Specialties
The Fairfax attorneys at Ashcraft & Gerel assist clients across Virginia in a broad range of legal matters. While the firm focuses its practice on personal injury and workers' compensation cases, they also handle issues involving criminal defense, pharmaceutical litigation, auto product liability, class actions, labor law, and more. With over 65 years of experience, the firm has successfully recovered more than $1 billion for their clients, both in settlement negotiations and at trial. Ashcraft & Gerel is committed to cultivating an environment of diversity; their attorneys come from a broad range of personal and professional backgrounds, which allows them to approach each case from a unique perspective. They understand that, for you, this isn't just a legal matter--it's your life. Trust your recovery to a team that knows what's at stake and what it will take to win. Trust Ashcraft & Gerel.
History
Established in 1953.
The attorneys at Ashcraft & Gerel assist clients across Maryland, Washington, D.C., and Virginia in a broad range of legal matters. While the firm focuses its practice on personal injury and workers' compensation cases, they also handle issues involving criminal defense, pharmaceutical litigation, auto product liability, class actions, labor law, and more. With over 65 years of experience, the firm has successfully recovered more than $1 billion for their clients, both in settlement negotiations and at trial.
Ashcraft & Gerel is committed to cultivating an environment of diversity; their attorneys come from a broad range of personal and professional backgrounds, which allows them to approach each case from a unique perspective. They understand that, for you, this isn't just a legal matter--it's your life. Trust your recovery to a team that knows what's at stake and what it will take to win. Trust Ashcraft & Gerel.
Meet the Business Owner: David B.
David L. Bayne, Jr. is a Partner at Ashcraft & Gerel and a valued member of the team for more than 12 years. He brings with him an expansive background in public defense and criminal law, as well as a passion for civil and constitutional rights. At Ashcraft & Gerel, Mr. Bayne represents clients in complex workers' compensation and Social Security Disability (SSD) cases. He is a powerful and tenacious advocate for his clients, an approach that has helped him earn numerous successes in settlement negotiations and at trial.
Mr. Bayne obtained his Juris Doctor degree in 1995 and, prior to entering private practice, he served as a public defender for the City of Portsmouth in Virginia from 1996 to 1999. He is admitted to practice in Virginia and Washington, D.C. and is a member of the Virginia State Bar Association and the District of Columbia Bar Association.