Principal Attorney
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
Education
University of Virginia School of Law, Charlottesville, Virginia
J.D. - 1992
Notre Dame, University of Notre Dame, IN
B.A. - 1989
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
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
C0-Author “Expert Review” in Medical Malpractice Law in Virginia, 2021
Honors
Selected, 2023 Lawyer of the Year for Washington, D.C. in Medical Malpractice Law by Best Lawyers in
Awarded, America’s Top 100 Attorneys Lifetime Achievement
Awarded, Martindale’s Highest Peer Rating of AV
Selected, Best Lawyers in America, 2008-present
Selected, Super Lawyers in Washington, D.C. for Medical Malpractice Law, 2009-present
Selected Super Lawyers in Washington, D.C. for Personal Injury Law, 2009-present
Selected, Super Lawyers in Virginia for Medical Malpractice Law, 2008-present
Selected, Super Lawyers in Virginia for Personal Injury Law, 2008-present
Selected, America’s Top 100 Personal Injury Attorney
Selected, America’s Top 100 Medical Malpractice Attorney
Selected, America’s Top 100 High Stakes Litigators
Selected, The American Trial Lawyers Association, Top 100 Trial Lawyers in Virginia
Selected, Washington, DC’s Top Lawyers, Personal Injury (Washingtonian Magazine)
Selected, Top Lawyer in Northern Virginia (Northern Virginia Magazine)
Selected, Motor Vehicle Trial Lawyers – Top 25
Awarded, Membership in Million Dollar Advocates Forum
Awarded, Membership in Multi-Million Dollar Advocates Forum
Awarded, Fairfax Bar Association President’s Award: 2011 and 2016
Classes & Seminars
Speaker, "Successful Strategies for Medical Malpractice Cases in Virginia", 2004
Speaker, "Road to Justice", 2002 to 2016
Speaker, "The Do's and Don'ts to Avoid A Medical Malpractice Case", 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
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
Fairfax Bar Association, Judicial Screening Panel, Chair, 2018
Fairfax County Bar Association, Board of Directors, 2010 to 2016
Fairfax Law Library Committee, Member, 2006 to 2017
Fairfax Law Library Committee, Vice Chair, 2009 to 2017
Fairfax Bar Association Judicial Screening Panel, Member, 2014
Fairfax Bar Association Judicial Screening Panel, Member, 2017 to 2018
Fairfax Bar Association Judicial Screening Panel, Member, 2021
Fairfax Bar Association, Judicial Screening Panel, Vice Chair, 2017
Fairfax County Bar Association Budget Committee, Member, 2012 to 2015
