Howard A. Janet - Baltimore, MD

Overview

Howard A. Janet is recognized as one of the nation’s preeminent medical malpractice attorneys, widely known for his aggressive, passionate representation of children who develop cerebral palsy (CP) as the result of preventable birth injuries.

More than 30,000 families have consulted Mr. Janet about potential cerebral palsy cases. He and his nationally acclaimed law firm, Janet, Janet & Suggs, LLC (which includes an in-house board certified obstetrician-gynecologist), have a proven record of identifying cases in which avoidable medical errors have led to children’s CP. When he is sufficiently confident a birth injury or other medical malpractice case has merit, Mr. Janet tirelessly seeks the full measure of justice the case demands.

That tenacity, along with a tremendous body of accumulated knowledge and exceptional trial skills, has produced an extraordinary string of precedent-setting results for Mr. Janet’s clients, both in the courtroom and at the settlement table. In Minnesota, he broke the record twice for the largest birth injury award handed down by a jury. In Washington D.C., his verdict in a cerebral palsy case more than doubled the highest jury award in any previous medical malpractice action. All told, Mr. Janet and his firm have won hundreds of millions of dollars in verdicts and settlement victories for their clients. But Mr. Janet knows it is not the amount of money he obtains for his clients, especially in birth injury cases, that is the true measure of success. Instead, it is what the money can do – ensure peace of mind and dramatically improve the quality of life for the injured children and their families.

Mr. Janet’s efforts on behalf of medical malpractice clients have extended beyond the trial court level. His appellate victories have lengthened the statute of limitations for patients victimized by fraudulent physicians and expanded the rights of children to be compensated for their injuries.

Mr. Janet’s expertise and success in complex civil litigation extends to cases involving dangerous medications and defective medical devices, sexual abuse, financial fraud, and environmental contamination. Some recent notable achievements in these practice areas include:

• A $190 million class action settlement against The Johns Hopkins Hospital reached in summer 2014 on behalf of more than 9,000 women alleging that an obstetrician-gynecologist employed by the hospital secretly photographed and videotaped his patients’ pelvic exams;
• A $95 million settlement on behalf of a client who blew the whistle on widespread mortgage foreclosure fraud;
• Representation of the plaintiff known as Victim 6 in the Sandusky/Penn State scandal;
• Environmental class action lawsuits in Nevada and New Jersey aimed at forcing corporations to compensate victims of improper toxic waste disposal; and
• Appointment as special counsel for the State of New Jersey in New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection v. Exxon Mobil Corporation.