Barry J. Nace
Of Counsel
Email: bjn@lawtort.com
Practice Areas: Medical Malpractice; Products Liability; Wrongful Death; Automobile.
Admitted: 1970, Maryland; 1971, District of Columbia; 1972, Pennsylvania; 1973, U.S. Supreme Court; U.S. District Courts, District of Maryland, District of Columbia and Eastern District of Pennsylvania; U.S. Court of Appeals, District of Columbia, Third and Fourth Circuits; registered to practice before U.S. Patent and Trademark Office; 1997, West Virginia
Law School: Dickinson School of Law (J.D., 1969; LL.D., Hon., 1994)
College: Dickinson College, B.S., in Chemistry, 1965
Member: The District of Columbia Bar (Member, Unauthorized Practice of Law Committee, 1994-2000; Co-Chairman, Medical and Legal Malpractice Committee, Section on Negligence Law, 1975-1976; Chairman, Wrongful Death Committee, Section on Negligence Law, 1976-1978; Steering Committee Member, Negligence Division, 1976-1982); Montgomery County and Maryland State Bar Associations; The Association of Trial Lawyers of America (Member, Board of Governors, 1978-1987; State Delegate, 1987-1989; Vice Chair, 1988; Treasurer, 1989-1991; Vice President, 1991; President-Elect, 1992; President, 1993; Chairman, Public Relations Committee, 1980-1982; Home Office and Budget Committee, 1985-1987; 1989-1995); Trial Lawyers Association of Metropolitan Washington, D.C. Member, Board of Governors, 1974; Secretary, 1975; Vice President, 1976; President, 1977, 1986; Maryland Trial Lawyers Association; West Virginia Association for Justice; Association of Personal Injury Lawyers (United Kingdom); American Inns of Court (Master); Counselors; Trial Lawyers for Public Justice (Founder; Member, Board of Governors, 1988); International Academy of Trial Lawyers; Roscoe Pound Foundation Fellow (Trustee, 1993); Tom Lambert Society; American Board of Trial Advocates; American Board of Professional Liability Attorneys; American Law Institute; American Association for Justice; PAC (Board, 1992-1997; Chair, 1995-1997).
Biography: Recipient, Special Recognition Award, District of Columbia Trial Lawyers Association, 1988. Attorney of the Year, District of Columbia Trial Lawyers Association, 1976. (Also Member, Paulson & Nace, Washington, D.C.)
Reported Cases: Nimetz vs. Capadonna, 596 A.2d 603 (D.C. App. 1991); Oxendine vs. Merrell Dow, 506 A.2d 1100 (D.C. App. 1986); 563 A.2d 330 (D.C. App. 1989); 593 A.2d 1023 (D.C. App. 1991); 649 A.2d 825 (D.C. App. 1994); Adkins vs. Morton, 494 A.2d 652 (D.C. App. 1985); Quin vs. George Washington University, 407 A.2d 580 (D.C. App. 1979); Daubert vs. Merrell Dow, 509 US 579, 113 S.Ct., 2786 (1993); Ambrosini vs. Labarraque, 966 F2d 1464 (D.C. Cir. 1992); Sindorff vs. Jacron, 27 Md. App. 53, 341 A.2d 856 (1975); 276 Md. 580, 350 A.2d 688 (1976); Hudson vs. Crisler, 239 Va. 101, 387 S.E.2d 750 (1990); LaMade vs. Wilson, 512 F.2d 1348, 168 U.S. App. D.C. 108 (D.C. Cir. 1975); Havner vs. Merrell Dow, 907 S.W.2d 548 (1994).
Born: York, Pennsylvania, November 28, 1944
ISLN: 904241394