Peter L. Scherr - a Rockville, Maryland (MD) Motor Vehicle/Truck Collisions Lawyer

Rockville Motor Vehicle/Truck Collisions Lawyer

Updated: 03/02/2026

Areas of Practice

Motor Vehicle/Truck Collisions
Personal Injury
Medical Malpractice
Nursing Home Negligence & Abuse
Industrial (Construction) Accidents
Workers' Compensation
Premises Liability

Litigation: 100%

Attorney Information

Overview

Mr. Scherr's practice focuses on serious personal injury and wrongful death claims resulting from the negligence of others, including those claims arising out of motor vehicle and motorcycle collisions, defective products, medical and nursing home negligence, premises defect, and industrial (construction) accidents.

Mr. Scherr grew up in Bethesda, Maryland. He received an undergraduate degree from the University of Pennsylvania in 1989 and his law degree from Washington University in St. Louis in 1992. While attending Washington University, Mr. Scherr served as an editor on the law review. Following his graduation from law school, Mr. Scherr clerked for the Honorable William P. Turner in the Sixth Judicial Circuit for the State of Maryland. Thereafter, Mr. Scherr entered private practice concentrating on the motor vehicle collision and premises liability claims, and related litigation. In 1995, after joining the law firm which is now Futrovsky, Forster and Scherr, Chartered, Mr. Scherr’s practice expanded to include the litigation of products liability, medical malpractice, nursing home negligence, police brutality, and industrial (construction) accident claims. In 1998, he was made a shareholder in the firm.

Over the course of his career, Mr. Scherr has successfully litigated hundreds of injury and death claims in the state and federal courts of Maryland and the District of Columbia, trying many to verdict.

Mr. Scherr routinely receives referrals from other attorneys, including many from attorneys against whom he has litigated cases.

Mr. Scherr is AV rated by Martindale-Hubbell and has received Maryland Super Lawyers: 2025, 2026, and Washington, D.C. Super Lawyers: 2020, 2021, 2022, 2023.

Awards and Honors

Super Lawyers® Selectees

Peter L. Scherr included in a Super Lawyers® list

Honors

Super Lawyer - Maryland - 2007, 2020, 2021, 2022, 2023, 2024, 2025, 2026
Martindale-Hubbell - AV Rating
The National Trial Lawyers – Top 100 Trial Lawyer
Super Lawyer - District of Columbia - 2007, 2020, 2021, 2022, 2023

Other Sources of Feedback About Peter L. Scherr

Included on the 2026 Maryland Super Lawyers list

Past Lists

2025 Maryland Super Lawyers list
2024 Maryland Super Lawyers list
2023 Maryland Super Lawyers list
2022 Maryland Super Lawyers list
2021 Maryland Super Lawyers list
2020 Maryland Super Lawyers list
2007 Washington DC Super Lawyers list

Education

Legal Education
- Washington University School of Law, St. Louis, Missouri, 1992
  J.D.
  Law Journal: Journal of Urban & Contemporary Law, Notes & Comments Editor, 1991 - 1992
Non Legal Education
- University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, 1989
  B.A.
  Major: History

Current Employment Position(s)

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Shareholder
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Past Positions

The Hon. William P. Turner, Law Clerk, 1993

Representative Cases

Mina v. Asal, 247 A.3d 260 (D.C. 2021)
Greene v. Children’s Nat’l Med. Ctr., 324 A.3d 261 (D.C. 2024)
$1,950,000 Construction Company Liability – Wrongful Death and Survival Action

Published Works

Articles

The Juvenile Curfew Ordinance: In Search of New Standard of Review, Wash. U. J. Urb. & Contemp. Law, 1991

Bar Admissions

District of Columbia, 1993
U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia
Maryland, 1992
U.S. District Court District of Maryland

Other Affiliations

American Association for Justice, Member
Maryland Association for Justice, Member
Trial Lawyers Association of Washington, D.C., Member
National Trial Lawyers Top 100, Member

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Contact

Rockville, MD

1101 Wootton Pkwy
Suite 550
Rockville, MD 20852

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Phone: 301-251-8500

Fax: 301-251-8860

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Website: https://www.futrovsky.com

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