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Washington DC Injury Lawyer William P. Lightfoot’s Recent Honors

Recent Honors

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Coping with Spinal Cord and Traumatic Brain Injuries Washington DC injury attorney William Lightfoot advises of how to cope with catastrophic injuries such as spinal cord injuries or traumatic brain injury.
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  • Co-Chair Committee to Re-Elect Mayor Adrian Fenty 2010
  • Chair Judicial Tenure and Disabilities Committee 2005-2009
  • July 2009, Lecture to the Virginia Trial Lawyers Association Annual Advanced Auto Retreat, topic “Using Motive to Win Negligence Cases”.
  • July 2008, Lecture to the American Association for Justice Annual Convention, topic “Jurors’ attitude that Stuff Happens”.
  • July 2008, Lecture to the American Association for Justice Annual Convention, topic, “Captivating the Jury”.
  • March 2008, Lecture to the Maryland and DC Trial Lawyers Association, topic “Overcoming Juror Bias”.
  • November 2007, Lecture to the American Association for Justice, topic “Examples of Identifying Norms for Plaintiffs and Defendants in a typical auto crash trial”.
  • Trial Lawyers Association of Metropolitan Washington, D.C.
    Trial Lawyer of the Year, 2003
  • Leadership Washington
    Community Service Award, 2002
  • Local Politics and Community Activities
  • Committee to reelect Phil Mendelson to the D.C. Council
    Chairperson, 2002
  • Committee to Reelect Adrian Fenty to the D.C. Council
    Chairperson, 2003
  • Children’s Advocacy Center
    Board of Directors
  • District of Columbia Judicial Tenure and Disabilities Commission
    Member
  • ABA-ALI Restatement of the Law
    Member, 1994-(present)
  • D.C. Jury Project
    Member, 1998 to 2000
    Chairman, Juries 2000 (committee oversaw the implementation phase of project)
  • Martindale Hubbell Peer Review Rating
  • Selected to be included in “The Best Lawyers in America 2006″

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