User:Kory27/Robert Weltchek

Robert Weltchek (born in July 30, 1955 in Elizabeth, New Jersey) is an American trial lawyer.

Career
Robert Weltchek is partner in the law firm Weltchek, Mallahan, and Weltchek. He is a graduate of Rutgers University and the University of Maryland Law School.

Mr. Weltchek has over 40 years service as a trial attorney. He represents the victims of professional negligence, corporate misconduct and defective products in the areas of medical malpractice, medical negligence, cerebral palsy, birth injury, catastrophic injury, pharmaceutical liability, product liability, toxic torts, environmental law, and complex business litigation.

Notable achievements in law:


 * One of the largest settlements in U.S. history. $185,000,000 in a case involving accounting/consulting malpractice against Ernst & Young. He was later hired by Ernst & Young to sue a prominent Washington, D.C. law firm for legal malpractice.
 * A $150,000,000 jury verdict in Baltimore County against ExxonMobil in a 6-month trial stemming from massive groundwater contamination. The jury verdict is believed to be one of the largest in Maryland history.

Awards and Professional Recognition

 * Mr. Weltchek is a Fellow in the American College of Trial Lawyers, an honor achieved by less than 1% of the nation's lawyers.
 * Best Lawyers in America has recognized Weltchek as one of the top personal injury lawyers in the country.
 * The American Trial Lawyers Association named him as one of Maryland’s top 100 trial lawyers.
 * AV Rating by Martindale-Hubble, signifying “very high to pre-imminent legal ability and very high ethical standards as established by confidential opinions from members of the bar.

General references

 * American College of Trial Lawyers
 * The National Trial Lawyers Profile