Three Chaikin, Sherman, Cammarata & Siegel Partners Named to Best Lawyers 2027

Three partners at Chaikin, Sherman, Cammarata & Siegel have been named to the 2027 edition of The Best Lawyers in America, the firm announced on October 20, 2026, according to EIN Presswire. The honorees are Joseph Cammarata, Ira Sherman and Allan M. Siegel, each listed for plaintiff-side personal injury law. The firm also received 2027 Best Law Firms rankings in four categories.

Chaikin Sherman's Best Lawyers Honorees

Cammarata and Siegel have been listed since 2019, and Sherman since 2020. Cammarata is recognized for medical malpractice and personal injury. Sherman and Siegel are each recognized for mass torts, medical malpractice and personal injury.

Sherman has been a trial attorney since 1974 and the firm's senior and managing partner since 1999. He has represented thousands of injured clients, including many with traumatic brain injuries, and is a founding member and past officer of the Brain Injury Association of D.C. His case results include a $15 million verdict for a woman who suffered permanent paralysis from the neck down after being struck by a stray bullet, and a $14.25 million class action settlement for women secretly recorded by Rabbi Barry Freundel at the National Capital Mikvah in Washington, D.C.

Cammarata, a dual board-certified trial lawyer who has practiced for over 40 years, focuses on catastrophic injury, brain injury, wrongful death and medical malpractice claims. He is licensed in DC, Maryland, Virginia and New York. His case results include a $35.6 million jury verdict in a Virginia medical malpractice case for a woman who suffered an anoxic brain injury during spinal surgery, an $18.8 million jury verdict for a client who suffered a permanent traumatic brain injury and multiple fractures in a head-on collision involving an alleged drunk driver, and a $4.5 million jury verdict for a pedestrian struck by an Alexandria transit bus in a crosswalk.

Siegel has practiced law for over 30 years, is board-certified in civil trial law, and has tried or settled more than a thousand serious injury cases. He was president of the Trial Lawyers Association of Metropolitan Washington, D.C., in 2008, and the organization named him Washington, DC Trial Lawyer of the Year in 2024. His case results include a $17.1 million D.C. Medical malpractice and wrongful death jury verdict involving the failure to diagnose an ectopic pregnancy, a $4.8 million settlement for a motorcyclist catastrophically injured in a trailer collision, and a $3.5 million settlement for a Washington, D.C., bicyclist who suffered a traumatic brain injury after a police officer opened a vehicle door into his path.

"We are proud to see our attorneys recognized among the nation's most accomplished trial lawyers," Siegel said. "This honor reflects years of dedication fighting on behalf of injured clients."

Chaikin Sherman's Best Law Firms Rankings

The firm was named a 2027 Best Law Firms honoree in four categories. Nationally, it received Tier 3 in mass tort litigation and class actions for plaintiffs. In Washington, D.C., it received Tier 1 in personal injury litigation for plaintiffs and Tier 1 in medical malpractice law for plaintiffs, plus Tier 2 in mass tort litigation and class actions for plaintiffs.

Chaikin, Sherman, Cammarata & Siegel concentrates on serious personal injury claims, including car and truck accidents, medical malpractice, brain and spinal cord injuries, and wrongful death. Over the past fifty years, its lawyers have recovered more than $1 billion for clients in Washington, D.C., Maryland and Virginia, according to the firm's announcement.