Kim Brooks-Rodney

Kim Brooks-Rodney is a Washington, DC personal injury lawyer and partner who focuses on medical malpractice, automobile negligence, product defects, and other serious injury matters. She represents injured clients and families in claims involving significant physical, financial, and personal losses. Her background includes work for government agencies, insurers, and public entities, giving her broad experience with civil litigation, claims evaluation, trial preparation, and settlement strategy.

Kim earned her J.D. from American University Washington College of Law and a B.A. in Political Science and Sociology from the University of Pennsylvania. As an undergraduate, she worked as a research assistant to Judge A. Leon Higginbotham Jr. of the US Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit. During law school, she served as a law clerk with the US Department of Justice Civil Rights Division. Her education and early legal work support detailed analysis and courtroom advocacy.

Kim began her career as a staff attorney with the US Department of Labor and later served as Assistant Corporation Counsel in Washington, DC. She was also Assistant General Counsel for the Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority. Her later work included trial counsel for State Farm and managing Hartford Insurance Company’s staff counsel office in Alexandria, Virginia. She has obtained millions of dollars through jury trials and settlements for injured clients, including representation connected to the 2009 Washington Metro crash.

Kim Brooks-Rodney serves on the Board of Governors of the Trial Lawyers Association of Metropolitan Washington, DC. She previously served on the Prince George’s County Bar Association Board of Directors. She has been quoted or featured by national and regional media outlets and received recognition from Washingtonian Magazine in 2009, 2011, 2013, and 2015. Her career reflects extensive trial experience, insurance-industry insight, and sustained advocacy for people harmed by negligence.

Law Office Affiliations

• Partner, Cohen & Cohen
• Member of Board of Governors, Trial Lawyers Association of Metropolitan Washington D.C.
• Former Member, Prince George’s County Bar Association
• Member, District of Columbia Bar Association
• Member, Maryland State Bar Association
• Member, Virginia State Bar
• Member, Pennsylvania Bar Association

Licensed State

• District of Columbia
• Virginia
• Maryland
• Pennsylvania (Inactive)

Education

• American University, Washington College of Law
  Juris Doctor (JD)
• University of Pennsylvania
  BA in Political Science & Sociology

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