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Jack Olender’s mission
After completing his Master of Laws in Forensic Medicine at the George Washington University Law School and Medical School in the 1960s, Jack Olender founded Jack H. Olender & Associates, PC with a profound sense of duty to champion justice for the catastrophically injured throughout Metropolitan Washington, D.C.
His tireless efforts to hold accountable those who cause injuries have helped countless medical malpractice and personal injury victims obtain full and fair compensation. He has been dubbed the "King of Malpractice", and one of the nation's most feared and recognized medical malpractice lawyers.
In 1976, Jack Olender won the country’s first multi-million dollar obstetric medical malpractice verdict on behalf of a baby girl who suffered brain damage because of substandard medical care during labor and delivery.
Since then, the firm has won—through verdict or settlement—awards of more than $1 million each in more than 200 cases.
Formidable advocates for the injured
Jack H. Olender & Associates, PC has evolved into a medical malpractice and personal injury powerhouse. Lawyers at the firm are consistently recognized by peers for exemplary legal efforts on behalf of the injured. Colleagues regularly request firm attorneys to share their expertise through lectures and seminars. The firm's attorneys all have served in leadership positions in many legal organizations, including:
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Each of our five attorneys has been honored year after year with an AV-Preeminent rating, the highest given, from the nationwide Martindale-Hubbell® Peer Review Ratings™. The rating signifies the highest level of professional excellence and very high ethical standards. It is based on reviews by judges and other attorneys.
Ours is the only firm in the District of Columbia with all of its medical malpractice attorneys honored as Best Lawyers in America for medical malpractice and personal injury. We receive this honor time and time again. It is bestowed based on reviews from thousands of Washington, D.C. area lawyers.
An important member of the team is Robert Chabon, M.D., J.D. Dr. Chabon is a pediatrician as well as an attorney, and he has worked with the law firm for 30 years as “of counsel.” He is instrumental in helping us evaluate and prepare cases for settlement and/or trial.
For clients, this translates to stable, distinguished representation by a team of attorneys who coordinate their varied talents as they vigorously pursue every case.
The law firm supports the Olender Foundation which is a private, charitable foundation that funds scholarships for law students interested in public interest law for the public good. The foundation honors and supports efforts to combat poverty, intolerance, and racism and to promote equal justice for all. Outstanding judges, lawyers, and humanitarians who work for justice are annually honored.
Hard work + experience = Success
We rely on exhaustive research, continual study to keep pace with trends in malpractice law and relevant medicine, a team approach to casework, and the use of outstanding experts in the many specialties of medicine and vocational rehabilitation, life care planning, etc. Our firm has an extensive medical library and other resources, utilizing the world's richest, most up-to-date medical and legal data.
One of our attorneys is a nurse, and a physician/lawyer is of counsel. The nurse/attorney worked earlier in her legal practice for a medical malpractice defense firm. This experience affords our attorneys a unique and invaluable perspective that puts our plaintiff clients on solid footing during negotiations and trial because we understand and anticipate defense tactics and trial strategies.
Service is our firm’s cornerstone
Clients trust our proven ability to achieve results. But even more significantly, they trust our people. They know we embrace their tragedy as our own and will do everything within our power to achieve justice.
They also know we keep them informed and involved throughout the process.
Our dedication to service extends beyond our clients. Our attorneys serve on the boards of and are actively involved in dozens of professional and charitable organizations throughout Metro Washington, D.C.
Our highly focused practice includes—
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Let our team help you
At Jack H. Olender & Associates, PC, every case is approached as a team. We combine our attorneys’ more than 150 years of malpractice and injury law experience into a powerful resource for victims of avoidable tragedies.
Contact us to see the difference five exceptional medical malpractice and catastrophic personal injury attorneys can make in your case and in your life.
There is no risk
The firm generally works on a contingent (percentage) fee arrangement, so no legal fees are paid if money is not recovered on your behalf. We practice in District of Columbia and Maryland courts.
