About David Haynes

David E. Haynes is the managing partner of The Cochran Firm DC and has been representing clients throughout Washington DC, Maryland, and Virginia since the office's founding. He handles commercial vehicle and trucking collisions, gas explosions, carbon monoxide poisoning, fires, inadequate security, medical malpractice, train collisions, product liability, and police misconduct. David has obtained numerous multimillion-dollar verdicts and settlements, including co-liaison counsel for all plaintiffs in the Fort Totten Metrorail cases (9 deaths, 85 injuries) and a $190 million class-action settlement in Jane Doe No. 1 v. Johns Hopkins Hospital.

Virginia Lawyer's Weekly recognized him in 2006 for one of the largest verdicts in the state, and again in 2012 for two of the ten largest settlements in Virginia in wrongful-death cases. He has been named a Super Lawyer in Personal Injury for Washington DC every year since 2013, and listed in Best Lawyers in America from 2016 onward. He has lectured at the National Trial Lawyers Summit and Mass Torts Made Perfect, and been quoted by NBC National News and The Wall Street Journal.

Proven verdicts and settlements

More than 8,000 women reached a $190 million class-action settlement against Johns Hopkins Hospital after gynecologist Dr. Nikita Levy secretly filmed patients during examinations over a 25-year career.

Baltimore City Circuit Court, MD (state class action) · 2014Medical 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

University of Richmond School of Law
J.D.
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Undergraduate

Bar admissions & credentials

State Bar of Washington
State Bar of Maryland
State Bar of Virginia

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Proven verdicts and settlements from other Washington firms

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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
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
Price Benowitz Accident Injury Lawyers, LLP
Price Benowitz Accident Injury Lawyers, LLP
$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.