Wayne R. Cohen is the founder and managing partner of Cohen & Cohen, P.C. Mr. Cohen is an AV-rated lawyer, whose practice is concentrated in the areas of medical malpractice, wrongful death, automobile accidents, product liability, class actions, and other personal injury areas. In short, he has devoted his professional career to representing the rights of the injured. Mr. Cohen has appeared on numerous occasions in local and national television shows and print media. Mr. Cohen has been called one of “Washington’s best lawyers”, one of Washington’s “top 40 lawyers under 40,” one of “Washington’s top trial lawyers,” one of “the 50 best lawyers in Washington,” and “one of the city’s most feared personal injury lawyers.” (Washingtonian Magazine, November 2015, December 2013, November 2011, December 2009, December 2007, July 2006, August 2004, April 2002, and June 2001). The Washington Examiner identified Mr. Cohen as a “prominent, personal injury lawyer” on January 31, 2006. He was named in The National Trial Lawyers Association’s 2008Top 100 Trial Lawyers in the District of Columbia, has been named as one of Washington DC’s Super Lawyers for 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015 & 2016 and has been featured by Washingtonian Magazine.

Damien Smith has been working in personal injury law in Virginia since 2018. Damien is motivated by his clients’ personal stories and works hard to fight for the justice and fairness they deserve. Damien started at a small firm, where he learned to always put client service first. He has handled hundreds of settlement and litigation cases from car accident and premises liability claims to dog bite lawsuits and other personal injury cases. Damien also has robust experience in handling criminal, traffic, and bankruptcy matters. Prior to his time in personal injury law, he worked in corporate compliance relating to consumer financial regulation. Damien is a member of the Virginia Trial Lawyers Association and is pending admission to the D.C. bar. He regularly devotes pro bono time to low-income clients facing collection and housing actions at the Legal Services of Northern Virginia in Fairfax, Virginia. Originally from Fauquier County, Virginia, Damien earned his undergraduate degrees in philosophy and political science from James Madison University. Damien then went on to earn a graduate degree from James Madison in European Union Policy Studies in Florence, Italy. While enrolled in this program, Damien was recognized for the best paper in the Master’s symposium. During the two years he spent in Florence, Damien also taught English as a second language. Damien completed his law degree at George Mason University School of Law in Arlington, in 2014. He served as the Executive Editor of the Journal of International Commercial Law, and worked on a voter restoration project that assisted Virginia residents with regaining their voting rights after felony convictions. Damien lives in the Woodley Park neighborhood of Washington, D.C., with his wife. They enjoy walking through the Zoo, exploring the city, rooting for all of the local sports teams, and caring for their community garden plot and abundance of house plants. Damien enjoys reading, jazz music, playing soccer and softball, and practicing the guitar and cornet.

Mr. John Kidwell, Esq. has been the owner and managing partner of The Law Offices of Kidwell & Kent since 2004. Mr. Kidwell also owns and operates his in-firm commercial and residential real estate title company, Old Dominion Title Services, Inc., and is a licensed financial securities and registered representative. Combining these expertise: Law, Real Estate, and Finance; Mr. Kidwell has designed his firm to provide the highest quality counsel in the areas that matter most and are at the core of most families and their business concerns. Every year since 2013, Mr. Kidwell has been peer-nominated and selected by the Heritage Registry as a pillar of the community for his work as a Top Attorney in North America and continued dedication to charity. In 2021 he was published by Lawyers of Distinction as a Top Estate and Business Planning Lawyer in America in The New York Times and USA Today, and in 2022, Kidwell & Kent was featured in Fortune and Forbes Magazines as a Top DC Area Estate and Wealth Planning Law Firm. To learn more about our costs and services or how we may be able to assist you, please give us a call today at 703-764-0600 or complete our online contact form and we will be in touch.

Andrew Lindsey is a valued member of the firm’s Northern Virginia legal team, but has litigated criminal cases from border to border of the Commonwealth. He has won the trust, praise, and respect of prosecutors and judges in multiple jurisdictions, as well as the Virginia Indigent Defense Commission. He has experience resolving cases before trial, or reducing a clients' sentence who hired him after their initial trial was lost. Andrew believes that criminal cases are not decided by truth nor fairness, but by evidence. As a result, his approach to criminal cases is heavily centered on controlling and anticipating the evidence that would be presented by both sides at trial. Despite the Virginia Rules of Evidence being both technical and strict, he is known for pursuing creative ways to get preferred facts and arguments translated into admissible evidence for his clients. Andrew views criminal defense litigation as a team-based effort. This includes having valuable relationships with current judges and prosecutors who were prior criminal defense colleagues. Additionally, he consults his clients through each decision and step of their case, empowering them to make decisions by clearly explaining the legal context of any issues that may arise. At the same time, he prepares clients for the large amount of uncertainty involved in the local criminal justice system, and is ready to adapt case strategies based on dynamically-unfolding circumstances. He has a successful track record of resolving cases before trial with legal motions or favorable plea negotiations, and is highly successful in restoring gun rights throughout NoVA. Andrew has been practicing criminal defense law in the Commonwealth of Virginia since he graduated from law school, and prides himself on providing unrelenting and creative legal advocacy for every single client charged with any kind of crime. With almost a decade of experience exclusively in VA criminal defense law, he has handled multiple appeals to the Virginia Court of Appeals and the Supreme Court of Virginia, and has even overturned sentences imposed by the Virginia Parole Board long after criminal cases have ended. In order to continually provide exceptional service, Andrew also attends well over the 12 hours’ worth of required Virginia Continuing Legal Education (“CLE”) trainings each year. Andrew graduated cum laude from William & Mary Law School, where he focused in civil rights & criminal law. As a law student, he received top grades in relevant coursework, participated in criminal law moot court competitions, and wrote multiple scholarly articles published in William & Mary’s legal internet blogs, as well as its nationally-renowned Bill of Rights Journal, including his article on Virginia capital punishment. He also acquired valuable experience working for defense attorneys, prosecutors, and judges alike at the state and federal levels in Virginia and Washington, D.C: including Virginia’s Central Capital Defender Office, the Civil Rights Division of the United States Department of Justice, and the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Virginia. After law school, Andrew spent four years defending Virginians from criminal prosecutions as an attorney in the Alexandria and Suffolk Public Defender offices, as well as a private criminal defense attorney in Fairfax and Prince William Counties. In that time, he worked on cases ranging from the lowest of misdemeanors to the highest of felonies covered by the news media, and consistently satisfied clients of all different financial and cultural backgrounds. Andrew lives in Fairfax County, Virginia and is happily married with children. Although originally from Texas, he keeps regular company with family and family friends in the DMV area, as well as further south along the East Coast. He primarily enjoys visiting breweries, distilleries, comedy clubs, and state/national parks and is a regular runner.

