David Benowitz

Washington D.C. Criminal defense lawyer David Benowitz has spent his career fighting for justice. He has represented individuals charged in state and federal court, and has handled a wide variety of criminal cases including, DUI charges, assault charges, drug charges, as well as white collar criminal offenses. He has been rated the highest possible 10/10 rating on AVVO and is also certified as a criminal trial advocate by the National Board of Trial Advocacy. Mr. Benowitz received his law degree from The George Washington University School of Law, and received his undergraduate education at the University of Pennsylvania graduating with honors.Mr. Benowitz is barred in DC and Maryland and is admitted to the federal bars for the U.S. District Courts of the District of Columbia and Maryland.

Criminal Law

Criminal Appeals, Drug Crimes, Expungement, Fraud, Gun Crimes, Internet Crimes, Sex Crimes, Theft, Violent Crimes

White Collar Crime

DUI & DWI

Personal Injury

Animal & Dog Bites, Brain Injury, Car Accidents, Construction Accidents, Motorcycle Accidents, Premises Liability, Truck Accidents, Wrongful Death

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District of Columbia

District of Columbia Bar

Since 1996

Maryland

Price Benowitz LLP

Current

Temple University

LL.M | Trial Law

2005 - 2006

The George Washington Law School

B.A | Law

1992 - 1995

Honors: Law Review

University of Pennsylvania

B.A | History

1987 - 1991

Honors: History Honors

District of Columbia Bar

Member

Current

Q. What is slip and fall action?

April 12, 2011

A: A slip and fall action is a type of personal injury lawsuit commonly filed by customers who has been injured after slipping and falling on a business owner’s property. Owners or possessors of land have a duty to keep the property safe to prevent harm to those who enter the land lawfully. Therefore, to prevail in a slip and fall case, the plaintiff must usually show that the property owner had notice or knowledge of the dangerous condition and to remove the condition or warn others about the condition within a reasonable amount of time.

Q. What is contributory negligence?

April 12, 2011

A: Contributory negligence is a defense to negligence where by a defendant alleges that the plaintiff’s actions created an unreasonable risk to his or her own safety. When a plaintiff acts unreasonably to contribute to his or her injury, that plaintiff may be found wholly or partially responsible for the injury, even though the defendant may have been the actual cause of the plaintiff’s injury.

Q. What is comparative negligence?

April 5, 2011

A: Traditionally, a finding that a plaintiff’s negligence contributed in any way to his injury completely barred any recovery of damages. Over time, states began to view this approach to contributory negligence as excessively harsh and unfair to plaintiffs and adopted the “comparative negligence” approach to contributory negligence. Under this modern approach, there are two systems: pure comparative fault systems and modified comparative fault systems. In a pure comparative fault system, a plaintiff will always recover damages, even if she is 99% at fault. However, the plaintiff’s recovery is reduced by damages for which she is responsible. In states that use a modified comparative system, like the pure comparative fault system, a plaintiff’s recovery is reduced by damages for which she is responsible. But if the plaintiff’s negligence is assigned a greater percentage than the defendant’s fault (usually 50% or 51%), the plaintiff cannot recover any damages.