Attorney Catherine D. Bertram

Catherine D. "Katie" Bertram started the Bertram Law Group, building on decades of experience as both a medical malpractice attorney and director of risk management at Georgetown University Hospital.

In those environments, she learned how doctors and hospitals work, as well as how their attorneys assess claims against them. She draws on this knowledge to advocate for patients and their families.

Bertram focuses on personal injury and medical malpractice in part because her mother is a nurse. "It allows me to combine the law and medicine," she said. "I enjoy talking to juries and teaching them about complicated medical cases in an easier way."

Bertram has achieved several distinctions throughout her career. She is one of 20 people serving on the D.C. Bar's Board of Governors and also is a board member of the D.C. Bar Pro Bono Center, which finds lawyers to meet the legal needs of D.C.'s low-income residents, nonprofits, and small businesses.

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