Partner 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...
Paulette Chapman Hosts Fundraiser for Women’s Bar Foundation of DC
For 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 MorePaulette Chapman Teaches Lawyers About Jury Selection
How important is juror selection in trial law? It can be essential in getting the best possible outcome in many injury cases.
With this in mind, on February 5, our very own attorney Paulette Chapman taught the D.C. Bar Association’s “Jury Selection” class to lawyers as a part of the Essential Trial Skills Series. Since... Read MoreOur Lawyers Discuss the Dangers of Defective Equipment on a Construction Site
If you are a construction worker, you use construction equipment and tools every day throughout the course of your job. Proper-working equipment is very important on construction sites, because one product’s defect can seriously injure or even kill those operating or working near the machine. http://youtu.be/GTHijSxgotU If you are at work and are injured by a...
Read MoreDriver Crashes Into Traffic Stop, Seriously Injures Prince George’s County Officer
According to CBS DC, an out-of-control, reckless driver crashed into three police cruisers, seriously injuring a 26-year-old police officer during a traffic stop in Prince George’s County. Authorities reported that the five-vehicle collision took place on Pennsylvania Avenue near Walters Lane in Forestville, Maryland. Three police officers were outside their cruisers around 9 a.m. on...
Read MoreHospitals Get Creative With New Mandates in the Affordable Care Act
Hospitals across the US are getting creative when it comes to meeting tough new mandates in the Affordable Care Act (ACA) to improve care and increase patient satisfaction, and they are getting paid more as a result. Under the ACA, the federal government gives money to hospitals that deliver better care, rather than just paying...
Read MoreMaryland Parents Advocate for Screening of Krabbe Disease at Birth
According to WJLA ABC 7, a couple in Maryland is pushing to change the state law to include Krabbe in screening for newborn babies. If implemented, Maryland would join four other states that currently test for Krabbe, and six diseases total would be screened if the law is changed, at an additional $4 or...
Read MorePaulette Chapman Recognized By Trial Lawyers Association
Paulette Chapman received the Women’s Caucus Award from the Trial Lawyers Association of Metropolitan Washington, D.C. The association is the preeminent organization of lawyers in and around Washington, D.C. who represent plaintiffs in personal-injury, wrongful-death, civil-rights actions, and workers’-compensation claims. “As a former President of the Women’s Bar Association of the District of Columbia and...
Read MorePaulette Chapman Elected To Board Of Directors for The District Of Columbia Bar Foundation
Koonz, McKenney, Johnson & DePaolis attorney Paulette Chapman was recently elected to be on the Board of Directors for the District of Columbia Bar Foundation.
The DC Bar Foundation’s mission is to fund, support, and improve legal representation of the poor, vulnerable,... Read MoreKoonz McKenney Partner Lobbies Against Healthcare Restrictions
American Association for Justice (AAJ) Partner and Washington, D.C. injury lawyer Paulette Chapman participated in the American Association for Justice (AAJ) Women’s Lobbying Day on May 26th, 2011. Chapman and women trial lawyers from across the country gathered to lobby Congress against the House HR 5 Read More