Michael J. Shevlin

Michael Shevlin is an award-winning trial attorney at Shevlin Smith. He has exclusively represented injured clients and their families in medical malpractice and serious personal injury cases for over twenty years. Born in the Northern Virginia area, Mike's entire legal career has been to serve negligently injured victims in Washington D.C. and throughout Virginia.

For over ten years now, Mike has been selected by his peers as a Best Lawyer in America, a Virginia Super Lawyer, and a Washington D.C. Super Lawyer. Recently he was selected as one of America's Top 100 High Stakes Litigators, an award given to less than 1% of professionals in the United States. Mike has also received an AV- rating by Martindale Hubbell, which is the highest rating by peers possible for professional and ethical standards.

Practice Areas:

• Medical Malpractice
• Serious Personal Injury Cases

Bar Admissions:

• Virginia, 1992
• District of Columbia, 1995
• Virginia Supreme Court, 1992
• District of Columbia Court of Appeals, 1995
• U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia

Honors:

• 2025 Lawyer of the Year for Washington, D.C. in Personal Injury Litigation (selected by Best Lawyers in America)
• 2023 Lawyer of the Year for Washington, D.C. in Medical Malpractice Law (selected by Best Lawyers in America)
• America's Top 100 Attorneys Lifetime Achievement (awarded)
• Martindale's Highest Peer Rating of AV (awarded)
• Best Lawyers in America, (annually since 2008)
• Washington, D.C. Super Lawyers (annually since 2009)
• Virginia Super Lawyers (annually since 2008)
• America's Top 100 Personal Injury Attorney
• America's Top 100 Medical Malpractice Attorney
• America's Top 100 High Stakes Litigators
• Washington, DC's Top Lawyers, Personal Injury (Washingtonian Magazine)
• Top Lawyer in Northern Virginia (Northern Virginia Magazine)
• Membership in Million Dollar Advocates Forum
• Membership in Multi-Million Dollar Advocates Forum
• Fairfax Bar Association President's Award: 2011 and 2016

Professional Associations:

• American Association for Justice, Leaders Forum Member
• Virginia Trial Lawyers Association, Member
• Brain Injury Association of Virginia, Inc., Member
• Fairfax County Bar Association, Member
• Trial Lawyer Association of the District of Columbia, Member

Professional Leadership:

• Fairfax County Bar Association, Board of Directors (2010 – 2016)
• Fairfax Law Library Committee, Member (2006 – present)
• Fairfax Law Library Committee, Vice Chair (2009 – present)
• Fairfax Bar Association, Judicial Screening Panel, Chair (2018)
• Fairfax Bar Association, Judicial Screening Panel, Vice Chair (2017)
• Fairfax Bar Association Judicial Screening Panel (2014, 2017, 2018, 2021)
• Fairfax County Bar Association Budget Committee, Member (2012 – 2015)

Published Works:

• "Successful Strategies for Medical Malpractice Cases in Virginia", 2004
• "Do I Have A Case? A Patient's Guide to Virginia Medical Negligence Law", 2009
• "Medical Negligence: Your Rights in the District of Columbia", 2011
• "Your Guide to Understanding Claims Against Uber, Lyft, and Others", 2017
• Co-Author "Expert Review" in Medical Malpractice Law in Virginia, 2021

Classes & Seminars:

• Speaker, "Successful Strategies for Medical Malpractice Cases in Virginia" (2004)
• Speaker, "Road to Justice" (2002 - 2016)
• Speaker, "The Do's and Don'ts to Avoid A Medical Malpractice Case" (2014)
• Speaker, "Managing Medico-Legal Risk in an Orthopaedic Practice" (2014)
• Speaker, "The Do's and Don'ts to Avoid A Medical Malpractice Case" (2016)
• Speaker, "Rebuttal Experts" (2019)
• Speaker, "Rebuttal Experts" (2022)
• Speaker, "Treaters & Testifiers", VTLA CLE (2022)
• Speaker, "How to Write An Appropriate Expert Witness Designation in Medical Malpractice Cases" (2025)

Education:

• University of Virginia School of Law, Charlottesville, Virginia
• J.D. - 1992
• Notre Dame, South Bend, Indiana
• B.A. - 1989