Donald DeVries is a founding partner of Goodell DeVries. He has tried well over 100 cases to verdict. Since he and his partners established Goodell DeVries in 1988, he has built an award-winning regional medical malpractice defense litigation practice and is known for successfully representing many notable clients in trial and appellate courts.
According to clients quoted in The Best Lawyers of America, Donald is "a giant among his peers" and 'uses his vast experience to recommend thoughtful defense strategies, has the respect of the plaintiff's bar, and utilizes his many relationships to obtain successful outcomes on cases." Further, "[Donald's] quiet yet strong manner provides clients great comfort and his adversaries great concern. His ethics are unassailable and his competence is unquestionable. "When I have a matter that requires great legal skill coupled with common sense and intellect, Don is my lawyer of first choice." As described by Chambers USA, a leading guide to the legal industry, he is a "superb lawyer" who is "top of the heap in medical malpractice and products liability defense in Maryland."
