David M. Schloss
WASHINGTON, D.C. & MARYLAND INJURY ATTORNEY

David Schloss, attorney at Koonz McKenney Johnson DePaolis LLP

David M. Schloss is an injury attorney and partner in the law firm of Koonz McKenney Johnson & DePaolis LLP. He joined the law firm in 1987 and has earned a reputation as one of the leading personal injury and workers’ compensation attorneys in the District of Columbia.

Mr. Schloss has extensive practice in general negligence matters, including construction accidents, medical malpractice claims, slip and fall injuries, and car accidents. He has represented individuals with all types of personal injuries, ranging from back injuries to loss of limbs to birth trauma. His negligence practice is limited to representing the interests of injured individuals in their battles against insurance companies and corporate defendants.

Among the many notable cases that Mr. Schloss has handled, he has:

  • Successfully represented eight plaintiffs and served as lead plaintiffs’ counsel in litigation arising out of the Washington Navy Yard shootings that took place in September of 2013 in which 12 people were killed;
  • Represented the families of all seven Navy seamen who were tragically killed, along with over 40 seamen who were seriously injured, in the June 2017 collision between the USS Fitzgerald and the ACX Crystal off the coast of Japan;
  • Successfully represented an award-winning journalist who sustained life-altering injuries from an enemy grenade while embedded with U.S. Army troops in Baghdad during the Iraq War;
  • Represented two American victims of a terrorist attack in Bamako, Mali in 2015.

In addition to his experience in handling general negligence claims, Mr. Schloss is responsible for negotiating for his clients some of the largest workers’ compensation settlements in the District. He has also conducted seminars concerning D.C. workers’ compensation law and has aggressively lobbied for the maintenance and creation of laws in the District that protects the interests of injured employees.

Mr. Schloss received his B.A. from Tufts University in Medford, Massachusetts, where he graduated with honors in 1985. He then moved to the Washington area to attend law school at George Washington University, where he took courses in both workers’ compensation and general negligence law. He is a member of the District of Columbia Bar, Trial Lawyers Association of Metropolitan Washington, D.C. and American Association for Justice. He has attained the highest possible ratings from his peers and clients as published by Lawyers.com, Super Lawyers, and Avvo.

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