Shadoan, Michael & Wells LLP

10/13/2023

Gregory Wells, partner at Shadoan, Michael & Wells, LLP, has been appointed to the Maryland Appellate Courts Judicial Nominating Commission by Governor Wes Moore. The newly appointed commission, announced in a press release by the Governor’s office on Wednesday, October 11, 2023, marks historic diversity among the state’s judicial nominating commissions.

Greg Wells, Partner at Shadoan, Michael & Wells, LLP, has been appointed to the Maryland Appellate Courts Judicial Nominating Commission by Governor Wes Moore.

10/06/2023

In September 2023, The Washington Post published an article scrutinizing lost data from the Maryland Department of Health after a December 2021 cybersecurity breach compromised providers’ access to critical patient information and clinical notes among other important data necessary for safe patient treatment. “State data shows serious harm inside Maryland’s 62 hospitals more than tripled between 2019 and 2022 to 769 incidents that killed or injured patients, reaching the highest level since the state began collecting patient safety data in 2004,” writes Katie Shepard of The Washington Post.

Maryland's hospital-related harm cases soared, tripling from 2019 to 2022, reaching the highest level since 2004, with 769 patient fatalities or injuries.

08/17/2023

Pleased that we were recognized again by Best Lawyers in America and especially honored that my peers selected me as “Lawyer of the Year” in Products Liability Litigation and Professional Malpractice Law!

Congratulations to our Shadoan, Michael & Wells, LLP attorneys who have been recognized by 2024 editions!

Partners Robert R. Michael and Gregory K. Wells have been named to The Best Lawyers in America® list for multiple years running. Mr. Wells has also been named the Best Lawyers® 2024 Product Liability Litigation and Professional Malpractice Law "Lawyer of the Year" in Maryland.

Attorney Andrew J. Hall was named to The Best Lawyers: Ones to Watch® in America 2024 edition in the areas of Medical Malpractice Law and Personal Injury Litigation - Plaintiffs. https://bit.ly/3QDn8W5

08/17/2023

Congratulations to our Shadoan, Michael & Wells, LLP attorneys who have been recognized by 2024 editions!

Partners Robert R. Michael and Gregory K. Wells have been named to The Best Lawyers in America® list for multiple years running. Mr. Wells has also been named the Best Lawyers® 2024 Product Liability Litigation and Professional Malpractice Law "Lawyer of the Year" in Maryland.

Attorney Andrew J. Hall was named to The Best Lawyers: Ones to Watch® in America 2024 edition in the areas of Medical Malpractice Law and Personal Injury Litigation - Plaintiffs. https://bit.ly/3QDn8W5

07/18/2023

Congratulations to Greg Wells, Andrew Hall, and Bob Michael on being recognized by the Maryland Association for Justice as Trial Lawyer of the Year in 2023. Read more: bit.ly/3K2l45M

07/18/2023

Congratulations to Bob Michael, Greg Wells, and Andrew Hall for their excellence in trial and landmark success in the case Harris -Reese, et al v. United of America, achieving a $14,000,000.00 verdict on behalf of a 1-year-old child and his parents against Walter Reed National Military Medical Center. The child was catastrophically brain damaged as a result of medical negligence which occurred during what was to be a routine ear tube placement and adenoid surgery.

Shadoan, Michael & Wells successfully held the United States legally responsible for the negligence of an independent contractor anesthesiologist, among others– an unprecedented achievement in medical negligence claims against the Federal Government.

Article via The Daily Record.

A federal judge awarded $14.2 million to the parents of a young boy who suffered severe and permanent brain damage when a surgery went wrong.

08/21/2017

Shadoan, Michael & Wells is pleased to announce that Robert R. Michael and Gregory K. Wells were both selected- again- by their peers for inclusion in the 24th edition of Best Lawyers in America in the fields of Plaintiffs Medical Malpractice Law, Personal Injury Litigation, Product Liability Litigation and Professional Malpractice Litigation.

In addition, Greg was selected as the Best Lawyer's 2018 Washington, D.C. area Plantiffs "Lawyer of the Year" in the area of Professional Malpractice Law- Washington, D.C. We congratulate Greg on this accomplishment.

And, finally, Shadoan, Michael & Wells again received a "Tier 1" ranking -the highest-in Best Lawyers in America Best Law firms rankings.

04/12/2017

Congratulations to Bob Michael on his tremendous win in Frederick County, Maryland- a 17 Million dollar verdict for two families who lost loved ones in a horrific mid-air helicopter/airplane collision due to the negligence of the air traffic control company.

http://thedailyrecord.com/2017/04/12/frederick-verdict-helicopter-crash/

A Frederick County jury awarded approximately $17 million Tuesday to the families of two helicopter pilots killed in a crash near the Frederick Municipal Airport in 2014. Jurors, following three da…

09/13/2016

Shadoan, Michael & Wells, LLP congratulates Gregory K. Wells on being one othe 2016 Civic Leadership Awards Honorees by the Community Foundation for Prince George's County.

https://thecommunityfoundation.org/our-communities/prince-georges-county/

Join us on October 12th for the 2016 Civic Leadership Awards in Prince George’s County. “Experience the Greater in Giving” as we pay special tribute to civic stalwarts who fulfill the promise of a …

07/06/2016

http://www.cnn.com/2016/07/04/health/dont-go-to-the-hospital-in-july/index.html?campaign_id=A100&campaign_type=Email

A new study found 10% spike in teaching hospital deaths during the month of July, when new interns and residents start their training.

05/04/2016

This is one if the reason why we do what we do.


https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/to-your-health/wp/2016/05/03/researchers-medical-errors-now-third-leading-cause-of-death-in-united-states/?hpid=hp_rhp-more-top-stories_no-name%3Ahomepage%2Fstory

A new analysis shows that more than 250,000 deaths each year are due to these mistakes.