About Hannah Amundson

Hannah Amundson is an attorney at Price Benowitz LLP focused on personal injury matters in Washington, D.C. and Maryland. Her practice areas include auto accidents, motorcycle and bicycle accidents, trip and slip and fall cases, dog bites, assault and battery, security negligence, and medical malpractice.

Amundson earned her Juris Doctor cum laude from the University of the District of Columbia, David A. Clarke School of Law, where she served as Associate Editor of the UDC Law Review and as a Dean's Fellow. During law school she worked as a student attorney in both the UDC Immigration and Human Rights Clinic and the UDC Legislation Clinic. She earned her undergraduate degree summa cum laude from Florida Gulf Coast University, where she was a member of the Honors Program. She is admitted to the bars of the District of Columbia, Maryland, and Florida.

Her recognitions include selection as a Super Lawyers Rising Star and inclusion in Best Lawyers "Ones to Watch."

Proven verdicts and settlements at Price Benowitz Accident Injury Lawyers, LLP

These results are credited to Price Benowitz Accident Injury Lawyers, LLP. A result appears under an attorney's own name only when a published source names them as counsel on the case.

$25 million sought

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.

Virginia Beach, Virginia · 2026Wrongful DeathRead the full story →

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.

U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia, Washington · 2024Premises LiabilityRead the full story →

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.

U.S. District Court, District of Columbia (Washington, DC) · 2017Premises LiabilityRead the full story →

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.

U.S. District Court, District of Columbia (Washington, DC) · 2017Wrongful DeathRead the full story →

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

Practice areas

Education

Florida Gulf Coast University
Undergraduate

Bar admissions & credentials

State Bar of District of Columbia
State Bar of Maryland
State Bar of Florida

Awards & recognition

Super Lawyers Rising Stars
Best Lawyers Ones to Watch

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Proven verdicts and settlements from other Washington firms

Regan Zambri Long Personal Injury Lawyers
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$6.17 Million Verdict for Skier Brain-Injured in Fall Off Unmarked Drop-Off at Massanutten Ski Resort
Ashcraft & Gerel, LLP
Ashcraft & Gerel, LLP
$5.5 billion · J&J Agrees to Pay at Least $5.5 Billion to Resolve 76,000 Talc-Cancer Claims
Stein Mitchell Beato & Missner LLP
Stein Mitchell Beato & Missner LLP
$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
Patrick Malone & Associates, P.C.
Patrick Malone & Associates, P.C.
$8.35 million · Record $8.35 Million D.C. Verdict After Knee Surgery Cost an 82-Year-Old His Leg

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