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Howard A. Janet: education
With more than
25 years of experience litigating cases against some of the largest healthcare
organizations and insurers in the country, Mr. Janet has served as lead counsel
in complex cases against healthcare industry, healthcare institutions, and insurance
companies. He also successfully directed litigation strategy in a business case
in which $1 billion was at stake. Reports on Mr. Janet’s cases have been
published in major media outlets including USA Today, Dateline NBC, Jet Magazine,
Washington Post, Baltimore Sun, and affiliates of ABC, CBS, and NBC.
Mr.
Janet has been rated Pre-eminent (A-V) by Martindale-Hubbell. As testament to
his reputation, most of Mr. Janet’s cases have been referred to him by other
attorneys from around the United States. Choosing among all the law firms in the
nation, these attorneys asked Mr. Janet to represent their clients. He has represented
or directed litigation strategy for clients in many states in association with
local counsel on a pro haec vice basis.
Mr.
Janet is the Past-President of the Gary I. Strausberg Foundation, Inc., a private,
nonprofit institution dedicated to “the professional education of the legal
community and the education of the public on issues of safety, the civil justice
system, and the role of the jury.” Moreover, Mr. Janet has previously served
as a Governor of the Maryland Trial Lawyers Association and is a member of the
MTLA President’s Club as a Founder. Mr. Janet is a member of the Maryland
Bar and the Bar of the United States District Court for the District of Maryland. Mr.
Janet is also an active leader in the legal community. In addition to having testified
before legislative bodies regarding issues of concern to people injured by medical
malpractice, Mr. Janet has lectured to fellow attorneys on such subjects as “Maximizing
Your Results in a Medical Malpractice Case,” “Birth Injuries and Brain
Damage: Legal and Ethical Implications,” “Wrongful Death,” and
“Settling a Medical or Legal Malpractice Case Before Suit.” Mr. Janet
also served on the National Legal Education Advisory Committee of the American
Bar Association program entitled, “The Experts Analyze Brain Damaged Baby
Cases.”
Education
- University of Baltimore School of Law,
J.D - 1978 (cum laude)
- University of Maryland, B.S.
- 1976
- Kappa Tau Alpha (Journalism Honor Society) Heuisler Honor Society
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