Steven M. Pavsner Greenbelt, Maryland
| phone | 240-553-1211 |
| fax | 240-553-1735 |
| spavsner@jgllaw.com | |
Mr. Pavsner, a shareholder in the Litigation Group, has extensive experience in personal injury litigation, including the prosecution on behalf of victims of product liability cases, medical, legal, accounting and other professional negligence cases, class action litigation, business disputes and other complex civil litigation. Mr. Pavsner's peers have rated him a "Super Lawyer" in both Maryland and Washington DC every year since inception of the designation in 2007; he has been named one of the "Top Attorneys in Maryland;" and he has been awarded a rating of "AV Preeminent," the highest possible rating in both legal ability and ethical standards, by Martindale-Hubbell. Mr. Pavsner is a member of the Adjunct Faculty at The Washington College of Law of American University, where he teaches courses in advocacy in the high-tech courtroom and medical liability and public health. He is a 1972 cum laude graduate of the Woodrow Wilson School of Public and International Affairs at Princeton University, and a 1975 graduate of the Georgetown University Law Center.
Representative Experience Includes:
- Representation of purchasers of air freight services in an international antitrust case
- Representation of millions of owners of Ford vehicles in a 7 month trial, which resulted in the first-ever state court-ordered recall of millions of defective vehicles, as well as other relief to the certified class
- Representation of consumers injured by dangerous products
- Representation of victims of medical, legal, accounting and other professional negligence
- Representation of victims of nursing home negligence
- Representation of physicians opposed to takeover of their IPA by a major insurance company
- Representation of employers and employees in wrongful discharge and covenant-not-to-compete claims
- Representation of partners, shareholders and entities in complex business disputes
- Representation of relators in qui tam litigation
- Representation of publicly-traded real estate development company in dispute with governmental entity
- Areas of Practice:
- Professional Negligence
- Products Liability
- Class Action Litigation
- Commercial Litigation
- Qui Tam Litigation
- Other Civil Litigation
- Bar Admissions:
- District of Columbia, 1976
- Maryland, 1976
- Florida, 1975
- U.S. District Court District of Maryland, 1976
- U.S. District Court of the District of Columbia
- U.S. Court of Appeals District of Columbia Circuit
- U.S. Court of Appeals 4th Circuit, 1976
- U.S. Supreme Court, 1980
- Education:
- Georgetown University Law Center, Washington, District of Columbia,
1975
J.D. - Princeton University,
1972
A.B.
Honors: Cum Laude
- Classes/Seminars Taught:
- Medical Liability & Public Policy, Washington College of Law, American University
- Advocacy in the Hi-Tech Courtroom, Washington College of Law, American University
- Medical Malpractice Litigation, University of Pennsylvania
- Evidence in Civil Litigation, US Department of Justice, Office of Legal Education
- Class Action Litigation Summit, Fulcrum Information Services
- International Health Policy Forum, Washington College of Law, American University
- Product Liability in the District of Columbia, DC Bar CLE
- Professional Associations and Memberships:
- American Association for Justice
- Member
- American Bar Association
- Member, Litigation Section
- Maryland State Bar Association
- Member
- Prince George's County Bar Association
- Member
- Montgomery County Bar Association
- Member
- District of Columbia Bar Association
- Member
- Florida Bar Association
- Member
- William B. Bryant Inn of Court
- Officer
- The Counselors
- Member
