Profile - Kamil Ismail

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Goodell DeVries Leech
One S St 20th Fl
Baltimore, MD 21202

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(410) 783-4054

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Mr. Ismail is an AV® Peer Review Rated† partner with Goodell, DeVries, Leech & Dann, LLP, in Baltimore, Maryland. He practices in the area of products liability, insurance coverage, commercial and general civil litigation. He has represented clients in bench and jury trials, in state and federal courts, as well as in mediations and other proceedings.

In his products liability practice, Mr. Ismail has represented Pfizer, Bayer, Wyeth, Dentsply, Perrigo, Intervet and Akzo Nobel in cases involving pharmaceutical drugs, medical devices and other medical, dental and veterinary products. In his insurance coverage practice, Mr. Ismail has represented Zurich, AIG, Everest and other carriers (as well as a policyholder, Dentsply) in coverage disputes. In his commercial and general civil litigation practice, Mr. Ismail has litigated business disputes on behalf of clients ranging from large corporations, including Pfizer, Republic Services and Genesis Health Ventures, to a variety of smaller companies. On referral from pro bono organizations, Mr. Ismail has also represented indigent clients in a variety of proceedings.

Mr. Ismail was born in the tropical island of Ceylon, now Sri Lanka. He grew up in the coastal city of Colombo and studied at St. Thomas’s College in the central highlands. His family later emigrated, first to Zambia in central Africa, where Mr. Ismail completed his secondary education, and then to the United States.

After earning his bachelor’s degree at Columbia University in New York, Mr. Ismail covered local and state news as a reporter and photographer for the Calvert County Recorder in Prince Frederick, Maryland. During his five years at the newspaper, he won numerous reporting and editorial awards from the Maryland-Delaware-District of Columbia Press Association.

Mr. Ismail attended law school at the University of Maryland, graduating cum laude and with the Order of the Coif. He also served as Executive Editor of the Maryland Law Review in 1992-93. He began his legal career at Goodell, DeVries, Leech & Dann in 1993, practicing in the areas of pharmaceutical liability and insurance coverage litigation. He left briefly to practice white-collar criminal litigation at Hogan & Hartson, LLP, but later returned to Goodell, DeVries, Leech & Dann to focus on civil litigation. He is admitted to practice in Maryland and the District of Columbia. From 2007 to 2015, he was a member of the Trial Courts Judicial Nominating Commission for Baltimore City.

† CV, BV and AV are registered certification marks of Reed Elsevier Properties Inc., used in accordance with the Martindale-Hubbell certification procedures, standards and policies. Martindale-Hubbell is the facilitator of a peer review rating process. Ratings reflect the confidential opinions of members of the Bar and the Judiciary. Martindale-Hubbell Ratings fall into two categories - legal ability and general ethical standards.

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Practice Areas
Appellate Advocacy
Commercial Litigation
Drug & Medical Device
ERISA, Life, Health & Disability
General Litigation
Health Care Law
Insurance Fraud and Suspicious claims
Insurance Law
Mass Tort
Products Liability
Toxic Torts & Environmental Law

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