Howard Janet has been representing plaintiffs in complex civil litigation for more than 30 years. His efforts on behalf of clients have repeatedly produced record-breaking verdicts and settlements and have led to a national reputation. He concentrates in three key areas: Medical Malpractice with emphasis on birth injuries; Pharmaceutical and Medical device product liability; and Environmental litigation. His cases have been featured on Dateline NBC and affiliates of ABC, NBC and CBS and in USA Today, the Washington Post, and Jet Magazine.
Robert K. Jenner has represented injured consumers nationwide against the manufacturers of dangerous pharmaceutical drugs and medical devices for over 25 years. He has assumed national leadership roles in drug and device litigation, and for his efforts, he has been honored by his peers for inclusion in The Best Lawyers in America®, Maryland’s Super Lawyers® (named in Top 50), and in the Best of the U.S. His current projects include representing victims of infusion pain pumps, menopausal hormone therapy, and residents of a neighborhood in Dayton, Ohio that has been contaminated by poisonous chemicals.
Kenneth Suggs decided at a young age “to be a lawyer who would help the people I came from, the working class men and women of our country.” A tireless champion of consumers for more than 30 years, Mr. Suggs has achieved remarkable successes for his clients along the way to becoming one of the country’s leading trial lawyers. A former president of the American Association for Justice, Mr. Suggs is the 2006 recipient of the Advocate of the Year award and attained recognition as a Fellow of the National College of Advocacy, as well as by Super Lawyers ®. He considers his greatest achievements as those that made the biggest impact on the law. A veteran of the United States Navy, Mr. Suggs served two years in Vietnam.
Giles H. ManleyM.D., J. D., F.A.C.O.G is an of counsel attorney with more than 20 years experience in the medical profession. As a board-certified OB/GYN with well over 2,000 deliveries, he is extremely knowledgeable in all areas of obstetrics, having served as both Chief of Obstetrics and Gynecology and Area Medical Director in Baltimore for the Mid-Atlantic Permanente Medical Group (the physician group of Kaiser Permanente). In addition to his extensive obstetrical experience, Dr. Manley performed numerous invasive gynecologic procedures and has lectured to physicians nationwide about these innovative techniques. Throughout his medical career, Dr. Manley has served on a number of committees and is a fellow of the American Board of Obstetrics and Gynecology as well as the American College of Obstetrics and Gynecology. Dr. Manley has extensive medical-legal experience, and has served as an expert witness many times in both deposition and trial. He has done this both from a plaintiff and defense perspective. More recently, Dr. Manley demonstrated his expertise in a $1.852 Million dollar jury verdict at a Montgomery County, Maryland trial in a case involving the wrongful death of a newborn infant. Dr. Manley is a member of the Maryland Bar, and has qualified for membership into both the District of Columbia, and Minnesota Bars. He is also a member of the American Association for Justice, the Maryland Association for Justice, and the American Bar Association.
Stephen Offutt has been a trial attorney since graduating Law School in 1988. Before joining Janet, Jenner & Suggs, Mr. Offutt had successfully tried over 100 jury trials in 15–20 different venues throughout the Maryland and DC area involving claims of serious personal injury. Mr. Offutt is a member of the Maryland State Bar Association, the American Association for Justice (formerly the Association of Trial Lawyers of America), the District of Columbia Trial Lawyers Association and the Maryland Trial Lawyers Association. He is licensed to practice in the Federal and State courts of Maryland, the District of Columbia, and Minnesota, as well as, the Supreme Court of the United States of America and has represented clients in other jurisdictions that include Virginia, Minnesota, Pennsylvania, Alabama, North Carolina and others. Mr. Offutt practices in the medical malpractice division of Janet, Jenner & Suggs, working exclusively for the rights of victims of catastrophic injuries in the areas of medical malpractice, medical products liability and medical devices.
Dov Apfel is known nationally as a “child advocate”, who concentrates his practice in cerebral palsy, birth trauma litigation and obstetrical malpractice claims involving birth injuries and children with neurological and intellectual disabilities. Mr. Apfel is regularly contacted by families and lawyers throughout the United States to assist them with the evaluation of standard of care and causation issues that arise in cerebral palsy, birth trauma litigation and potential obstetrical malpractice claims. Mr. Apfel was named one of the Best Lawyers in America® and he was listed in Washingtonian Magazine as one of the top lawyers in the Washington area. Fortune magazine featured Mr. Apfel as one of America’s Premier Lawyers.
