Robert W. Katz

Of Counsel
Personal Injury
Practice Group

Robert Katz serves as Of Counsel to Bob Katz Law, a legal team he originally founded. He currently concentrates his practice on personal injury claims, primarily on behalf of plaintiffs, drawing on over 45 years of legal experience. His areas of practice include all aspects of tort claims and litigation, such as auto accidents, premises liability, products liability, toxic torts, air crash accidents, maritime and admiralty injury claims, and workers’ compensation. 

He is a member of the Million Dollar Advocates Forum and has been recognized as a member of the Outstanding Lawyers of America since 2003. Over the past three decades, his practice has recovered hundreds of millions of dollars for clients.

Mr. Katz actively participates in the legal community. He has served on the Maryland State Bar Association Committees on Medical-Legal Issues and Workers’ Compensation, and the Products Liability Subcommittee of the Baltimore City Bar Association. He was also a member of the Membership Committee and has been part of the Eagles Club at the Maryland Association for Justice (MAJ)—formerly known as the Maryland Trial Lawyers Association—since 2003. He has co-authored legal literature, including a chapter titled “How to Handle an Indoor Air Pollution Case” published in A Guide to Toxic Torts by Matthew Bender & Co.

He has lectured at seminars in his areas of expertise and is a Founder of the Maryland Association for Justice. He is also a Sustaining Member of the American Association for Justice and he has presented numerous programs for the National Business Institute on trial evidence.

Mr. Katz earned his J.D. from Georgetown University Law Center in 1973. He is admitted to the District of Columbia Bar (1973), the Maryland Bar (1977), and the United States District Courts for both the District of Columbia and Maryland. Early in his career, he served as a trial attorney with the Federal Aviation Administration’s Office of Chief Counsel (1973–1974), handling air safety matters, and with the U.S. Department of Justice, Civil Division, Torts Section (1974–1976), where he received annual merit awards for his success in defending complex wrongful death cases. He later served as Counsel to The Chesapeake and Potomac Telephone Company of Maryland, managing personal injury defense litigation.

*Robert Katz is licensed to practice law in Maryland and Washington, DC He is not licensed to practice law in Virginia. Justin Katz and Allan Serrano are licensed in the Commonwealth of Virginia.