Michael J. Shevlin

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. Awards and Honors Super Lawyers® Selectees Michael J. Shevlin included in a Super Lawyers® list 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 Other Sources of Feedback About Michael J. Shevlin Included on the 2026Virginia Super Lawyers list Past Lists 2025 Virginia Super Lawyers list 2024 Virginia Super Lawyers list 2023 Washington DC Super Lawyers list 2022 Washington DC Super Lawyers list 2021 Washington DC Super Lawyers list 2020 Washington DC Super Lawyers list 2019 Washington DC Super Lawyers list 2018 Washington DC Super Lawyers list 2017 Washington DC Super Lawyers list 2016 Washington DC Super Lawyers list 2015 Washington DC Super Lawyers list 2014 Washington DC Super Lawyers list 2013 Washington DC Super Lawyers list 2012 Washington DC Super Lawyers list 2011 Washington DC Super Lawyers list 2010 Washington DC Super Lawyers list 2009 Washington DC Super Lawyers list 2008 Virginia Super Lawyers list

• Principal Attorney

• Speaker, "Successful Strategies for Medical Malpractice Cases in Virginia", 2004
• Speaker, "Road to Justice", 2002 - 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

• 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

• 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, 2010 - 2016 (Board of Directors)
• Fairfax Law Library Committee, 2006 - 2017 (Member)
• Fairfax Law Library Committee, 2009 - 2017 (Vice Chair)
• Fairfax Bar Association Judicial Screening Panel (Member, 2014)
• Fairfax Bar Association Judicial Screening Panel, 2017 - 2018 (Member)
• Fairfax Bar Association Judicial Screening Panel (Member, 2021)
• Fairfax Bar Association, Judicial Screening Panel (Vice Chair, 2017)
• Fairfax County Bar Association Budget Committee, 2012 - 2015 (Member)