David L. Terzian

Mr. Terzian graduated in 1967 from the Johns Hopkins University with a B.A. in psychology. He was a junior high school teacher, laboratory scientist, probation officer, and judge’s law clerk while he attended the University of Baltimore School of Law at night, graduating with a J.D. in 1972. While in law school, Mr. Terzian enlisted in the Maryland Army National Guard in 1969 as a laboratory technician and later served in that capacity with the U.S. Army Reserves. In 1976, he was commissioned in the Army Reserves as a member of the Judge Advocate General’s Corps and served in various capacities, including his last 15 years of service with the U.S. Army Claims Service handling medical malpractice claims, until his retirement from the Reserves in 1999 with the rank of Lieutenant Colonel.

During his more than 35 years of practice, Mr. Terzian has been a sole practitioner, Chief Deputy Clerk of the Court of Special Appeals of Maryland, an associate with the firm of Beckett, Cromwell and Myers in Bethesda, Maryland defending medical malpractice cases, an attorney with the General Counsel’s Office of the Department of Veterans Affairs handling medical malpractice claims, and most recently, Senior Trial Counsel with the Civil Division of the U.S. Department of Justice defending vaccine injury claims. Until joining Rawls & McNelis in 2005, Mr. Terzian had tried or settled approximately 175 vaccine injury cases during his 15-year tenure with the Department of Justice. Since joining Rawls & McNelis in 2005, Mr. Terzian has successfully tried or settled approximately 35 cases on behalf of vaccine-injured petitioners.

Mr. Terzian is admitted to practice in Maryland, the District of Columbia, and Virginia. He specializes in vaccine injury and medical malpractice litigation.

Mr. Terzian can be reached through our toll-free number, 1-877-VET4VET (838-4838).