A Tradition of Experience & Success

Ashcraft & Gerel, LLP is a Washington, DC based law firm with five branch offices in the surrounding Maryland and Virginia counties as well as Baltimore City. Lee C. Ashcraft and Martin E. Gerel started the firm in 1953, handling only District of Columbia workers' compensation cases from a small walk-up office in Washington, D.C. In the 57 years since, the firm has grown to almost 40 lawyers, handling a vast array of plaintiff’s personal injury cases.

Our attorneys represent clients in all of the traditional personal injury fields -- -- cases like those arising from car accidents, work related injuries and construction accidents. We also handle more complex cases, representing people injured by medical malpractice, by neglect in nursing homes, group homes or foster care settings. We represent workers and their families who have been stricken with lung cancer and mesothelioma caused by asbestos.

In the last 10 years, people injured by faulty medical devices and defective drugs have been a big part of our practice. As you will see listed among our practice areas, we are currently handling claims involving Hydroxycut, Yaz, Yasmin and the generic Ocella, contaminated Heparin, Gadolinium (the MRI dye or contrast agent), the bisphosphonate drugs (Fosamax, Zometa, Aredia), Zelnorm, Digitek, drug coated cardiac stents, Ketek, Avandia, Trasylol, Medtronic Sprint Fidelis Lead Wire defects, and birth defects resulting from the SSRI drugs; and we have concluded our past handling of lawsuits involving the Ortho Evra Birth Control Patch, Bausch & Lomb Contact Lens Solution, Vioxx, Bextra, Celebrex, Crestor, Ephedra, Guidant Cardiac Defibrillator Implants, PPA, Baycol, Fen-Phen, Serzone, Meridia and Propulsid.We have successfully pursued lawsuits under the U.S. False Claims Act against companies committing fraud against the United States as part of our whistleblower or Qui Tam practice.

Our attorneys are well regarded in the legal community. They serve often as leaders in their local bar associations and national litigation groups. They have been recognized with the highest ratings in Martindale Hubbell and by such publications as Best Lawyers in America and Super Lawyers.

Ashcraft & Gerel, LLP has the manpower, the financial resources, and more than half a century of experience. We have a tradition of representing the injured individual and winning when we do.

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