Robert G. Samet

Robert G. Samet was born in Orangeburg, New York. He received his undergraduate degree from the University of Maryland, graduating in 1973 with honors. He attended the University of Baltimore School of Law from 1973 to 1976. During this period he was on the staff of the University of Baltimore Law Review and also completed an internship under the Honorable Rita Davidson (now deceased), then on the Maryland Court of Special Appeals, but who shortly thereafter was elevated to the Maryland Court of Appeals, Maryland's highest court.

During his final year of law school, while clerking for Ashcraft & Gerel, Mr. Samet, along with Martin E. Gerel, represented Ashcraft & Gerel in consulting with the Maryland State Bar Association, Standing Committee on Pattern Jury Instructions. Mr. Samet produced the first draft of the proposed workers' compensation jury instructions, and it eventually formed the basis of the final version of the Workers' Compensation section of the Maryland Civil Pattern Jury Instructions.

After receiving his Juris Doctor degree, cum laude, from the University of Baltimore in 1976, Mr. Samet was admitted to the Maryland State Bar in 1976, the District of Columbia Bar in 1977, the United States District Court for the District of Maryland in 1977, the United States Court of Appeals for the 4th Circuit in 1981 and the United States Supreme Court in 1985. Mr. Samet is a member of the District of Columbia, Montgomery County, Prince George's County and Maryland State Bar Associations as well as the Maryland Trial Lawyers Association and the Association of Trial Lawyers of America. His past service for the Maryland Trial Lawyers Association includes a period as assistant chairman of the Technology Committee. Mr. Samet is also a recipient of the American Jurisprudence Award in Torts and a member of the Heuisler Honor Society.

Over the years of his practice of law Mr. Samet has taught continuing legal education courses for lawyers as well as for the National Business Institute. In June 2006 the Maryland Workers' Compensation Education Association invited him to speak at its annual convention in Ocean City, Maryland, attended by individuals and groups involved in both the claim and defense of workers' compensation cases throughout the State of Maryland. Mr. Samet has published in the field of bad faith litigation against insurance companies. He concentrates his practice on medical malpractice litigation, workers' compensation, automobile tort litigation, product liability litigation and civil negligence litigation. He achieved one of the highest medical malpractice jury verdicts ($5.4 million) in the history of Prince George's County, Maryland as well as numerous jury verdicts and settlements totaling many millions of dollars. Most recently, Mr. Samet served as the moderator of the Personal Injury and Medical Malpractice Law Forum of Lexis-Nexis Group's online bulletin board service, called The Loop. Mr. Samet has appeared on the Ashcraft & Gerel Legal Hour radio show, airing on WJFK and WHFS, taking and answering calls on Maryland Workers' Compensation, medical malpractice litigation and motor vehicle accident litigation. He has been selected by Super Lawyer magazine as among the top 5% of attorneys practicing workers' compensation law in both Maryland and the District of Columbia and has been named as a member of the Lawdragon 3000 Leading Plaintiffs' Lawyers in America. Mr. Samet was named by the American Trial Lawyers' Association to the top 100 trial lawyers in Maryland for the year 2007. Mr. Samet practices out of Ashcraft & Gerel's Rockville, Maryland office.

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