Koonz McKenney Johnson & DePaolis is proud of recovering over $30 million in damages for asbestos victims and their families since 1986. However our firm’s commitment to asbestos victims does not end when a settlement is reached. For over 35 years Koonz McKenney Johnson & DePaolis has awarded two recipients with a...
Read MoreBy Clarence Williams The D.C. fire department has concluded that the positioning of equipment during a fire and the inexperience of a rookie contributed to a 2017 incident that severely injured the young firefighter when he was pinned between an engine and a ladder truck. The findings have come after an investigation of the Aug. 2...
Read MorePartner Paulette Chapman participated in the March for Our Lives demonstration in Washington D.C. With family and friends, Paulette Chapman joined hundreds of thousands who gathered to demand gun safety laws, 
"It was exhilarating and heartening to hear young high school...
Leapfrog Group, a nonprofit that describes itself as the "nation's premier advocate of hospital transparency" just released its 2017 hospital survey results. You can check the results for your local hospitals by going to http://www.leapfroggroup.org/compare-hospitals. NBC Washington compared the grades given to various local hospitals. Unfortunately, two hospitals in the District were given failing...
Read MoreFor the 8th year, Paulette Chapman hosted a charity fundraiser at her home for the Women’s Bar Association Foundation of the District of Columbia (WBAF) called the “WBAF Chef’s Dine-In”. Volunteers from the Women’s Bar Association and Foundation lend their culinary talent to providing a full course buffet based on the theme of...
Read MoreAttorneys William Lightfoot and Kelly Fisher represent the family of a child who died as a result of neglect by a day care worker. The litigation team is helping the family change the law to prevent death to other children. The case is reported in the following article published in the Washington Post: Read More
Congratulations to Kelly Fisher for helping to raise over $300,000 for the Capital Area Food Bank. Ms. Fisher is a co-chair of the Capital Area Food Bank’s Food from the Bar Campaign. The Campaign is a month-long competition among area law firms and legal associations to see who can raise the most money, donate...
Read MoreIn February 2017, Peter DePaolis was part of the successful legal team representing a plaintiff in a medical malpractice case involving an injury during spinal surgery called posterior lumbar interbody fusion. During the surgery, a physician inserted surgical instruments called shavers too deeply into the plaintiff’s body and lacerated two major blood vessels, causing...
Read MoreCongress is about to vote on a bill that will make lawsuits brought by injured patients, nursing home residents, and their families nearly impossible to pursue. The so-called "Protecting Access to Care Act of 2017" [H.R. 1215] will rig the system against individuals like you and tip the scales in favor of the health...
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