Kenneth W. Curtis | Fairfax Personal Injury Lawyer

While in physical therapy for balance problems, an inattentive therapist negligently allowed an unsupervised exercise that caused our client to fall and shatter her hip. Our 80-year-old client’s husband was in hospice, and she faced her difficult recovery and this case completely alone. We became much more than just her lawyers - we became her family. It was rewarding to mediate this case to a very successful conclusion for her, thanks to a great working relationship with defense counsel and a skillful mediator.

One case at a time. Treating every client like they are your only client wins not only their confidence, but they are sure to recommend you to friends and family.

Someone who cares about the client’s problems and has the integrity, experience and an excellent reputation with both clients and other lawyers.

Knowing all of the rules and the courts is the only way to represent a client. Finding out a little-known rule or a local procedure too late in the case can be disastrous.

The initial phone call tells the lawyer and prospective client alike if they will be a good fit. The facts of the case, the motivations for bringing a case, and the prospective client’s expectations are essential to know from the very first call.

Understanding the facts of the case is the best place to begin. Effective advocacy starts here.

Depth of knowledge, experience, and reputation among other lawyers and judges can be part of the initial phone call. The prospective client must know that my integrity is not negotiable.

Righting wrongs and helping clients who have been injured.

Over the years, I have learned a considerable amount of medicine representing clients in malpractice cases. I am part of the faculty for the National Trial Advocacy College, a program dedicated to the hands-on education of lawyers working to refine their advocacy skills. I was among the first lawyers to use an iPad in my law practice and in the courtroom and am always looking for new and innovative technology for case management. I am a dedicated exercise fanatic, love to sail and enjoy the countryside at Virginia wineries.

As the Vice President of my homeowner’s association, it’s a great opportunity to meet and work with my neighbors. It is also a way to engage with our City’s mayor and council and participate in the long-range plans and goals for our City.

• Virginia State Bar
  District of Columbia Bar
  Maryland Bar Association
  American Association for Justice
  Virginia Trial Lawyers Association
  Virginia Etheridge Society
  George Mason American Inn of Court
  The National Trial Lawyers

• Mr. Curtis received Martindale-Hubbell’s highest peer-reviewed rating of AV, has been named as a “Super Lawyer” and recognized by Northern Virginia Magazine.  In 2015, he was inducted into The National Trial Lawyers Top 100, Civil Plaintiff section.   A leading techno-lawyer, he has lectured state-wide on the use of the iPad for Lawyers in conjunction with the Virginia Trial Lawyers Association.
  
  For the past eighteen years, Mr. Curtis has been a member of the faculty at the National Trial Advocacy College at the University of Virginia, a nationally – recognized program for trial attorneys. In 2015, along with US District Court Judge Robert Conrad, Mr. Curtis was honored as a recipient of the Brennan Award established in 1987 in honor of Justice William J. Brennan, Jr., United States Supreme Court. Honorees are selected on the basis of their outstanding skills as trial lawyers and members of the judiciary, their invaluable contributions to the UVA Trial Advocacy College and to the legal profession. Congratulations to Ken on this most distinguished honor.

• Mr. Curtis is well known in Virginia for his knowledge of evidence and expert testimony, and is a co-author of Virginia Objections at Trial, the trial lawyer’s handbook for the law of evidence in Virginia. Mr. Curtis is a lecturer in Virginia on the topics of expert testimony, the preparation and use of evidence at trial, and has been a testifying expert witness in professional negligence matters.

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