About Samantha Peters

Samantha L. Peters focuses her practice on medical malpractice, personal injury, wrongful death, and other negligence claims. She joined Nace Law Group in 2022. A Maine native, she graduated summa cum laude from the University of Southern Maine with a B.S. in communication in 2011. She earned her J.D. from The George Washington University Law School, where she was an active member of the Mock Trial Team and a member of the Public Contract Law Journal. During law school, she served as a judicial intern for the Honorable John B. Beliveau and worked as a law clerk for two Washington, D.C. law firms before joining one as an Associate Attorney.

In her last position before Nace Law Group, Samantha established a new medical malpractice section at a Maryland firm, managed all aspects of medical negligence cases from intake through trial, and supervised staff. She is licensed to practice in Maryland, the District of Columbia, and the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia. Samantha is a member of the Maryland Association for Justice, the Trial Lawyers Association of Metropolitan Washington, D.C., the American Association for Justice, and the Montgomery County Bar Association. She has been named to The National Trial Lawyers Top 40 Under 40, earned a spot on Top Verdict's Top 100 Medical Malpractice Verdicts in the United States in 2019, and was named to Super Lawyers Rising Stars in 2024.

Proven verdicts and settlements at Nace Law Group Accident & Injury Lawyers PLLC

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$10.8 millionVerdictTop 10 in West Virginia · #2

A federal jury in West Virginia awarded $10.8 million to a child and her parents after finding that hospital staff failed to prevent oxygen deprivation during delivery, causing permanent cerebral palsy.

U.S. District Court, Southern District of West Virginia · 2021Medical MalpracticeRead the full story →
$1.75 million

A federal judge in Washington ruled for a former American University field hockey player after an Army fellowship physician diagnosed sinusitis instead of a concussion in October 2011 and left her in play. The court awarded economic and non-economic damages, cut five percent for a later concussion, for a judgment of $1,745,194.65.

U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia, Washington · 2022Medical MalpracticeRead the full story →

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

Practice areas

Education

The George Washington University Law School
J.D.
University of Southern Maine
Undergraduate, 2011

Bar admissions & credentials

State Bar of Maryland
State Bar of District of Columbia

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Chaikin, Sherman, Cammarata & Siegel, P.C.
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$17.11 million · $17.1 Million Verdict After Missed Ectopic Pregnancy Kills Young DC Mother
Price Benowitz Accident Injury Lawyers, LLP
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$25 million sought · Family of Rolin Hill Files $25 Million Wrongful Death Suit Over Virginia Beach In-Custody Death

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