Meet Washington DC Personal Injury Lawyer Joshua Davenport
A Washington DC and Maryland Personal Injury Lawyer
Biography
Washington DC and Maryland personal injury lawyer Joshua Davenport joined the firm in 2006. Prior to joining Koonz, McKenney, Johnson, DePaolis & Lightfoot, L.L.P Mr. Davenport was a litigation associate with Wilmer, Cutler, Pickering, Hale and Dorr LLP where he represented corporate clients in intellectual property, securities, and products-liability matters, including a polio-vaccine manufacturer. Choosing to help make a positive difference for individuals, Joshua Davenport brings his broad range of personal injury experience, knowledge of medicine and law, and genuine interest in his clients to hold negligent parties accountable for their actions. Mr. Davenport contributes additional value to the clients of Koonz, McKenney, Johnson, DePaolis & Lightfoot, L.L.P, in the following practice areas:
- Worker’s compensation claims
- Motor vehicle accidents
- Premises liability
- Construction accidents
- Medical malpractice
- Catastrophic injury
- Tractor trailer accidents
- Duke University School of Law – Juris Doctor
- Twice elected to the Judiciary Board
- Internship with the District of Columbia Public Defender Service – Felony Trial Division
- Pomona College – Undergraduate degree in Philosophy, Politics and Economics
- Senior thesis awarded with honors – “The Zero Sum Game Solution: the Equal Worth of Legal Representation”
- District of Columbia Bar
- Maryland State Bar
- United States District Court of Maryland
- United States Court of Appeals – Federal Circuit
- United States Court of International Trade
- Maryland Workers’ Compensation Commission
- District of Columbia Office of Workers’ Compensation
- District of Columbia Superior Court
- Circuit Court of Prince George’s County, Maryland
- Circuit Court of Montgomery County, Maryland
- American Bar Association
- Maryland State Bar Association
- Prince George’s County Bar Association
- Maryland Association of Justice
- Trial Lawyers Association of Metropolitan Washington D.C.
- American Association for Justice
- Uninsured motorist claim – Jury returned a verdict of $433,829.00 in favor of a husband and wife who brought a claim against their automobile insurance carrier (State Farm) for underinsured motorist benefits for injuries sustained in a motor vehicle accident where the at-fault driver had insufficient insurance coverage to fully compensate the husband and wife for the harms and losses he caused.
- Pedestrian injury – Settled case against bus company for $100,000.00 on behalf of pedestrian who dove out of the way of a bus that failed to stop for pedestrians in the cross-walk and ultimately required surgery to repair her injured shoulder.
- Worker’s compensation claim – Settled contested worker’s compensation claim for $75,000.00 on behalf of injured worker who suffered a heart attack while working as a laborer on a construction site.
- Worker’s compensation claim – Won jury verdict increasing permanent partial disability benefits for laborer who broke his wrist and injured his shoulder while attempting to move a large appliance onto a forklift and underwent four surgeries. The Maryland Workers’ Compensation Commission ruled that the laborer sustained a permanent partial disability of 50%, however the laborer’s employer appealed the Commission’s decision to the Circuit Court of Prince George’s County, Maryland. At the conclusion of a jury trial, the jury awarded the laborer a permanent disability of 65%, which translated into approximately $44,000 more disability benefits than originally awarded by Commission.
- Construction accident claim – Secured a jury verdict in Prince George’s County Circuit Court for a construction worker who suffered fractured legs and psychological trauma when a concrete mixer truck collided with a tool box in which the worker was retrieving his tools, which crushed his legs and trapped his head in the tool box.
- Successfully represented a security guard before the District of Columbia Office of Hearings and Adjudication who required knee surgery and could not return to work in a full-duty capacity, but whose employer refused to either authorize the surgery or accommodate her work restrictions.
Contact Washington DC and Maryland Personal Injury Attorney Joshua Davenport
Continuing the proud tradition of Koonz, McKenney, Johnson, DePaolis & Lightfoot, L.L.P representing workers injured on the job, Mr. Davenport regularly conducts workers’ compensation seminars at many union halls, including Teamsters Local 639 in Washington DC.
Washington DC and Maryland personal injury lawyer Joshua Davenport receives personal gratification in obtaining justice and compensation for both his personal-injury and workers’ compensation clients. One testimonial from a bus operator hurt by an unidentified plumbing truck wrote the following:
“Thanks for all your dedication and hard work. Words cannot express how grateful that I am for everything you and your staff did.”
Joshua Davenport lives in Maryland with his wife and their two children.
If you would like to contact Mr. Davenport or another Maryland, Virginia, or Washington DC personal injury attorney, please call us at one of our offices or fill out a contact form.