Wayne M. WilloughbyGershon, Willoughby, Getz & Smith, LLC |
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Wayne M. Willoughby is a respected member of the legal community with the highest rating (AV) offered by Martindale-Hubbell™ for professional competence and ethics.
With nearly two decades of experience representing the victims of medical mistakes, Mr. Willoughby has contributed significantly to numerous multi-million dollar recoveries.
These include:
- a $24 Million verdict for a child who suffered brain damage because her doctors failed to properly diagnose and respond to an airway obstruction;
- a $6 Million recovery for a child who suffered cerebral palsy because of a mismanaged labor and delivery;
- a $4.5 Million recovery for a child who suffered severe brain damage because of a medication overdose;
- a $4 Million recovery for a member of the armed forces whose prior attorney mishandled his medical negligence case involving surgical negligence that rendered him quadriplegic.*
Through his appellate advocacy, Mr. Willoughby has participated in cases that have expanded the rights of the injured. These include:
An appellate case establishing the right of medical malpractice victims in the District of Columbia to hold negligent physician-employees of the District of Columbia responsible for their negligence even when the deadline has expired for suing their employer.
A decision establishing the right of brain damaged infants to receive compensation for future life-care expenses even when their parents’ claim for those expenses is barred by the statute of limitations.
Mr. Willoughby is active in the legal community. He is the President-Elect of the Maryland Trial Lawyers Association and a member of the American Association for Justice Council of Presidents. In addition, Mr. Willoughby serves on numerous Bar committees, including the Legal Ethics Committee of the Baltimore City Bar Association and the Legislative Committee of the Maryland Trial Lawyers Association.
Mr. Willoughby has also lectured locally and nationally on medical malpractice and products liability issues and co-authored the book, “Medical Malpractice in Maryland – 2003” published by National Business Institute.
Prior to entering the legal profession, Mr. Willoughby practiced as a Certified Public Accountant. He employs his skills as an accountant to help clients maximize their damage awards, which can be in excess of millions of dollars.
Mr. Willoughby is a graduate of the University of Maryland (B.S. - 1980) and University of Baltimore School of Law (J.D. -1986 cum laude).
Mr. Willoughby is a member of the Bar of the United States Supreme Court, the Bar of the United States District Courts for the District of Maryland and the District of Columbia, the Bar of Maryland and the Bar of the District of Columbia.
* Because the facts of each case are unique, past results are not a guarantee as to the outcome in any future case
