Ethan S. Nochumowitz

Ethan Nochumowitz’s national litigation practice is focused on representing victims in complicated catastrophic injury, wrongful death, and medical malpractice matters. Mr. Nochumowitz passionately advocates for clients who have suffered a significant, permanent injury due to someone else’s negligence. He has been named a Best Lawyers: Ones to Watch and a Maryland Super Lawyer Rising Star for his medical malpractice and personal injury practices.

His experience is extensive, having successfully navigated the complexities of a diverse range of serious injury and wrongful death cases arising out of, among other circumstances, automobile, bus, and tractor-trailer collisions, pedestrian deaths, all-terrain vehicle accidents, construction accidents, drownings, boating/propeller accidents, explosions, house fires, and defectively designed and manufactured products. 

Mr. Nochumowitz is known in the Mid-Atlantic and beyond for compassionately guiding his clients through the most difficult times of their lives while zealously advocating on their behalf.  Due to his meticulous preparation and attention to detail, Ethan’s track record of obtaining tremendously favorable outcomes for his clients has resulted in him being regularly called upon to litigate the firm’s most serious, and often tragic of cases, restricting his caseload to those requiring the strongest attention to detail. Please reference his most significant matters in the first accordion below.  

Mr. Nochumowitz began his tenure at Silverman Thompson as a clerk in 2012, where he has since grown to be a cornerstone to the personal injury and medical malpractice practice groups. A recipient of multiple peer-awarded honors, Mr. Nochumowitz is also an active member in the Baltimore community, performing pro bono legal services and having significant involvement with the League for People with Disabilities as both an attorney and board member.  

Significant Cases

Mr.Nochumowitz regularly obtains million-dollar-plus settlements and/or verdicts for his clients and has achieved record-setting results. For example, he obtained a $2.8 million jury verdict in Calvert County, Maryland, in a case arising out of the death of a 63-year-old husband and father in an automobile collision. The verdict is believed to be the largest in Calvert County history.

Known for his exceptional preparation, organizational skills, and meticulous attention to detail, Mr. Nochumowitz regularly handles construction death cases where there are dozens of subcontractors and tens of thousands of documents, having to piece together responsibility for accidents on large construction sites, cutting through the noise of all parties blaming each other for the incident.

The following are other recent examples of successful outcomes he has achieved for his deserving clients:

• $7,000,000 – Personal Injury (Vehicular Collision);
• $6,500,000 – Medical Malpractice (Wrongful Birth);
• $3,000,000 – Construction Worker Death (Fall from Height);
• $2,999,000 – Medical Malpractice (Pulmonary Embolism / Wrongful Death);
• $1,600,000 – Construction Worker Injury;
• $1,000,000 – Medical Malpractice/Wrongful Death (Failure to Respond to Ventricular Tachycardia);
• $1,000,000 – Wrongful Death (Negligent Security – Patron Shot at Bar);
• $975,000 – Wrongful Death (Automobile Collision);
• $875,000 – Wrongful Death (Pedestrian Struck by Vehicle);
• $775,000 – Automobile Collision (Commercial Vehicle);
• $750,000 – Sexual Abuse of a Minor;
• $750,000 – Construction Worker Injury (Pedestrian Struck by Forklift)