Walter E. Laake, Jr., Esq.

Walter E. Laake, Jr.

Walter E. Laake, Jr. is a founding partner in the law firm of Joseph, Greenwald & Laake, P.A.  He was its managing partner from its inception for more than 25 years.  Since graduating from the University of Maryland and its School of Law, Mr. Laake has been an active member of numerous prestigious bar associations and achieved numerous honors and awards, including the following:

•  In 2008 Walter Laake was honored to be included in the publication “Super Lawyers” in both its Maryland and Washington, D.C. issues.
•  In December 2007, Washingtonian Magazine selected Walter Laake as one of the best lawyers in the field of personal injury in the Washington Metropolitan area, one of only six (6) Maryland lawyers so honored.
•  Mr. Laake is past President (2004-2005) of the 1200-member Maryland Trial Lawyers Association.
•  He has been listed in the Bar Registry of Pre-Eminent Practitioners since 1993.
•  Mr. Laake is past President (1996-1997) of the Prince George's County Bar Association.
•  He is a Life Member of the 50,000-member Association of Trial Lawyers of America and the only Maryland lawyer so designated.
•  Mr. Laake is a member of the nationwide Million Dollar Advocates Forum which is limited to select attorneys who have recovered $1 million or more for their clients.
•  Since 1993, he has been awarded the highest rating for legal ability, “A”, very high to pre-eminent, by the nation’s largest and oldest legal rating service, Martindale Hubbell.
•  Mr. Laake currently serves on and has been elected by the bar association to 3 four year terms on the Judicial Nominating Commission which interviews and recommends candidates to the governor for appointment to the District and Circuit Courts for the Seventh Judicial Circuit.
•  He was selected for membership in Outstanding Lawyers of America which is limited to 100 lawyers from the 31,000 members of the Maryland bar.
•  For more than 10 years Mr. Laake has been appointed to serve on the Attorney Grievance Commission’s Peer Review Committee which hears cases of alleged ethical misconduct by members of the bar.
•  He was appointed by the Seventh Judicial Circuit to serve on the Bar Advisory Committee for the Civil Differentiated Case Management System subsequently adopted by the Court.
•  Mr. Laake was also appointed by the Seventh Judicial Circuit to serve as a Court approved arbitrator/mediator of personal injury cases and has handled more 100 binding or non-binding arbitrations and mediations over the past several years.

Walter Laake’s practice areas include: Accidents, Personal Injury, Traumatic Brain Injury, Medical Malpractice, Premises Liability, Product Liability, and Professional Negligence.

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