Attorney Jeffrey L. Peek

For over 34 years, Mr. Peek has litigated medical malpractice claims in both State and Federal Courts. Early in his career, Mr. Peek worked for a prominent law firm representing doctors, health care practitioners, hospitals, HMOs, and health insurers in defense of medical negligence claims. Since 1999, Mr. Peek has exclusively represented medical errors and negligence victims. Mr. Peek has successfully represented malpractice victims in claims against nearly every major hospital and health system in Maryland and the District of Columbia.

Mr. Peek has represented individuals and families injured as a result of medical negligence in cases that have resulted in multiple settlements of $10,000,000.00 or more and over 50 jury verdicts or settlements over one million dollars ($1,000,000.00), including a jury verdict of over seven million dollars ($7,000,000.00) for a client with breast cancer that was not diagnosed during a mammogram.*

Mr. Peek is a former member of the Board of Governors of the Maryland Association for Justice and was selected for inclusion in the 30th Anniversary Edition of Who’s Who in American Law. He maintains the prestigious AV® Preeminent™ rating, the highest rating by the Martindale-Hubbell legal rating agency and has been selected by his peers as a Super Lawyer every year from 2009 through 2025. In 2012, he was recognized as one of the Top 100 lawyers in Maryland. Mr. Peek was invited to become a member of the prestigious American Board of Trial Advocates (ABOTA), an exclusive invitation only professional association of trial lawyers and judges.

Personal Experience

Education J.D., University of Maryland School of Law, 1991

B.S., Towson State University, 1987

with honors

Bar Admissions

1991, Maryland and U.S. District Court, District of Maryland
2000, District of Columbia
2003, U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia

Membership

The Bar Association of Baltimore City
Maryland State Bar Association
Trial Lawyers Association of Metropolitan Washington, D.C.
Maryland Association for Justice
Member, Board of Governors, 2007-2012
American Association for Justice
American Board of Trial Advocates (ABOTA)

Miscellaneous Information

Law Clerk to the Honorable Leonard S. Jacobson, Third Judicial Circuit, 1988-1990
Who’s Who in American Law, 30th Anniversary Ed.
AV® Preeminent™ Rating by Martindale-Hubbell
Selected as a Super Lawyer from 2009 through 2025
Top 100 Lawyers in Maryland, 2012