Lawyer Overview

Mr. Pavsner, a shareholder in the Litigation Group, has extensive experience in personal injury litigation, including the prosecution on behalf of victims of product liability cases, medical, legal, accounting and other professional negligence cases, class action litigation, business disputes and other complex civil litigation. Mr. Pavsner is a member of the Adjunct Faculty at The Washington College of Law of American University, where he teaches courses in advocacy in the high-tech courtroom and medical liability and public policy. He is a 1972 cum laude graduate of the Woodrow Wilson School of Public and International Affairs at Princeton University, and a 1975 graduate of the Georgetown University Law Center.

Recent Experience Includes:

• Representation of foreign indirect purchasers of air freight services in an international antitrust case
• Representation of 3.5 million owners of certain Ford motor vehicles in a seven month trial, which resulted in the first-ever court-ordered recall of millions of defective automobiles, as well as other relief to the certified class
• Representation of victims of medical, legal, accounting and other professional negligence
• Representation of physicians opposed to takeover of their IPA by a major insurance company
• Representation of insureds against their insurers for failing to pay medical, disability and other claims, and of health care providers against insurers who improperly reduce or refuse to pay medical bills incurred by their insureds
• Representation of employers asserting and employees defending against wrongful discharge and covenant not to compete claims
• Representation of partners, shareholders and entities in complex business disputes
• Representation of relators in qui tam litigation
• Representation of publicly-traded real estate development company in dispute with governmental entity

Areas of Practice

• Professional Negligence
• Products Liability
• Class Action Litigation
• Commercial Litigation
• Qui Tam Litigation
• Other Civil Litigation

West Practice Categories

Business & Commercial Law, Litigation & Appeals, Products Liability Law, Professional Malpractice Law

Bar Admissions

• District of Columbia, 1976
• Maryland, 1976
• Florida, 1975
• U.S. District Court District of Maryland, 1976
• U.S. District Court of the District of Columbia
• U.S. Court of Appeals District of Columbia Circuit
• U.S. Court of Appeals 4th Circuit, 1976
• U.S. Supreme Court, 1980

Professional Associations and Memberships

• American Association for Justice (Sustaining Member)
• American Bar Association (Member, Litigation Section)
• Maryland State Bar Association (Member)
• Prince George's County Bar Association (Member)
• Montgomery County Bar Association (Member)
• District of Columbia Bar Association (Member)
• Florida Bar Association (Member)
• William B. Bryant Inn of Court (Officer)
• The Counselors (Member)

Classes and Seminars

• Medical Liability & Public Policy, Washington College of Law, American University
• Advocacy in the Hi-Tech Courtroom, Washington College of Law, American University
• Medical Malpractice Litigation, University of Pennsylvania
• Evidence in Civil Litigation, US Department of Justice, Office of Legal Education
• Class Action Litigation Summit, Fulcrum Information Services
• International Health Policy Forum, Washington College of Law, American University
• Product Liability in the District of Columbia, DC Bar CLE

Education

• Georgetown University Law Center, Washington, District of Columbia, 1975
  J.D.
• Princeton University, 1972
  A.B.
  Honors: cum laude

Accepts Credit Cards

Address

6404 Ivy Lane
Suite 400
Greenbelt, MD 20770-1417

Phones

(240) 553-1211

Faxes

(240) 553-1735

Emails

spavsner@jgllaw.com

Websites

http://www.jgllaw.com