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Prominent D.C., Maryland, Virginia Medical Malpractice Lawyer Joins The Cochran Firm, D.C.
The Cochran Firm, D.C. adds 23-year medical malpractice attorney Karen E. Evans to its medical malpractice section
Washington, D.C., August 27, 2013 The Cochran Firm, D.C. today announces that prominent medical malpractice attorney Karen E. Evans has joined the firm as a partner and trial lawyer with its medical malpractice section. She will also serve as Co-Director of The Cochran Firms National Medical Malpractice Group. Evans will dedicate her practice exclusively to serving medical malpractice victims and their families in Washington, D.C., Baltimore, Maryland, and Virginia. Evans uses her rare experience as both a Registered Nurse (R.N.) and former insurance defense attorney to provide top-notch legal representation to victims of medical malpractice. Evans has established a successful record of securing multimillion dollar verdicts and settlements, in seven and eight figures, on behalf of victims injured by medical negligence. Evans' nursing experience and zealous trial advocacy skills have resulted in the successful pursuit of medical malpractice claims on behalf of those who have been catastrophically injured. Evans is AV Preeminent rated and is profiled in the Martindale -Hubbell Bar Register of Preeminent Lawyers and the Martindale-Hubbell Bar Register of Preeminent Women Lawyersthe definitive guides to the most distinguished lawyers in the U.S. and Canada. Since 2009, she has been listed in Best Lawyers in America and is listed in Super Lawyers. Evans is the 1st Vice President of the Washington Bar Association (WBA). The WBA was formed in 1925, and is one of the first and oldest African American Bar associations in the country. She is also the
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immediate Past President of The Trial Lawyers Association of Metropolitan Washington, DC and currently serves as a member of its executive committee. Evans also serves as President of the Washington Bar Association Educational Foundation, Inc. We are very pleased that Karen Evans is joining our firm. She is a seasoned medical malpractice litigator who we are confident will serve our clients exceptionally well, said David E. Haynes, The Cochran Firm, D.C.s managing attorney. She brings extensive experience in nursing and 23 years of medical malpractice experience, making her a powerful addition to our firm. Evans is active in the community at large and is an advisory board member for S.M.A.R.T., a community organization dedicated to improving academics through sports. From 2007 until 2012, she was an adjunct professor at the University of the District of Columbia David A. Clarke School of Law, where she taught legal writing and research. She currently serves as a volunteer mediator for the D.C. Superior Courts Alternative Dispute Resolution Programs. To learn more about DC, Maryland, and Virginia medical malpractice lawyer Karen E. Evans, please visit http://www.cochranfirmdc.com/about-us/karen-e-evans
About The Cochran Firm, DC With decades of collective legal experience, the team of seasoned attorneys at The Cochran Firm, DC represents victims of catastrophic personal injury, medical malpractice, nursing home abuse and neglect, child care abuse, and other injuries in Washington, D.C., Maryland, and Virginia. The qualified legal professionals with The Cochran Firm, DC brings experienced, high-caliber legal expertise to ordinary citizens who have been injured by others careless actions. Attorneys with The Cochran Firm, DC were selected as 2013 Washington, D.C. Super Lawyers and have received top ratings from their peers, local and national publications and organizations, and clients for achieving successful verdicts and settlements for injury victims. The team of seasoned lawyers at The Cochran Firm DC handles a variety of claims, including medical malpractice, catastrophic personal injury, wrongful death, motor vehicle accidents, product liability, premises liability, nursing home abuse, and police abuse and brutality. Contact The Cochran Firm, DC 1100 New York Ave. NW Suite 340, West Tower Washington, D.C. 20005 Phone: 202-682-5800 Email: Watkinson@CochranFirm.com Website: CochranFirmDC.com Twitter: @CochranFirmDC Google+: plus.google.com/102397951264073561627 Facebook: Facebook.com/TheCochranFirmDC ###

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