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Kimberly Longford
“I have noticed even people who claim everything is predestined, and that we can do nothing to change it, look before they cross the road.” - Stephen Hawking
Kimberly Longford is a Member with PK Law and part of the firm’s Medical Malpractice Defense Practice Group. She also provides general counsel and litigation services for businesses. Kim is a trial attorney with extensive experience representing individuals and entities in all aspects of litigation, including presuit, discovery, trial, and appeal.
In her over 15 years of practice, Kim has developed a well-recognized and respected expertise in the defense of healthcare providers, including hospitals, healthcare systems, medical groups, long term care facilities, rehabilitation facilities, physicians, mid-level providers, and nurses. Her respect and admiration for health care providers started at a very young age and she proudly represents health care providers who have dedicated their lives to caring for others. Her clients include providers and institutions providing obstetric, orthopaedic, radiologic, oncologic, emergency medicine, urgent, primary, rehabilitative, and long-term care. Kim has significant trial experience resulting in verdicts for her clients in State and Federal Courts throughout the State of Maryland and has also achieved many voluntary dismissals and summary judgments in favor of her clients. Kim also represents healthcare providers before State licensing boards, including the Board of Physicians.
Kim also provides general counsel and litigation services for businesses, including residential and commercial lenders, restaurants, property management, and trucking companies. She has experience representing businesses victimized by data security breaches and businesses engaged in contractual disputes. Kim also represents residential property owners and managers in the defense of toxic tort claims, including lead paint litigation.
Kim resides in Ellicott City with her husband and three daughters.
Education
- University of Miami School of Law, J.D., 2006
- University of Maryland College Park, B.A. in General Business and B.S. in Government and Politics, 2001
Bar Admissions
- Maryland, 2006
- United States District Court for the District of Maryland, 2010
Bar Associations
- American Bar Association
- Maryland State Bar Association
Additional Information
- Member, Board of Directors for The Arc Baltimore (July 1, 2011-July 1, 2016)
- Selected for inclusion in “Rising Stars” in Super Lawyers Magazine, 2011-2016
- Selected for inclusion in Maryland Super Lawyers – Medical Malpractice Defense, 2024 – 2025
- The Best Lawyers in America Local Litigation Star 2019
- Best Lawyers, Medical Malpractice Law – Defendants, 2021-2023, Litigation – Health Care, 2024 – 2025
Presentations
- Mercy Medical Center Skin Symposium, Defending the First Line of Defense, September 2012
- American Conference Institute, 13th Annual Advanced Forum on Obstetrical Malpractice, Electronic Records and Audit Trails: The Benefits & Dangers of a Paperless System, 2014
Benchmark 40 and Under Hotlist, 2018
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Kimberly Longford
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