Attorney Profile
Joseph Cammarata
Joseph Cammarata
Washington
Washington D.C. (DC)
Practice Areas:
Personal Injury Plaintiff: General (80%), Personal Injury Plaintiff: Medical Malpractice (10%), Civil Rights/First Amendment (10%)
Personal Injury Plaintiff: General
Personal Injury Plaintiff: Medical Malpractice
Civil Rights/First Amendment
Law School:
St. John's University School of Law
Profile
Mr. Cammarata is a prominent, Board Certified civil trial attorney whose practice is concentrated in the areas of serious personal injury, brain injury, wrongful death, and medical malpractice. He has successfully litigated against insurance companies, governmental entities and even the President of the United States, winning millions of dollars in verdicts for his clients. He has appeared many times on every major network and cable television station and in national and international newspapers, magazines, and radio shows. Washingtonian magazine has named him one of the area’s top attorneys in every survey year since 1997. He is President of the Brain Injury Association of Washington, D.C. Licensed in Washington, D.C., Maryland, Virginia, and New York.
Selected To
Washington, D.C. Super Lawyers 2011
Washington, D.C. Super Lawyers 2010
Washington, D.C. Super Lawyers 2009
Washington, D.C. Super Lawyers 2008
Washington, D.C. Super Lawyers 2007
Certifications and Credentials
About Joseph Cammarata
Admitted: 1985, Washington D.C.
Professional Webpage: www.chaikinandsherman.com/cammarata.html
Special Licenses/Certifications:
- Certified Public Accountant
- Maters of Law in Taxation
- Board Cerified in Civil Trial Advocacy By the National Board of Trial Advocacy, 2003
Bar/Professional Activity:
- Secretary, The Trial Lawyers Association of Metropolitan Washington, D.C., 2011
Pro bono/Community Service:
- President, and co-founder of the Brain Injury Association of Washington, DC, 2007
- Member, Mt. Vernon, Virginia Area Plans Review Task Force, 2010
- Host of weekly internet radio show devoted to legal issues on www.phoenixintermedia.com, 2011
- Member, Ad hoc committee on continued use of Meadowood Facility, Lorton, Virginia, 2011
- Member, Mt. Vernon, Viriginia Visioning Task Force, 2011
- Chairman, Mt. Vernon, Virginia Public Safety Visioning Committee, 2011
Verdicts and Settlements:
- Obtained unanimous decision from the United States Supreme Court in the matter of Clinton v. Jones , 1997
Other Outstanding Achievements:
- Successfully lobbied for enactment of the Frank Harris, Jr. Offset Justice Amendment Act of 2007, to prevent the District of Columbia from offsetting the cost of support of a person whenever the District has been found negligent in the care fo that person. The law was named after a cleint of the law firm., 2007
- Drafted legislation which became the law known as the Athletic Concussion Protection Act of 2011. The law protects persons age 18 or under who are participating in any orgnaized athletic activity in the District of Columbia by requiring their removal from practice or play if suspected of having a concussion. They can only be permitted to return to participation in the athletic activity after obtaining written clearance from a licensed healthcare provder. The Act also has an educational requirement. This is the most expansive in scope of any similar legislation in the nation. , 2011
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