Drew Burkett Laframboise

Drew LaFramboise is an experienced litigator and problem-solver who has spent his entire career handling complex legal matters on behalf of individuals and businesses.

As a Principal in Joseph, Greenwald & Laake’s civil litigation department, Drew is involved in a variety of practice areas, including commercial, civil rights, consumer fraud, appellate, sexual assault/abuse, and serious personal injury litigation. Drew handles cases on behalf of individuals, businesses, and classes of plaintiffs.

Prior to joining JGL, Drew practiced for a number of years at a DC-based plaintiffs’ litigation firm, where he represented individuals in product liability, class action, and serious personal injury cases throughout the country. Throughout his career, Drew has helped his clients obtain millions of dollars in compensation and resolve high-stakes legal disputes.

Drew has considerable experience in all stages of litigation, from the early investigation of a case to trial. While a trial lawyer at heart, Drew also believes strongly in alternative dispute resolution and has obtained successful results for his clients through pretrial negotiation, mediation, and arbitration. Ultimately, Drew does not subscribe to a “one-size-fits-all” approach to litigation; instead, he believes that each case requires its own creative and solution-driven approach.

Drew holds leadership positions in a number of local and national legal organizations, and speaks throughout the country on issues affecting the civil justice system.

Honors

The Best Lawyers in America®, 2025-present
Super Lawyers® Rising Star

Washington DC, 2017–2024

Maryland, 2023–2024

Top Attorney, Bethesda Magazine, Civil Litigation and Personal Injury, 2023

Top Attorney, Bethesda Magazine, Consumer Law, 2026

Top Personal Injury Settlements of 2025, Virginia Lawyers Weekly

Maryland’s Medical Malpractice & Personal Injury Law Power List, The Daily Record, 2025

Top 40 under 40, National Trial Lawyers, Washington DC, 2017Avvo 10/10 “Superb” rating

Media

“Workers’ Rights After an Industrial Fire or Explosion,” The Legal Intelligencer, 2025

“Inside DC’s Troubled Psychiatric Hospital: ‘This Place Is Actually Trauma-Inducing’,” Washingtonian website

Quoted in “Couple sues over predatory lending linked to MV Realty, Monroe Capital,” North Carolina Lawyers Weekly, 2025

Quoted in “Couple sues over predatory lending linked to MV Realty, Monroe Capital,” South Carolina Lawyers Weekly, 2025

Quoted in “Maryland couple sues over predatory lending linked to MV Realty, Monroe Capital,” Virginia Lawyers Weekly, 2025

Quoted in “Proposed class-action lawsuit alleges predatory lending scheme by realty company,” The Daily Record, 2025

“Forensic Challenges In Lithium-Ion Battery Fire Cases,” Law 360

“3 personal injury claim pitfalls all first responders should understand,” EMS1, May 8, 2025

“3 personal injury claim pitfalls all first responders should understand,” FireRescue1, 2025

Interviewed in the segment, “Accokeek homeowners file lawsuit over sewage flow,” NBC Washington News, 2024

Speaking Engagements

“Issues in Documenting and Calculating Damages,” Panelist, George Mason University School of Law, Law & Economics Center, Symposium on Economics and Law of Civil Remedies, 2021

“Emerging Civil Justice Issues in the New Congress,” Panelist, George Mason University School of Law, Law & Economics Center Civil Justice Fest, 2020

“Impossibility Preemption after Merck v. Albrecht,” American Association for Justice Annual Convention, 2020

“Taking Care of Business,” Moderator, DC Trial Lawyers’ Association Fall 2018 Seminar, 2018

“Nuts and Bolts of Mediation and Negotiation,” Moderator, DC Trial Lawyers’ Association Fall 2017 Seminar, 2017