Gerald D. Jowers, Jr. focuses his practice on the representation of victims of dangerous and defective pharmaceutical products and medical devices. He is admitted to practice before all courts in the state of South Carolina, the United States District Court for the District of South Carolina (2002), and the Fourth Circuit Court of Appeals (2003). Since entering private practice, Mr. Jowers has published in his areas of practice and lectured to the Ohio Academy of Trial Lawyers. He is a member of the South Carolina Trial Lawyers Association (SCTLA), and the American Association for Justice (AAJ).
Sharon R. Guzejko is an associate with the firm who concentrates her practice on representing persons injured by serious medical negligence, cancer misdiagnosis and birth trauma resulting in cerebral palsy. She brings experience representing clients in a general trial practice, including medical negligence cases, personal injury claims, and estate administration. Prior to her law career, Ms. Guzejko served 21 years in the United States Navy, and retired as a Chief Hospital Corpsman. Her extensive medical training in a variety of health care settings and unique military experience enhance her law practice. She is admitted to practice in the State Courts of Maryland and the United States District Court for the District of Maryland (Northern Division). She is a member of the American Bar Association, the Maryland State Bar Association, the American Association for Justice (AAJ), and the Maryland Trial Lawyers Association.
Francis “Brink” Hinson is an associate with the firm, focusing his practice in commercial litigation. He joined Janet, Jenner & Suggs in 2007 after serving as a law clerk for the Honorable Ralph King Anderson, Jr. on the South Carolina Court of Appeals. During law school, Mr. Hinson earned academic recognition on the Dean’s List and was the recipient of the University’s 2004 Karen Lee Award. He served on the University of South Carolina Law Review, was a member the Trial Advocacy Bar, and competed on the school’s mock trial team. While working on his juris doctorate, Mr. Hinson also earned an International Masters of Business Administration degree from the Moore School of Business, graduating at the top of his class. He is admitted to practice before all courts in the state of South Carolina and the United States District Court for the District of South Carolina (2007). Mr. Hinson is a member of the American Association for Justice (formerly ATLA), the South Carolina Association for Justice (formerly SCTLA), and the Richland County Bar Association.
Hal Kleinman focuses on the area of mass torts and class actions representing of victims of dangerous and defective pharmaceutical products and medical devices, as well as victims of food poisoning. He is admitted to practice before all courts in the states of Illinois and Pennsylvania, the United States District Court for the Northern District of Illinois, United States District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania, United States District Court for the District of Nebraska, United States Court of Federal Claims, Seventh Circuit Court of Appeals and Third Circuit Court of Appeals.
Brian Ketterer is a trial attorney who focuses his practice in pharmaceutical drugs, products liability and catastrophic personal injury cases. Before joining Janet, Jenner & Suggs, Mr. Ketterer was the Managing Attorney of the Philadelphia office for a successful national plaintiff’s firm with a reputation for aggressively trying cases. Recently, Mr. Ketterer was co-counsel in the Simon v. Wyeth hormone therapy case in the Court of Common Pleas, Philadelphia County and successfully obtained a verdict of $1.5 million. Mr. Ketterer has also significant experience in the fen-phen diet drug litigation, mesothelioma asbestos cases and Paxil birth defect litigation. Prior to becoming a civil attorney, Mr. Ketterer was an Assistant District Attorney in Philadelphia where he prosecuted hundreds of trials and tried several jury trials to verdict resulting in numerous convictions on serious felony counts. He is admitted before the Supreme Court of Pennsylvania and the Eastern/Western Districts of Pennsylvania. Mr. Ketterer is a member of the American Association of Justice (AAJ), The Philadelphia Trial Lawyers Association and the Pennsylvania Trial Lawyer’s Association. He is currently focused on both the Hormone Replacement Therapy litigation and the Pain Pump litigation, both of which are occurring nationally.
Elisha Hawk is an associate with the firm who focuses her practice on complex products liability and mass tort litigation. Prior to joining the firm, Ms. Hawk was an associate for a litigation firm in Towson, Maryland, where she also focused her practice on complex products liability. Ms. Hawk graduated from the University of Maryland School of Law in 2008 with a Certificate in Health Law. During law school, she interned with the Honorable Kathleen Gallogly Cox of the Circuit Court for Baltimore County, worked as a summer associate for Whitney & Bogris, LLP and completed the Appellate Advocacy Clinic in which she briefed and argued an appeal before the Maryland Court of Special Appeals as a Rule 16 Attorney.
