Jonathan N. Portner

Mr. Portner is the President and Managing Partner of Portner & Shure, P.A. and is licensed to practice in MD, VA and D.C. He represents clients in matters of criminal defense, personal injury, including motor vehicle accidents, medical malpractice, workers' compensation, and drug and medical device injuries. Mr. Portner supervises Portner & Shure’s seven fully staffed offices, a staff of over fifty, as well as ten lawyers. Every month he helps secure millions of dollars in settlements and trial awards while supervising a law firm that has now recovered over $400 million dollars. Further, Mr. Portner is routinely in court in serious criminal matters throughout Maryland, Virginia, and D.C.

After graduating cum laude from the University of Baltimore Law School and serving as an associate editor of the Law Review, Mr. Portner clerked for Chief Judge Gilbert of the Maryland Court of Special Appeals. Thereafter, Mr. Portner served as a litigator at Gordon, Feinblatt and obtained countless large settlements, and trial awards. As a result, the head of the personal injury department selected Mr. Portner to work with co-counsel, Levin, Papantonio (one of the country’s top personal injury firms) in a mass tort case. The case resulted in a multi-million-dollar verdict. Thereafter, Mr. Portner started Portner & Shure.

Mr. Portner’s philosophy with insurance companies and defense counsel is to be aggressive, but fair. He stresses the importance of client satisfaction and results. He has obtained $400 million in recoveries because of his attention to detail, willingness to litigate, and insistence that his staff be amongst the best.

Recent settlements include one for $2.15 million dollars in a NVA wrongful death pedestrian accident, $900,000 in a Newport News, Virginia car accident, a $750,000 settlement in a Hagerstown, Maryland wrongful death auto accident, as well as a $450,000 settlement in a Bel Air, Maryland serious car accident.

In addition to recovering over $400 hundred million dollars, Mr. Portner has tried or resolved thousands of cases against some of the top insurance defense attorneys and prosecutors in both State and Federal Courts, Portner & Shure, P.A. is not just a personal injury firm that settles cases. Portner & Shure litigates automobile accidents, workers’ compensation, medical malpractice, or criminal defense cases almost daily. Insurance companies and prosecutors are well aware of the firms that don't back down. Mr. Portner, and the team he has hand-picked to work with, are fully prepared to go toe to toe with big

insurance companies and prosecutors and have a track record of excellent results. There is a reason you can “Expect More” at Portner & Shure.

ACCOLADES

Mr. Portner is a member of both the Multi-Million Dollar Advocates Forum and the Lawyers of Distinction. Both organizations recognize only the top trial lawyers in America. Selection into these organizations is result-based and comprises the most prestigious group of trial lawyers in the United States, and fewer than 1% of U.S. lawyers are eligible to become members.

Mr. Portner has been recognized in Time Magazine, and The National Law Journal, as well as by the National Top 100 Trial Lawyers for personal injury, workers’ compensation, and criminal defense.

National recognition further includes, American Top 100 Attorneys, Million Dollar, Best Attorneys of America, and Lawyer of the Year for Criminal Defense. Moreover, at the State level, recognition includes: “Top 10” in Maryland by the American Institute of DUI/DWI Attorneys, One of Maryland’s Top 10 Attorneys, and “10 Best” for Criminal Law.

If the above does not set him apart, he has been selected as the Personal Injury Litigator of the Year by the American Institute of Trial Lawyers and

named a Top Rated Attorney by AVVO. Finally, Mr. Portner and the firm have been recognized by the National Institute of Trial Lawyers, Best Law Firm in personal injury, and by US News and World Report, as one of America’s “Best Lawyers.”

Mr. Portner is a member of the American Association for Justice, Motor Vehicle Trial Lawyer Association, President’s club in the Maryland Association for Justice. Further, he is a member of the National College of DUI Defense.

Mr. Portner has dedicated a considerable amount of Firm resources to help non-English speaking clients stand up to insurance companies and the government in criminal cases. The Firm provides the highest level of service to Spanish, Chinese, Korean, and Vietnamese-speaking accident victims within the Maryland, Virginia, and D.C. areas. The Firm has a staff of over twenty multi-lingual Spanish-speaking paralegals or legal assistants, as well as bilingual Chinese, Vietnamese, and Korean-speaking paralegals who work closely with clients. As a result, our foreign-speaking accident clients suffer no disadvantage when battling the insurance companies after an automobile accident and are not relegated to inexperienced criminal defense attorneys.

Recoveries earned by the Firm and Mr. Portner can be viewed in the Case Results section of this site. Further, results in recent criminal cases can now be viewed in the Criminal Defense section. Along with stellar results, Mr. Portner and the Firm have hundreds of 5-star client reviews on Google in Maryland and Virginia.