Ashcraft & Gerel is very pleased to announce that Virginia R. Diamond, a former Commissioner on the Virginia Workers’ Compensation Commission, has joined Ashcraft & Gerel, LLP. Ms. Diamond’s service with the Virginia Workers’ Compensation Commission was completed in December 2011. She was appointed to 3 consecutive terms on the Virginia Commission spanning a periodContinue Reading

Ashcraft & Gerel LLP is proud to announce that it has taken over the Harrisonburg, Virginia law practice of Tom Lane following his untimely death as a result of complications of surgery on December 22, 2011. Tom was a long time, successful personal injury lawyer in Harrisonburg, Virginia, and we will continue his tradition ofContinue Reading

She is a former US Attorney in the Justice Department’s Qui Tam litigation section, and now Jamie Bennett is a leader in Ashcraft & Gerel’s Whistle Blower – False Claims Act – Qui Tam Group. Based on her many years of experience, one of Ms. Bennett’s areas of expertise is Medicare and Medicaid Fraud litigation.Continue Reading

Congratulations to Ashcraft & Gerel partner Michelle Parfitt on being named by Washingtonian Magazine to the personal injury category of  its “Top Lawyers” list, a well known and highly reputable annual guide to the best lawyers in the Washington, DC Metropolitan area. This honor accompanies several other “best of” lists to which Michelle has beenContinue Reading

This case exemplifies the product of cooperation between lawyers in a law firm having multiple offices in different jurisdictions. Two A&G lawyers, in different offices of the firm, teamed up to bring about an excellent result in this automobile accident lawsuit. L. Palmer Foret in Ashcraft & Gerel’s Rockville, MD office, with the assistance ofContinue Reading

One of the latest drug lawsuits Ashcraft & Gerel has undertaken arises out of the discovery of an association between the diabetes drug Actos and bladder cancer. Actos is in the class of drugs known as glitazones, which are utilized in the treatment of diabetes. They lower blood glucose levels and increase the body’s sensitivityContinue Reading

During our 57 plus years of handling workers’ compensation claims for the victims of on the job injuries, Ashcraft & Gerel’s lawyers have frequently witnessed first hand the emotional and financial devastation that a serious work related injury or death wreaks on the lives of the worker’s loved ones. We do what we can toContinue Reading

Ashcraft and Gerel is proud to announce a large settlement of 26 food-borne illness cases on behalf of a group of clients who attended what was supposed to be a very joyous event – the wedding of two young individuals living and working in Northern Virginia. Unfortunately for them, their dream day turned into aContinue Reading

Actually, it’s not the original publication of this book, but rather, the Fourth Edition that has just been published. “Virginia Workers’ Compensation Law & Practice” is the book on Virginia Workers’ Compensation, and we wrote it. This thorough analysis of Virginia’s workers’ compensation law and procedure has provided invaluable assistance to lawyers, insurance adjusters andContinue Reading

With an aging baby boomer generation, society is becoming more sensitized to the way our senior citizens are being treated. The nursing home industry is increasingly being called upon to answer with damage awards for callous treatment of our elders. In the forefront of personal injury litigation and an area that Ashcraft & Gerel’s lawyers focusContinue Reading