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Carolyn Demougeot and Ken Armstrong obtained a defense verdict after 29 minutes of deliberations in Prince George’s County, Maryland. The Plaintiffs brought a wrongful death claim and survival action against the Defendant, a family medicine practitioner, due to their...

ADCV&R attorneys, Ken Armstrong and Alex Adkins, obtained a defense verdict in a jury trial in the Circuit Court for Montgomery County, Maryland on behalf of a health care provider. The medical malpractice action involved allegations of medical negligence relating...

Andrew J. Spence joined ADCV&R as a Partner in February 2024. Mr. Spence specializes in the defense of health care providers, including physicians and hospitals, in cases of alleged medical malpractice.  He also defends health care providers in licensing and...

It is our privilege to announce that Carolyn Demougeot, Esquire has become a partner of ADCV&R as of January 1, 2024.

ADCV&R has been named a Metropolitan Tier 1 firm in Washington, D.C. in Best Lawyers ® 2024 in four practice areas, including: Litigation – Health Care, Medical Malpractice Law – Defendants, Personal Injury Litigation – Defendants, and Personal Injury Litigation –...

ADCVR Partners, Ken Armstrong, Ben Vaughan, Eric Rhoades, Jeremy Krum, Erica Mudd, and Ed Gonsalves, were recently selected for inclusion in The Best Lawyers in America®, and Ben Laufer was selected for inclusion in Best Lawyers: Ones to Watch® in America 2024...

ADCV&R attorneys, Ken Armstrong and Erica Mudd, obtained a directed verdict at the close of plaintiff’s case in a Jury Trial in the Circuit Court for Montgomery County, Maryland.  Judgment was entered in favor of defendants in an action involving allegations of...

ADCV&R attorneys, Jeremy Krum and Alex Adkins, obtained summary judgment and dismissal on behalf of their client in a medical malpractice and wrongful death claim pending in the Circuit Court for Montgomery County, Maryland. Following a hearing, the Circuit Court...

On October 10, Armstrong, Donohue, Ceppos, Vaughan and Rhoades attorneys supported the Montgomery County Bar Foundation’s fall fundraising event

Ms. Mudd has been recognized by Best Lawyers® as the 2023 Lawyer of the Year in Medical Malpractice Law – Defendants, in Washington, D.C.  She is highlighted in the 29th edition of The Best Lawyers in America® for her high caliber work.  For more than 40 years, Best...

Ed Gonsalves and Rob Maynard recently earned a unanimous verdict in a Virginia medical malpractice matter after a six day trial.  The Plaintiff alleged the involved orthopedic surgery was negligently performed and resulted in permanent nerve injury.  The jury returned...

In the spring of 2022, Ken Armstrong tried a five day jury trial for an obstetrician in a medical malpractice case in the Circuit Court for Montgomery County in Rockville, Maryland.  Plaintiff alleged that Ken’s client was negligent in the management of a post-partum...