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Medical and Hospital Malpractice • Help When You Need It Most

Powerful Washington, D.C. medical malpractice attorneys helping when you need it most

When healthcare professionals make mistakes, tragedy can result. Victims and their families struggle to pay bills, to obtain appropriate medical care, therapy, rehabilitation, nursing and attendant care, handicapped housing, van, etc., and to proceed with their lives.

The Washington, D.C. medical malpractice attorneys at Jack H. Olender & Associates, PC understand the devastation that follows a needless medical error. That is why we’ve made it our unwavering mission to help and win the wherewithal to aid the patient and family.

Experience and reputation benefit clients

Our legal team brings to bear on every medical malpractice case the full weight of our firm’s more than 40 years of practice and more than 150 years of combined lawyer experience. We battle to ensure that medical professionals who fail to adhere to the required standard of care, and their insurance companies, compensate the victims of their negligence.

We have earned our reputation as The Malpractice Firm through persistent, effective representation of countless medical malpractice clients.  Our attorneys have been called the King of Malpractice and the Queen of Malpractice and are frequently labeled malpractice "wizards" and "gurus" by the media.

Aggressive advocates for victims of medical negligence for four decades

Medical professionals and their insurance companies know we possess the knowledge, resources, and experience to help hold negligent medical personnel accountable. They know we will stand up to them and probably win.

We hire outstanding medical experts in many specialties and a wide variety of experts in related fields, such as nursing, rehabilitation, life care planning, economic loss and cost projections, etc.  In addition, we have a highly credentialed attorney/pediatrician of counsel and an attorney/nurse on whom we rely.

Our results in medical malpractice litigation are exemplary. We have obtained verdicts or settlements in excess of $1 million in each of more than 200 cases.  We also won the nation's first multi-million dollar obstetric malpractice verdict.

We pursue claims against: 

  • Hospitals
  • Doctors
  • Nurses
  • Surgeons
  • Anesthesiologists
  • Radiologists
  • Pharmacists
  • HMOs
  • Nursing homes
  • Hospital staff

 Our experience is vast and includes:

  • Spinal cord injuries
  • Quadriplegia
  • Paraplegia
  • Prescription errors
  • Delay/failure to treat
  • Surgical errors
  • Anesthesia mistakes
  • Amputations

Please see our Frequently Asked Questions about Medical Malpractice for additional information.

Let our team help you

At Jack H. Olender & Associates, PC, every case is approached as a team. Our attorneys’ combined 150 years of malpractice and injury law experience produce an indomitable 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.

Proven strategies. Unparalleled success.

 

 

 

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  • The Inner Circle of Advocates
  • US News Best Law Firms