Tara J. Posner is an associate with the firm who concentrates her practice on representing children injured by mismanaged labor and delivery, and persons who are victims of avoidable surgical errors. Tara has helped to obtain substantial verdicts and settlements for the firm’s clients through her hard work and personal commitment to each of the clients she represents. She graduated from the University of Maryland School of Law in 2007. While in law school, she interned for the Honorable Ruth Jakubowski of The Circuit Court of Baltimore County and also worked as a judicial extern to the Honorable James S. Otero of the United States District Court for the Central District of California.
Justin A. Browne is an associate focusing his practice on complex product liability cases and mass tort litigation in state and federal courts nationwide. He joined the firm after managing a solo practice and working for litigation firms in Baltimore. He previously interned with the Honorable Richard D. Bennett of the U.S. District Court for the District of Maryland and the U.S. Food and Drug Administration. He also worked for a non-profit organization while a law student. Prior to law school, Mr. Browne worked in the pharmaceutical and medical device industry.
John C. Hensley, Jr. has been privileged to represent individuals and families dealing with the devastating consequences of medical negligence, dangerous products, automobile and trucking crashes and workplace accidents. Prior to joining Janet, Jenner & Suggs, Mr. Hensley was Managing Partner of a successful North Carolina based trial firm with an established reputation for aggressive and effective legal representation. Mr. Hensley has tried many jury trials involving serious injuries and damages in the State and Federal courts of North Carolina and has represented clients throughout the mid-Atlantic region.
Steve German is a founding partner of the law firm of German Rubenstein LLP. Mr. German serves Of Counsel with Janet, Jenner & Suggs in complex litigation concentrating in the areas of environmental and toxic tort. He has served leadership roles in federal and state actions, including nationwide, class action and multi-district litigation. Mr. German has also been active in the cleanup of contaminated property and has litigated numerous matters involving claims under state and federal environmental protection statutes and private-party cost recovery statutes, including the Clean Air Act, the Clean Water Act, RCRA, CERCLA, NEPA, New York Navigation Law, and the New Jersey Spill Act.
Joel M. Rubenstein is a founding partner of the law firm of German Rubenstein LLP. Mr. Rubenstein serves Of Counsel with Janet, Jenner & Suggs in complex litigation concentrating in the areas of environmental and toxic tort. With Janet, Jenner & Suggs, Mr. Rubenstein’s most recent toxic hazard case involves the representation of plaintiffs in Spears et al. v. Chrysler et al., an environmental class action concerning a plume of contaminated groundwater that has caused vapor intrusion to hundreds of properties in Dayton, Ohio. Mr. Rubenstein also represents plaintiffs in Sher, et al. v. Raytheon Company, et al., an environmental class action lawsuit seeking damages on behalf of property owners and individuals who have been exposed to contaminants such as trichloroethylene, vinyl chloride and 1,4-dioxane through groundwater contamination from a Raytheon plant in St. Petersburg, Florida.
Howard Janet has been representing plaintiffs in complex civil litigation for more than 30 years. His efforts on behalf of clients have repeatedly produced record-breaking verdicts and settlements and have led to a national reputation. He concentrates in three key areas: Medical Malpractice with emphasis on birth injuries; Pharmaceutical and Medical device product liability; and Environmental litigation. His cases have been featured on Dateline NBC and affiliates of ABC, NBC and CBS and in USA Today, the Washington Post, and Jet Magazine.
Robert K. Jenner has represented injured consumers nationwide against the manufacturers of dangerous pharmaceutical drugs and medical devices for over 25 years. He has assumed national leadership roles in drug and device litigation, and for his efforts, he has been honored by his peers for inclusion in The Best Lawyers in America®, Maryland’s Super Lawyers® (named in Top 50), and in the Best of the U.S. His current projects include representing victims of infusion pain pumps, menopausal hormone therapy, and residents of a neighborhood in Dayton, Ohio that has been contaminated by poisonous chemicals.
