Peter Masciola

Washington, DC42 years experienceAdmitted 1984

About Peter Masciola

Peter R. Masciola is Of Counsel to Patrick Malone & Associates, P.C. in Washington, D.C., bringing more than 30 years of experience in the private and public sectors and over 35 years of government and military medical malpractice experience from both sides of the practice. A retired Brigadier General in the U.S. Air Force, he held leadership roles overseeing military medical malpractice claims, and his career has included work at Air Force Medical Centers and tours in Afghanistan and Guantanamo Bay. He is an accomplished criminal and civil litigator focused on military medical malpractice, Federal Tort Claims Act (FTCA), Military Claims Act (MCA), military accident, and serious personal injury cases, representing military officers and enlisted personnel from all ranks and specialties.

Proven verdicts and settlements at Patrick Malone & Associates, P.C.

These results are credited to Patrick Malone & Associates, P.C.. A result appears under an attorney's own name only when a published source names them as counsel on the case.

A D.C. Superior Court jury awarded $8.35 million after an orthopedic surgeon failed to recognize the loss of blood flow to an 82-year-old patient's leg following a knee replacement, leaving the limb to die and require an above-knee amputation.

Superior Court of the District of Columbia (Washington, DC) · 2017Medical MalpracticeRead the full story →

A Montgomery County jury found a Maryland dermatology practice liable for the death of 47-year-old attorney Richard Semsker, whose melanoma went untreated for two years.

Montgomery County Circuit Court (Rockville), Maryland · 2008Medical MalpracticeRead the full story →

A premature newborn suffered a permanent chemical burn and stunted growth in her right ankle after an IV line leaked caustic fluid into the surrounding tissue, and a District of Columbia jury awarded her $3.6 million.

Superior Court of the District of Columbia (Washington, DC) · 2018Medical MalpracticeRead the full story →
$3 millionSettlementTop 20 of 2007 · #15

Rosalee Blue was left with a paralyzed right foot, chronic leg pain and loss of bowel control after the anticoagulant Lovenox was given intravenously during hernia surgery at Sibley Hospital in Washington. The anesthesiologist settled for $2 million on the first day of trial and assigned his contribution claim against the surgeon to her side. The court then entered a $1 million contribution judgment against the surgeon, which the D.C. Court of Appeals affirmed in 2011. Her recovery came to $3 million.

Superior Court of the District of Columbia, Washington · 2007Medical 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

New England School of Law
J.D., 1983
Stonehill College
Undergraduate, 1979

Bar admissions & credentials

State Bar of District of Columbia
State Bar of Massachusetts
State Bar of U.S. Supreme Court, admitted 2010
State Bar of U.S. Court of Appeals for the Armed Forces, admitted 1984
State Bar of U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit, admitted 2012
District of Columbia Bar (former Steering Committee, Torts Law Section)
Massachusetts Bar Association
Trial Lawyers Association of Metropolitan Washington, D.C. (former Board of Governors)

Awards & recognition

DC Trial Lawyer of the Year (2009)
Bronze Star (2012)
Meritorious Service Medal (2014)
Air Force General Counsel Award (2008)

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Proven verdicts and settlements from other Washington firms

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$6.17 Million Verdict for Skier Brain-Injured in Fall Off Unmarked Drop-Off at Massanutten Ski Resort
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$5.5 billion · J&J Agrees to Pay at Least $5.5 Billion to Resolve 76,000 Talc-Cancer Claims
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$20 Million Judgment Against U.S. for Driver Paralyzed When Smithsonian Bus Ran Red Light
Chaikin, Sherman, Cammarata & Siegel, P.C.
Chaikin, Sherman, Cammarata & Siegel, P.C.
$17.11 million · $17.1 Million Verdict After Missed Ectopic Pregnancy Kills Young DC Mother
Koonz McKenney Johnson & DePaolis LLP
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$13.5 Million Default Judgment Against Iran for Passenger Tortured in 1984 Kuwait Airways Hijacking

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