Medical Legal Experts With a Passion for Justice
PETER R. MASCIOLA,
BRIG. GEN. USAF (RET.)
Mr. Masciola brings unique experience and perspective to his clients that set him apart from other trial lawyers. As an active duty JAG officer, he had years of experience working as in-house counsel at two major Air Force Medical Centers; he has represented numerous physicians and practitioners facing adverse credentials and licensing actions; he also served as the principal JAG officer overseeing the investigation, adjudication, and disposition of all Air Force medical malpractice claims and lawsuits nationwide involving billions of dollars in claimed damages. This extensive experience on the inside of military hospitals and medical malpractice cases provides him the expertise needed to obtain the best possible result for you and your family members.
Peter R. Masciola has 30 years of experience as a lawyer in the private and public sectors. He has successfully represented military officers and enlisted personnel from all ranks and specialties whose families have been the victims of major personal injury or medical malpractice, including military JAG officers and medical officers, military family members, and retirees from bases across the country and around the world. His clients have obtained multimillion-dollar recoveries for their injuries and other losses caused by negligent military healthcare providers and other personnel from all branches of service. Mr. Masciola has held numerous leadership positions in Civilian and Military Bar Associations and was the DC Trial Lawyers Association’s 2009 Trial Lawyer of the Year. He is a Retired Brigadier General and served the nation on active duty in the USAF and as a part-time JAG in the Air National Guard – USAF Reserve. Mr. Masciola served a year tour in Afghanistan, where he was in charge of US Law of Armed Conflict legal operations and US support of Afghan terrorist criminal trials at the Detention Facility in Parwan. Mr. Masciola also served a 17-month active duty tour as the Chief Defense Counsel of Guantanamo Bay Military Commissions. He is a former USAF Medical Law Consultant and Branch Chief of the Air Force Medical Law Claims and Tort Litigation.
Mr. Masciola is dedicated to providing you and your family with experienced, high-quality, professional representation for your military medical malpractice, Federal Tort Claims Act (FTCA), Military Claims Act (MCA), military accident, or serious personal injury case. He has represented military officers and enlisted personnel from all ranks and specialties whose families have been victims of serious personal injury or medical malpractice, including military JAG officers and medical officers, military family members, and retirees from bases across the country throughout the world. He is an accomplished criminal and civil litigator who gets winning results for his clients.
Military Service
Brigadier General, Retired, USAF – Air National Guard
Thirty years of distinguished military service in both the Regular and Reserve Air Force, holding progressively senior leadership positions as a prosecutor, defense counsel, supervisory attorney, and senior general counsel for operations, policy, legislative issues, national security, and homeland air defense.
Awards
Legion of Merit 2014
Bronze Star 2012
DC Trial Lawyer of the Year 2009
Air Force General Counsel Award 2008
National Guard Minute Man Award 2005
2017 Attorney of the Year Good Scout Award, Boy Scouts of America
Education
New England School of Law, JD.
Stonehill College, BA, 1979
Bar Admissions
US Court of Appeals for the Armed Forces, 1984; Fourth Circuit, 2011; and DC Circuit, 2012
US District Court, District of Maryland and US Court of Veterans Appeals, 1996
District of Columbia, 1998
US District Court for the District of Columbia, 1999
US Supreme Court, 2010
Association and Membership
District of Columbia Bar (Former Steering Committee Member, Torts Law Section)
Massachusetts Bar Association
Trial Lawyers Association of Metropolitan Washington, DC (Former Board of Governors Member)
American Association for Justice (Past Chair, Federal Tort Claims Act and Military Advocacy Section)
JAA American Inns of Court (Master)
Judge Advocates Military Bar Association (Past President)
PROFESSIONAL AFFILIATIONS
Guardian Ad Litem, The District of Columbia Volunteer Lawyers Project • 2018 – present
Represent economically and socially disadvantaged and/or disabled children in child custody cases in D.C. Superior Family Court, to ensure that their best interests are met in parental-familial custody disputes, as a volunteer pro bono attorney. Awarded Volunteer Lawyer of the Year 2019.
Tamara L. Miller, Lt. Col. USAF (ret.), SES (ret.)
Ms. Miller has over 37 years of progressive leadership and legal experience in public law, having held three Senior Executive Service positions in two federal agencies. She has enforced federal civil rights laws prohibiting discrimination in healthcare and social services, resulting in numerous settlements and other corrective actions on behalf of persons experiencing denial of access or unfair treatment based on race, national origin, and disability. As Director of Civil Rights at the Transportation Security Administration, she led programs in equal employment opportunity, alternative dispute resolution, and diversity management and won the TSA Gold Award for Leadership. At the Department of Justice, Ms. Miller investigated and prosecuted high-profile cases of national significance involving criminal civil rights violations, such as police misconduct, hate crimes, and involuntary servitude. At the Department of Health and Human Services, as Deputy Director for Civil Rights, Ms. Miller provided national-level leadership and oversight to ten HHS regional offices investigating and enforcing civil rights laws requiring access to healthcare and social services programs for women, children, persons with disabilities, and minorities by state agencies and private hospitals. She is a retired Air Force and Air National Guard JAG officer with the rank of Lieutenant Colonel and has earned numerous awards and decorations for her service.
Ms. Miller is a federal civil rights expert and trial lawyer with a proven track record of military and public service, passionate dedication to the protection of civil rights and liberties, and a diversity of management and life experiences in a distinguished legal career that spans 29 years. Born in Korea and adopted by an African American family in Muskegon, Michigan, she received her Juris Doctorate from the University of Michigan Law School in 1985 and was admitted to the Bar in Illinois and Washington, DC. She is married to Peter Masciola, and they have two children. Among her professional activities:
Having retired from both the military and federal government, Ms. Miller has spent years as an insider fighting for client rights and has the expertise needed to obtain the best possible result for you and your family members. She has successfully enforced Federal civil rights laws prohibiting discrimination in lawsuits and administrative hearings nationwide, resulting in numerous settlements and other corrective actions to remedy unfair treatment based on race, national origin, and disability. Whether you are an employee seeking representation to protect your right to equal employment opportunity; a person denied quality health care and social services from government agencies; or a consulting firm providing advice and services to government clients, Ms. Miller will provide the expert counsel and representation that you need.
Military Service
Lieutenant Colonel (Retired), US Air Force - Air National Guard.
Twenty Years representing the Air Force and litigation involving medical malpractice defense, labor management relations, employment discrimination, and major crimes. She is a former USAF Medical Law Consultant and hospital medical advisor."
Education
Juris Doctor | University of Michigan Law School • 1985
Bachelor of Arts cum laude| University of Notre Dame – South Bend, IN • 1982
BAR ADMISSIONS
District of Columbia, 1995
Illinois, 1985
U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia, 1996
U.S. District Court for the District of Maryland, 1996
U.S. Court of Veterans Appeals, 1996
U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit, 1993
U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit, 2011
U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columba Circuit, 2013
U.S. Supreme Court, 1996
PROFESSIONAL AFFILIATIONS
Adjunct Professor, George Washington University Law School • 2014– 2019
Co-taught Master of Law (LLM-level) course on The American Jury to over 80 graduate and upper- level law students, on the modern American jury system, through a mixture of faculty and guest lecturers, and courtroom exercises.
Guardian Ad Litem, The District of Columbia Volunteer Lawyers Project • 2018 – present
Represent economically and socially disadvantaged and/or disabled children in child custody cases in D.C. Superior Family Court, to ensure that their best interests are met in parental-familial custody disputes, as a volunteer pro bono attorney. Awarded Volunteer Lawyer of the Year 2019.
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