About Nicholas Szokoly

Nicholas Szokoly is a partner at Murphy Falcon & Murphy whose practice concentrates on personal injury, wrongful death, medical malpractice, toxic substance poisoning, and consumer class actions. A graduate of the University of Baltimore School of Law, he previously served as managing attorney at a Baltimore boutique firm representing childhood lead poisoning victims. Since joining the firm, he has recovered more than $90 million for clients through trial and settlement and is a lifetime member of the Multi-Million Dollar Advocates Forum. He practices regularly in state and federal courts across the country, has argued before the Fourth and Sixth Circuits, and has been selected for Super Lawyers every year from 2020 through 2025.

He served as Chairman of the Unsecured Creditors Committee in a Baltimore bankruptcy involving hundreds of pending lead-poisoning claims. He is admitted to the American Board of Trial Advocates (ABOTA) and is a Fellow of the Litigation Counsel of America, both invitation-only organizations. He is also a member of the Board of Governors of the Maryland Association for Justice and a volunteer legal services provider for Maryland Disability Law Center clients and military veterans.

Proven verdicts and settlements at Murphy Falcon & Murphy

These results are credited to Murphy Falcon & Murphy. A result appears under an attorney's own name only when a published source names them as counsel on the case.

Hassan Murphy co-led the class action against Constellation Energy after fly ash from a coal plant fouled private drinking wells in a Gambrills neighborhood, producing a $54 million package that connected affected homes to public water and established a $9.5 million resident trust fund.

Baltimore Circuit Court · 2008Premises LiabilityRead the full story →

William H. Murphy Jr. won a $44 million Baltimore jury verdict after a police officer threw handcuffed Albert Mosley headfirst into a concrete jail cell wall, rendering him a permanent quadriplegic; the city refused to pay and the case ultimately settled for $1 million.

Baltimore City Circuit Court · 2006Premises LiabilityRead the full story →

Murphy Falcon and Murphy served as lead class counsel in a $37 million settlement on behalf of 273 patients who underwent medically unnecessary cardiac stent procedures performed by Dr. Mark Midei at St. Joseph Medical Center in Towson, Maryland.

Baltimore City Circuit Court (Fallows v. St. Joseph Medical Center, 24C10000817) · 2014Medical MalpracticeRead the full story →

After a 13-week trial, a Baltimore City jury awarded $34.33 million to 20 Ruth's Chris Steakhouse workers and three of their spouses after the workers suffered permanent brain damage when carbon monoxide from Pier Five Hotel's boiler system flooded their workplace over several months in early 2008.

Baltimore City Circuit Court (Case No. 24-C-08-001376) · 2010Premises LiabilityRead the full story →
$21.5 millionVerdictTop 20 in Maryland · #9

A Baltimore City jury returned a $21.5 million verdict against two landlord companies whose failure to conduct any background check on a maintenance worker allowed a convicted sex offender to rape, slash, and set two tenants on fire.

Baltimore City Circuit Court · 2025Premises LiabilityRead the full story →

Prior results do not guarantee a similar outcome. Each case is unique and depends on its own facts.

Practice areas

Education

University of Baltimore School of Law
J.D.

Bar admissions & credentials

State Bar of Maryland
State Bar of District of Columbia

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Prior results do not guarantee a similar outcome. Each case is unique and depends on its own facts.