Kenneth Suggs decided at a young age “to be a lawyer who would help the people I came from, the working class men and women of our country.” A tireless champion of consumers for more than 30 years, Mr. Suggs has achieved remarkable successes for his clients along the way to becoming one of the country’s leading trial lawyers. A former president of the American Association for Justice, Mr. Suggs is the 2006 recipient of the Advocate of the Year award and attained recognition as a Fellow of the National College of Advocacy, as well as by Super Lawyers ®. He considers his greatest achievements as those that made the biggest impact on the law. A veteran of the United States Navy, Mr. Suggs served two years in Vietnam.
Giles H. Manley M.D., J. D., F.A.C.O.G is an of counsel attorney with more than 20 years experience in the medical profession. As a board-certified OB/GYN with well over 2,000 deliveries, he is extremely knowledgeable in all areas of obstetrics, having served as both Chief of Obstetrics and Gynecology and Area Medical Director in Baltimore for the Mid-Atlantic Permanente Medical Group (the physician group of Kaiser Permanente). In addition to his extensive obstetrical experience, Dr. Manley performed numerous invasive gynecologic procedures and has lectured to physicians nationwide about these innovative techniques. Throughout his medical career, Dr. Manley has served on a number of committees and is a fellow of the American Board of Obstetrics and Gynecology as well as the American College of Obstetrics and Gynecology. Dr. Manley has extensive medical-legal experience, and has served as an expert witness many times in both deposition and trial. He has done this both from a plaintiff and defense perspective. More recently, Dr. Manley demonstrated his expertise in a $1.852 Million dollar jury verdict at a Montgomery County, Maryland trial in a case involving the wrongful death of a newborn infant. Dr. Manley is a member of the Maryland Bar, and has qualified for membership into both the District of Columbia, and Minnesota Bars. He is also a member of the American Association for Justice, the Maryland Association for Justice, and the American Bar Association.
Stephen Offutt has been a trial attorney since graduating Law School in 1988. Before joining Janet, Jenner & Suggs, Mr. Offutt had successfully tried over 100 jury trials in 15–20 different venues throughout the Maryland and DC area involving claims of serious personal injury. Mr. Offutt is a member of the Maryland State Bar Association, the American Association for Justice (formerly the Association of Trial Lawyers of America), the District of Columbia Trial Lawyers Association and the Maryland Trial Lawyers Association. He is licensed to practice in the Federal and State courts of Maryland, the District of Columbia, and Minnesota, as well as, the Supreme Court of the United States of America and has represented clients in other jurisdictions that include Virginia, Minnesota, Pennsylvania, Alabama, North Carolina and others. Mr. Offutt practices in the medical malpractice division of Janet, Jenner & Suggs, working exclusively for the rights of victims of catastrophic injuries in the areas of medical malpractice, medical products liability and medical devices.
Dov Apfel is known nationally as a “child advocate”, who concentrates his practice in cerebral palsy, birth trauma litigation and obstetrical malpractice claims involving birth injuries and children with neurological and intellectual disabilities. Mr. Apfel is regularly contacted by families and lawyers throughout the United States to assist them with the evaluation of standard of care and causation issues that arise in cerebral palsy, birth trauma litigation and potential obstetrical malpractice claims.
Gerald D. Jowers, Jr. focuses his practice on the representation of victims of dangerous and defective pharmaceutical products and medical devices. He is admitted to practice before all courts in the state of South Carolina, the United States District Court for the District of South Carolina (2002), and the Fourth Circuit Court of Appeals (2003). Since entering private practice, Mr. Jowers has published in his areas of practice and lectured to the Ohio Academy of Trial Lawyers. He is a member of the South Carolina Trial Lawyers Association (SCTLA), and the American Association for Justice (AAJ).
Sharon R. Guzejko is an associate with the firm who concentrates her practice on representing persons injured by serious medical negligence, cancer misdiagnosis and birth trauma resulting in cerebral palsy. She brings experience representing clients in a general trial practice, including medical negligence cases, personal injury claims, and estate administration. Prior to her law career, Ms. Guzejko served 21 years in the United States Navy, and retired as a Chief Hospital Corpsman. Her extensive medical training in a variety of health care settings and unique military experience enhance her law practice. She is admitted to practice in the State Courts of Maryland and the United States District Court for the District of Maryland (Northern Division). She is a member of the American Bar Association, the Maryland State Bar Association, the American Association for Justice (AAJ), and the Maryland Trial Lawyers Association.
