Gary – Birth Injury

GARY A. WAIS

Senior Partner

Gary A. Wais is the senior managing partner at the law firm of Wais, Vogelstein, Forman & . For over 30 years Gary has dedicated his practice to serving the severely injured victims of medical malpractice. Gary has obtained and continues to achieve record-setting verdicts and settlements on behalf of those severely impacted by medical negligence and birth injuries. When a case is accepted for representation, Gary and his team of experienced litigators will not shy away from the fight and will take on any medical provider or hospital where justice for an injured victim is needed.

Awards and Recognitions

Maryland Trial Lawyer of the Year – 2012
Maryland “Super Lawyer” – 2007 (inaugural year), 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2016
The American Trial Lawyers Association “Top 100 Trial Lawyers” – 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013
The American Society of Legal Advocates “Top 100 Litigation Lawyer in the State of Maryland” – Member
Million and Multi-Million Dollar Advocates Forum – Member

Results

Mr. Wais has personally handled and resolved either by verdict or settlement numerous cases in excess $10,000,000.00. A representative sample of newspaper headlines reporting solely on jury verdicts include the following:

“Jury awards $55 Million for birth injury” – The Daily Record
“Jury awards $21 Million for birth injury” – The Daily Record
“Widow wins $14 Million” – The Baltimore Sun
“UM Medical Center to pay $6.9 Million for negligence” – The Baltimore Sun
‘’Malpractice suit Plaintiff is awarded $4.4 Million” – The Baltimore Sun
“Jury awards parents $4.0 Million” – The Daily Record

Gary has also settled hundreds of medical malpractice cases other than birth injury and brain injury cases. A substantial number of these cases resulted in settlements of over $1,000,000.00. These other cases involved emergency room failures, failure to diagnose and/or properly treat cancer, heart issues, stroke, amputation, and death..

Besides medical malpractice, Mr. Wais has also represented victims of legal malpractice, including participating in a jury trial that resulted in a $12,000,000.00 verdict for the parents of a teen who died as a result of an anesthesia mishap. The family went to a lawyer to represent them for this tragedy and the lawyer negligently allowed the medical malpractice case to be dismissed.

Mr. Wais has likewise successfully represented victims of drowning accidents and obtained a jury verdict of $4,000,000.00 and a settlement for another client in excess of $5 million dollars.

Nationwide Practice

Gary Wais is licensed to practice law in the State of Maryland and has been specially admitted pro hac vice for cases in Washington, D.C. and Ohio. He has also investigated cases in Pennsylvania, Delaware, West Virginia, Ohio, Kansas, Oregon, Illinois, and Florida. We offer no cost reviews for Birth Injury and Medical Malpractice cases throughout the country.