Michael H Bereston |

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Serving all of Maryland and the District of Columbia, Michael H. Bereston provides dedicated representation in complex civil litigation with a concentration in medical malpractice and birth trauma. As a more than 20 year veteran civil litigator, Mr. Bereston has represented both plaintiffs and defendants. In recent years, Mr. Bereston has devoted his practice exclusively to the representation of victims of medical malpractice and birth trauma, especially injured children.

Mr. Bereston has extensive trial experience. He is a graduate of the Johns Hopkins University (B.A.) and the University of Baltimore Law School (J.D.). He has achieved the highest rating of 10 by AVVO, representing “superb” in the fields of birth injury and medical malpractice. Mr. Bereston is admitted to practice in the state of Maryland, District of Columbia, the United States District Courts in Maryland and the District of Columbia, the United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit and the US Supreme Court.

Mr. Bereston is ranked "AV", by the Martindale Hubbell Law Directory, the highest rank for any attorney, and is listed by that publication's "Bar Register of Preeminent Lawyers". America's most exclusive directory of law firms for more than 80 years, The Bar Register of Pre-Eminent Lawyers lists only those select law practices and law firms that have earned the AV® Rating in the Martindale-Hubbell Law Directory and have therefore been designated by their colleagues as preeminent in their field. Mr. Bereston has also been a member of the National Trial Lawyers Top 100 Trial Lawyers since 2013 and a Patron to the American Association for Justice Leaders Forum.

Mr. Bereston was selected by his peers as "Leading Lawyer" in the medical malpractice category from 2010 to 2014 in "What's up Annapolis" magazine and is included in Marquis' "Who's Who in America" and "Who's Who in America Law" publication. He is a member of the American Association for Justice (AAJ, formerly known as "Association for Trial Lawyers of America"), including its' Professional Negligence Section and Birth Trauma Litigation Group; the Maryland Association for Justice (MAJ), including its' Medical Negligence Section; Maryland State Bar Association; the Trial Lawyers of Metropolitan Washington; the Anne Arundel Bar Association; and the District of Columbia Bar Association, including its' Injuries to Persons and Property Section. Mr. Bereston is a former member of the Baltimore City, Baltimore County and Prince George's County Bar Associations, and the AAJ's Products Liability and Breast Implant Litigation Group. He has been designated as an advocate by the National College of Advocacy and is a member of the Pound Civil Justice Institute.

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