Francis “Brink” Hinson is an associate with the firm, focusing his practice in commercial litigation. He joined Janet, Jenner & Suggs in 2007 after serving as a law clerk for the Honorable Ralph King Anderson, Jr. on the South Carolina Court of Appeals. During law school, Mr. Hinson earned academic recognition on the Dean’s List and was the recipient of the University’s 2004 Karen Lee Award. He served on the University of South Carolina Law Review, was a member the Trial Advocacy Bar, and competed on the school’s mock trial team. While working on his juris doctorate, Mr. Hinson also earned an International Masters of Business Administration degree from the Moore School of Business, graduating at the top of his class. He is admitted to practice before all courts in the state of South Carolina and the United States District Court for the District of South Carolina (2007). Mr. Hinson is a member of the American Association for Justice (formerly ATLA), the South Carolina Association for Justice (formerly SCTLA), and the Richland County Bar Association.
Hal Kleinman focuses on the area of mass torts and class actions representing of victims of dangerous and defective pharmaceutical products and medical devices, as well as victims of food poisoning. He is admitted to practice before all courts in the states of Illinois and Pennsylvania, the United States District Court for the Northern District of Illinois, United States District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania, United States District Court for the District of Nebraska, United States Court of Federal Claims, Seventh Circuit Court of Appeals and Third Circuit Court of Appeals.
Brian Ketterer is a trial attorney who focuses his practice in pharmaceutical drugs, products liability and catastrophic personal injury cases. Before joining Janet, Jenner & Suggs, Mr. Ketterer was the Managing Attorney of the Philadelphia office for a successful national plaintiff’s firm with a reputation for aggressively trying cases. Recently, Mr. Ketterer was co-counsel in the Simon v. Wyeth hormone therapy case in the Court of Common Pleas, Philadelphia County and successfully obtained a verdict of $1.5 million. Mr. Ketterer has also significant experience in the fen-phen diet drug litigation, mesothelioma asbestos cases and Paxil birth defect litigation. Prior to becoming a civil attorney, Mr. Ketterer was an Assistant District Attorney in Philadelphia where he prosecuted hundreds of trials and tried several jury trials to verdict resulting in numerous convictions on serious felony counts. He is admitted before the Supreme Court of Pennsylvania and the Eastern/Western Districts of Pennsylvania. Mr. Ketterer is a member of the American Association of Justice (AAJ), The Philadelphia Trial Lawyers Association and the Pennsylvania Trial Lawyer’s Association. He is currently focused on both the Hormone Replacement Therapy litigation and the Pain Pump litigation, both of which are occurring nationally.
Elisha Hawk is an associate with the firm who focuses her practice on complex products liability and mass tort litigation. Prior to joining the firm, Ms. Hawk was an associate for a litigation firm in Towson, Maryland, where she also focused her practice on complex products liability. Ms. Hawk graduated from the University of Maryland School of Law in 2008 with a Certificate in Health Law. During law school, she interned with the Honorable Kathleen Gallogly Cox of the Circuit Court for Baltimore County, worked as a summer associate for Whitney & Bogris, LLP and completed the Appellate Advocacy Clinic in which she briefed and argued an appeal before the Maryland Court of Special Appeals as a Rule 16 Attorney.
Tara J. Posner is an associate with the firm who concentrates her practice on representing children injured by mismanaged labor and delivery, and persons who are victims of avoidable surgical errors. Tara has helped to obtain substantial verdicts and settlements for the firm’s clients through her hard work and personal commitment to each of the clients she represents. She graduated from the University of Maryland School of Law in 2007. While in law school, she interned for the Honorable Ruth Jakubowski of The Circuit Court of Baltimore County and also worked as a judicial extern to the Honorable James S. Otero of the United States District Court for the Central District of California.
Steve German is a founding partner of the law firm of German Rubenstein LLP. Mr. German serves Of Counsel with Janet, Jenner & Suggs in complex litigation concentrating in the areas of environmental and toxic tort. He has served leadership roles in federal and state actions, including nationwide, class action and multi-district litigation. Mr. German has also been active in the cleanup of contaminated property and has litigated numerous matters involving claims under state and federal environmental protection statutes and private-party cost recovery statutes, including the Clean Air Act, the Clean Water Act, RCRA, CERCLA, NEPA, New York Navigation Law, and the New Jersey Spill Act.