Public Defender Office

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Powers Pyles Sutter & Verville PC is a Washington, DC-based law firm that began with a strong focus on healthcare law and healthcare policy and has gradually expanded capabilities to include a national education practice, public policy and government relations services, representation of non-profit organizations, and representation of clients seeking expertise in other areas of administrative law. In 2014, the firm further expanded its capabilities to include an Indian tribal governments practice group, which provides a full range of legal and government relations services to tribal governments and organizations. The firm prides itself on being one of the few in the United States that has chosen to devote its entire legal practice to the sophisticated and complex legal issues facing participants in the health, education, and certain complementary sectors of the economy. It also prides itself in making a conscious and affirmative attempt to render an unusually personal and collegial form of service that is particularly tailored to the different needs and desires of individual clients, and to provide the highest quality of service in as efficient a manner as possible. Members of Powers Pyles Sutter & Verville PC are nationally known and have written and lectured extensively on issues within their particular areas of expertise. Their backgrounds include service with the Health Care Financing Administration; in the US Department of Health and Human Services; the former US Department of Health, Education, and Welfare; the Executive Office of the President; the Congress and the General Accounting Office; presidential commissions; the US Attorneys' offices; and in the private practice of law.

Put your case in the hands of a personal injury lawyer with more than four decades of experience. The Law Offices of Joel M. Finkelstein in Washington, DC, has been consistently peer review rated as AV preeminent by Martindale-Hubbell. The AV is the highest rating and denotes preeminent legal ability and high ethical standards. Additionally, Joel served as the president of the Assistant US Attorneys' Association of the District of Columbia from 1969 to 1971. Let The Law Offices of Joel M. Finkelstein provide you with legal services in the areas of personal injury, including auto accidents and medical malpractice. Medical malpractice may occur when health care professionals or facilities fail to meet the accepted standard of care when providing treatment to patients. Typical malpractice cases involve errors in medication, incorrect (or nonexistent) diagnoses, surgical errors, or lack of patient monitoring. Motor vehicle accidents are a leading cause of personal injury. Mr. Finkelstein handles injury cases that result from negligent or careless driving, including driving under the influence, failure to follow posted speed limits, and distracted driving. Mr. Finkelstein is particularly experienced in handling cases involving car, truck, motorcycle, Metrobus, ATV, and boating accidents.