A Tradition of Experience & Success
Ashcraft & Gerel, LLP is a Washington, DC based law firm with five branch offices in the surrounding Maryland and Virginia counties. Lee C. Ashcraft and Martin E. Gerel started the firm in 1953, handling only District of Columbia workers’ compensation cases from a small walk-up office in Washington, D.C. In the 59 years since, the firm has grown to almost 40 lawyers, handling a vast array of plaintiff’s personal injury cases.
The attorneys of Ashcraft & Gerel, LLP represent clients in all of the traditional personal injury fields, for example cases arising from:
- Car/Vehicle Accidents
- Work Related Injuries
- Construction Accidents
- Medical Malpractice
- Neglect in Nursing Homes, Group Homes or Foster Care Settings
- Lung Cancer/Mesothelioma Caused by Asbestos
- Injuries due to Faulty Medical Devices
- Defective Drugs
- Toxic Torts
By representing only the plaintiff’s side in litigation, they are able to avoid divided loyalties and at the same time provide aggressive and high quality representation. Their experience and resources have produced a large number of multi-million dollar settlements and judgments in a wide variety of individual cases and mass tort litigation. They handle all of our cases on what is called the “contingency fee” basis. You only pay a fee if we make a recovery.
Call Ashcraft & Gerel, LLP today at 866-729-8592 to arrange your inital free consultation.
Attorney Profile
Michelle Parfitt
Michelle Parfitt is a Senior Partner in the law firm of Ashcraft & Gerel, LLP. Over the last thirty years of Ms. Parfitt’s professional career, she has sought to distinguish herself as a champion of individual rights as well as a leader before the bar in the area of mass torts specializing in pharmaceutical, medical device and product liability cases. She currently heads the Mass Tort practice section of Ashcraft & Gerel, LLP. and has had the privilege of representing thousands of individuals in various state and federal courts across the country who have filed suit against pharmaceutical and medical device manufacturers.
Ms. Parfitt received her undergraduate degree from Northeastern University and masters degree from Michigan State University where she graduated Magna Cum Laude. She was later awarded her Juris Doctor from Hofstra Law School in 1980. Ms. Parfitt is a past president of the Trial Lawyers Association of Metropolitan Washington, D.C. having previously served as an officer and member of the Board of Governors for that association since 1998. She is also a past committee member for the TLA-DC’s Women’s Trial Education programs. Currently she sits as a Board member on The Council for Court Excellence located in Washington, D.C., which is a nonpartisan, civic organization that works to improve the administration of justice in local and federal courts.
Additionally, Ms. Parfitt has been selected by her peers to be included in The Best Lawyers of America publications and the Super Lawyers publications. Within Ms. Parfitt’s practice concentration in the area of pharmaceutical litigation, she has earned a reputation as one of the most knowledgeable attorneys in the areas of medical science and expert testimony preparation. Her reputation in this area is perhaps best evidenced by the fact that she has been appointed by Judges of Federal District Courts in several jurisdictions to serve either as a member of the Steering Committee, Discovery Committee, Chair or Co-Chair of the Science and Expert Committees in a number of complex mass pharmaceutical litigations.