Rodriguez Law Firm was founded by esteemed personal injury attorney, Dagoberto Rodriguez. An innovative and accomplished legal advocate, attorney Dagoberto Rodriguez addresses each personal injury case with the dedication and focused attention it deserves. He represents victims in liability cases with the highest-level standards of professionalism, and to date, has recovered millions of dollars in settlements. His practice is focused on personal injury litigation and zealously protecting the best interests of the people he serves.

Mr. O’Donnell has dedicated more than 25 years to representing individuals who have been injured in Virginia. He never represents an Insurance Company or Employer, and always speaks for the injured. Mr. O’Donnell gives individualized attention to each client, and together with his staff, carefully prepares each case, explaining the process along the way. First and foremost, Mr. O’Donnell wants his firm to be able to assist clients in getting the medical treatment they need, so that they can regain their activities/work and hopefully make a complete medical recovery as possible. Mr. O’Donnell has a statewide Virginia practice and welcomes calls from new clients and referrals from past clients and attorneys.

With over 25 years of experience in law, Attorney White has a broad range of expertise. Handling of criminal, DUI and traffic offenses with extensive litigation and jury trial experience. Served as a prosecutor for Marion County, Indiana where he focused on drug-related crimes and fought for drug rehabilitation instead of jail time where it was warranted. Extensive experience in real estate law.

Brian Coleman is the Managing Partner of Locklin & Coleman, PLLC and a Virginia personal injury attorney with deep courtroom experience, strategic insight, and a strong record of professional recognition. He began his legal career as a Judicial Law Clerk in the Prince William County Circuit Court and later spent seven years as a trial attorney for a major insurance company defending complex injury and wrongful death claims. Since returning to represent injured individuals in 2017, he has drawn on that background in cases involving car accidents, truck accidents, premises liability, catastrophic injuries, and wrongful death. Mr. Coleman has been recognized by Best Lawyers, Super Lawyers, National Trial Lawyers, Northern Virginia Magazine, and Elite Lawyer. He is also a Life Member of the Million Dollar Advocates Forum and is part of a firm that supports students through the Helping Others Heal Scholarship.

Nicole H. Naum is a Partner and founding member of Battlefield Law Group PLLC. Ms. Naum is a trial attorney who has dedicated her career to protecting the rights and interests of her clients in the area of criminal and traffic defense. She knew from a very early age that she wanted to be a lawyer. At that time, she only knew that she wanted to help but now knows that defending client’s rights is rewarding and delightfully challenging Nicole attended the University of Michigan, Ann Arbor where she received a Bachelor’s of Science in Mathematical Sciences. Upon completing this degree in 2004, she worked as a paralegal for one year at Carmel & Carmel, PC, a small real estate law firm in Washington, DC which focused on out-of-state land sales. During this time, she prepared to attend law school. Being raise in Bloomfield Hills, MI, where her grandmother, one of her closest friends lived, she returned to Michigan for law school. December 2008, Ms. Naum graduated in the top 25% of her class from the University of Detroit Mercy School of Law. While attending school, Nicole excelled in course work relating to criminal law and choose electives in this area: Advanced Sentencing, Death Penalty Law, Criminal Procedure, Criminal Law, Juveniles in the Law, and Evidence. Upon graduating, she moved back to the VA/DC/MD area where she had enjoyed working before. Her career as an attorney began at two small law firms: one in Fairfax, VA and at Mansoor Law Firm in Loudoun, VA where she represented clients in all Northern Virginia jurisdictions in criminal and traffic cases. May 2012, Nicole Naum joined the firm of Price Benowitz, LLP where she was able to focus her practice on matters in Prince William County and Culpeper County. During these years of practice, Nicole successfully litigated hundreds of criminal matters including, misdemeanors and felonies, and traffic cases with favorable results. She has appeared numerous times in City of Alexandria and Counties of Arlington, Culpeper, Fairfax, Fauquier, Loudoun, and Prince William and also appeared in Counties of Albemarle, Greene, Stafford, and Warren and Cities of Shenandoah and Charlottesville. She prides herself in maintaining client relations through communication and diligent representation.