Advocacy, Specialized Course in Medical malpractice, Yale University Law School; Discovery, Chairman, Maryland Trial Lawyers Annual Seminar on Trial Practice; Direct Examination of Expert Witness, Maryland Trial Lawyers Annual Convention Demonstration; "The Nuts & Bolts of Personal Injury Practice", MICPEL, College Park, Maryland; Easton, Maryland; & Baltimore, Maryland; Architectural Negligence; Obstetrics and Brain Damage, ATLA National Convention; Faculty, ATLA Regional College of Advocacy; Speaker, Louisiana State Bar Association; Final Argument, Association of Trial Lawyers of America, Seminar on the Profoundly Injured Child; Speaker, Kansas Trial Lawyers Seminar; Seminar on Trial Advocacy, Maryland Trial Lawyers Association; Speaker, Maryland Trial Lawyers Annual Convention; Obstetrics, Cerebral Palsy and Brain Damage, ATLA National Convention; Faculty, ATLA Special Course in Damages, Harvard Law School; Faculty, ATLA Advanced Course in Trial Advocacy; Faculty, ATLA Regional College of Advocacy, Georgetown Law Center; Informed Consent, Association of Trial Lawyers of America, Third Circuit Seminar; Discussion on Medical malpractice, University of Maryland, University Hospital, Baltimore, Maryland; Examination of a Hospital Administrator, Hospital Discussion, and Final Argument in a Case Against a Hospital, Association of Trial Lawyers of America, Fourth Circuit Seminar; CLE Speaker, Cross-Examination of Medical Experts, Montgomery County - Prince George's County; Cross-Examination of Medical Experts, Maryland Trial Lawyers Advocacy Seminar, Moderator and Speaker; Cross-Examination of Medical Experts, Indiana trial Lawyers Seminar; Panel Member, Program on "Anatomy of a Malpractice Case", Maryland Trial Lawyers Annual Convention Panel; Effective Cross-Examination of Medical Experts, Delaware Trial Lawyers Meeting, Wilmington, Delaware; Medical Aspects of Whiplash Injuries, ATLA National Convention, Young Lawyers Section; Moderator on Seminar on Law & Medicine, ATLA Convention; Voir Dire as a Technique of Cross Examination, Belli Seminar; Discovery From the Opponent; Demonstrative Evidence, Georgetown University Law Center, The Art and Problems of Trial Practice; Cross Examination of Expert Witnesses, Association of Trial Lawyers of America, Third Circuit Seminar; The Increased Injuries in the Gymnastics Setting, West Virginia Trial Lawyers Annual Meeting; Effective Pre-Trial Discovery in Creating Demonstrative Evidence in Personal Injury Cases, Virginia Trial Lawyers 23rd Annual Seminar; Use of Discovery Tools in Medical Cases, Association of Trial Lawyers of America, Fourth Circuit Seminar; Techniques, Tactics and Strategy in the Trial of a Personal Injury Case; Tips Techniques and Tools for Effective Discovery, Montgomery-Prince George's Continuing Legal Education Institute; Medical Malpractice From the Plaintiff's Point of view, Georgetown University Law Center, Point/Counterpoint Series; Discovery as a Trial Technique in Personal Injury Cases,, Montgomery-Prince George's Continuing Legal Education Institute; Sports Injuries, Tort Section, Association of Trial Lawyers of America; Belli Seminar, ATLA Annual Convention, San Francisco; Health Professionals in Court, Northern Virginia Doctors Hospital; Liability of Coaches, Association of Trial Lawyers of America, Third Circuit Seminar; Association of Trial Lawyers of America, National College of Advocacy; Effective Pre-Trial Discovery in Personal Injury Cases and Proof of Damages in Personal Injury Cases, Montgomery County / Prince George's County Legal Education; Discovery; Demonstrative Evidence, The Art and Problems of Trial Practice, Georgetown University Law Center; 8th Circuit Seminar, Association of Trial Lawyers of America; Annual Convention, Association of Trial Lawyers of America; Belli Seminar; Cross Examination, Montgomery County / Prince George's County Continuing Legal Education; Discovery; Demonstrative Evidence, The Art and Problems of Trial Practice, Georgetown University Law Center; Lecturer and Program Chairman, Point-Counterpoint Series, Medical Malpractice, Georgetown University Law Center; Preparing the Plaintiff's Case, Practicing Law Institute, Drug Liability Seminar; Effective Pre-Trial Discovery in Medical Negligence Cases, Montgomery County / Prince George's County Legal Education; Mock Trial, Maryland Trial Lawyers Association Annual Convention; Practical Consideration in Medical Malpractice Cases, District of Columbia Bar; Strict Liability in Maryland, Association of Trial Lawyers of America 4th Circuit Seminar; Medical Malpractice From the Plaintiff's Point of View, Bar Association of the District of Columbia, Breakfast Seminars; Association of Trial Lawyers of America Annual Convention; Lectured on Medical Malpractice, Association of Trial Lawyers of America 2nd Circuit Seminar; A symposium on Common Pediatric Problems, Children's Hospital National medical Center, Washington, D.C.; Lectured on Professional Negligence, Southern Maryland Dental Society; Trial Lawyers Seminar on Birth Injury, 2006; Litigating Catastrophically Injured Infant Cases, Stretching the Truth, ATLA Birth Trauma Litigation Seminar, Marina del Rey, CA, February 3, 2006 - February 4, 2006; Professional Negligence Seminar, The Defendant and His Experts: Accentuating the Positive, ATLA Convention, Toronto, Canada, July 26, 2005; Seminar on the catastrophically injured child Seminar, Instrumental Deliveries: Dangers and Consequences, ATLA, Atlanta, GA, February 26, 2005; Presentation to the Birth Trauma Litigation Group, ATLA National Convention, Boston, 2004

Honors and Awards:: Andrew E. Greenwald has been chosen by his peers to be included in The Best Lawyers in America 2006

Professional Associations and Memberships:: American Bar Association; Member; Association of Trial Lawyers of America; Member; Association of Trial Lawyers of America; Board Member, Birth Trauma Litigation Group; Association of Trial Lawyers of America; Co-chair of the Birth Trauma Litigation Group; Association of Trial Lawyers of America; Former Chairman, Torts Section; Association of Trial Lawyers of America; Member, Key Person Committee; Maryland State Bar Association; Member; Prince George's Bar Association; Member; Montgomery County Bar Association; Member; District of Columbia Bar Association; Member; Maryland Trial Lawyers Association; Member; Trial Lawyers Association of the District of Columbia; Member; American Board of Trial Advocates; Member; William B. Bryant Inn, American Inns of Court; Member; Journal of Communication; Former Reviewer; American Journal of Obstetrics And Gynecology; Former Reviewer; Brain Research Association at Childrens' Hospital; Former Member, Board of Directors

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