Denis C. Mitchell

Denis C. Mitchell

Stein Mitchell Beato & Missner LLP • Washington, DC
Medical MalpracticePersonal Injury

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Contact

Email
Phone
(202) 816-4844
Address
2000 K Street NW, Washington, DC, 20006, US

Professional

About

Denis C. Mitchell is an experienced trial attorney and focuses his practice on representing individuals and families who have suffered life-altering injuries or who have lost love ones. He has obtained numerous multi-million dollar recoveries for his clients and has tried cases before multiple state and federal courts in the region. Mr. Mitchell's fellow plaintiffs’ lawyers recognized him as D.C.’s Trial Lawyer of the Year in 2014. He has also been recognized by Best Lawyers®, SuperLawyers®, Washingtonian Magazine®, and Bethesda Magazine® as a leading practitioner in medical negligence and/or personal injury since 2011. Mr. Mitchell has held leadership positions in several organizations, including President of the Trial Lawyers Association of Metropolitan Washington, D.C. and Chair of the D.C. Bar Tort Law Section. He has written for quarterly publications and made presentations on important civil cases handed down by state and federal courts in the District of Columbia. His also served for more than a decade as an Adjunct Professor in Trial Advocacy at the Georgetown University Law Center. Mr. Mitchell became fluent in Spanish after spending a year teaching and studying in the Economics Department at the University of Navarre in Pamplona, Spain.

About Medical Malpractice Law

Medical malpractice attorneys represent patients harmed by healthcare provider negligence. They fight for compensation for injuries caused by medical errors. Common matters include surgical errors, misdiagnosis, birth injuries, medication errors.

Credentials

Education
2000 University of Maryland School of Law J.D. 1996 University of Virginia BA - Bachelor of Arts
Languages
Spanish | English

Recognition & Involvement

Awards
2014 Trial Lawyer of the Year, Trial Lawyers Association of Metropolitan Washington, D.C. 2012 Top Rated Medical Malpractice Attorney in Washington, D.C., SuperLawyers 2011 Best Lawyer, Best Lawyers in America 2000 Order of the Coif, University of Maryland, School of Law 1998 Law Review, University of Maryland, School of Law
Publications
2008 Trial (American Association for Justice) Hospital Based Infections 2007 Trial Reporter Rules of the Road For Bicyclists and Pedestrians
Associations
2015 - Present The Counsellors Member 2006 - Present Maryland Association for Justice Amicus Committee 2005 - Present Trial Lawyers Association of Metropolitan Washington, D.C., Amicus Curiae Committee Board of Governors 2009 - 2011 District of Columbia Bar Co-chair - Tort Law Steering Committee 2008 - 2009 Trial Lawyers Association of Metropolitan Washington, D.C. Education Committee Co-Chair
Speaking
2016 D.C. Bar CLE 2015 Revisions to the D.C. Superior Court Rules - Experts and Other Noteworthy Changes 2015 Trial Lawyers Association of Metropolitan Washington, D.C. Primer on Changes to Superior Court Rules N/A DC-TLA Dinner Meetings (several times yearly) Recent Developments in D.C. Law
Updated: Mar 08, 2026