Robert Merbaum Somer | Fairfax Personal Injury Lawyer

Robert Somer is ranked by Washingtonian Magazine as a top personal injury lawyer since December 2004 and is highly praised by his peers and clients as an outstanding litigator. Mr. Somer has practiced personal injury, workers compensation, wrongful death, product liability, negligence and medical malpractice law for over 30 years and has conducted hundreds of trials in Virginia, Maryland, and Washington DC state and federal courts. He has numerous six-figure verdicts and settlements and successful recoveries in nearly every case. He is licensed in Virginia, Maryland, Washington, DC and Georgia and is a longstanding member of the Virginia Trial Lawyers Association, the District of Columbia Bar Personal Injury Section, The District of Columbia Trial Association and the Virginia State Bar Association and Public Justice Foundation.

• Virginia Trial Lawyers Association
  District of Columbia Bar | Personal Injury Section
  District of Columbia Trial Lawyers Association
  Virginia State Bar Association
  Public Justice Foundation | Member

• Top Personal Injury Lawyer | Washingtonian Magazine | 2004

• Policy limits settlement for $900,000.00
  Policy limits settlement for $900,000.00 on behalf of two minor children injured in a hit and run accident with a tractor trailer that cut off their vehicle and fled the accident scene. The Virginia State Police trooper who investigated the crash attributed the accident to a tire blowout of the SUV in which they were riding as passengers. A tire expert hired on behalf of the claimants conclusively ruled out a tire blowout and through diligent investigation several key eyewitnesses were located who provided favorable testimony establishing that the actions the tractor trailer driver in changing lanes caused the SUV to lose control. After extensive litigation and negotiations, a settlement was reached for the insurance policy limits of $900,000.00. In approving the terms of the settlement, the presiding trial judge noted that “he had never seen Allstate voluntarily pay their entire policy.”

• $670,000 WRONGFUL DEATH
  Auto exhaust can be deadly. Our client was on a friendly overnight visit to his cousin’s house in Silver Spring, Maryland. While he was sleeping, someone accidentally left a car running in the garage. The carbon monoxide from the car exhaust infiltrated the house and, tragically, killed everyone in the house. The case was tricky because all the witnesses had died in the house. Nevertheless, we performed so well during the three-day trial that the judge granted a directed verdict and the jury awarded our client’s estate the amount listed above.

• Hot tea spill was breach of duty by restaurant
  $500,000 structured settlement for plaintiff with special damages for current and expected future medical bills.

• "Black Box" data key in auto death case
  $450,000.00 settlement.

• Arbitration in Auto Accident
  $240,514 arbitration award for the plaintiff.

• YouTube
• LinkedIn
• Robert Somer
• Facebook
• Avvo | Robert Somer
• Twitter