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About Damien Smith
Damien Smith is an attorney at Price Benowitz LLP focused on personal injury law in Virginia, having practiced in this area since 2018. He has handled hundreds of settlement and litigation cases ranging from car accidents and premises liability to dog bite lawsuits, and has additional experience in criminal, traffic, and bankruptcy matters as well as corporate compliance work in consumer financial regulation.
Smith earned his Juris Doctor from George Mason University School of Law in 2014, where he served as Executive Editor of the Journal of International Commercial Law. He earned a Master's in European Union Policy Studies from James Madison University's Florence, Italy program, where he was recognized for the best paper in the Master's symposium. He earned undergraduate degrees in Philosophy and Political Science, also from James Madison University. He is admitted to the Virginia State Bar (D.C. Bar admission pending).
Smith is a member of the Virginia Trial Lawyers Association and was named to the National Trial Lawyers 40 Under 40. He volunteers with Legal Services of Northern Virginia in Fairfax (collection and housing actions) and supports a voter restoration project assisting Virginia residents with post-felony conviction voting rights.
Proven verdicts and settlements at Price Benowitz Accident Injury Lawyers, LLP
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Price Benowitz, with co-counsel Ben Crump, filed a $25 million wrongful death suit for the father of Rolin Hill, who died in 2024 after Virginia Beach jail deputies restrained and beat him during a mental health crisis.
A large tree fell onto a moving car on Beach Drive in Rock Creek Park and trapped the driver, Marcelino Cruz Leiva. He sued the United States under the Federal Tort Claims Act, alleging the National Park Service should have found and removed the decayed tree. After a four-day bench trial in December 2023, Judge Amit Mehta entered judgment for Cruz Leiva on his negligence claim in the sum of $5 million on May 7, 2024.
A federal judge held the United States could be sued under the Federal Tort Claims Act for a tree limb that fell on pedestrian Mary Lou Walen during Hurricane Sandy, rejecting the government's sovereign-immunity defense and later denying summary judgment.
Price Benowitz brought a federal civil rights and wrongful death suit after Alonzo Smith, 27, died in 2015 while special police officers restrained him face down at a Southeast Washington apartment complex.
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