Personal Injury Attorney Heidi M. Wolff-Stanton

Heidi M. Wolff-Stanton is a personal injury attorney at Marks & Harrison who represents clients in Maryland, and Washington DC. Her practice includes car accidents, pedestrian injuries, traumatic brain injuries, and premises liability claims, with litigation experience that extends from initial intake through settlement or trial.

She earned her law degree from the University of Kansas School of Law. There, she received an Advocacy Skills Certificate and Pro Bono Honor Distinction. Heidi also worked with the Paul E. Wilson Project for Innocence, where her clinic work focused on innocence claims and post-conviction remedies.

Heidi graduated from the University of Central Missouri with a criminal justice degree and minors in legal studies and political science. She was among eighteen graduates selected for the UCM Who’s Who Award and received the Criminal Justice Department’s highest honor, the G.E. “Bill” Davila Award.

She belongs to the Maryland and District of Columbia bar associations and participates in several state and national trial lawyer organizations. Heidi’s committee work addresses women’s leadership, auto negligence, and insurance law.

Interesting Cases / Settlements / Verdicts

  • Car crash in Prince George’s County, Maryland where the client was struck on the driver’s side of her vehicle when the defendant failed to yield the right of way while exiting a parking lot. The collision re-aggravated the client’s prior left knee injury requiring surgery. Following mediation, the case settled for $250,000.
  • The client was walking in her apartment complex parking lot in Frederick County, Maryland, when an off-leash dog jumped on her, knocking her over and breaking her right femur. The case settled for the insurance policy limits of $100,000.
  • A 19-year-old client was hit head-on by defendant who failed to stop at a stop sign in Worcester County, Maryland, resulting in a tear in the client’s left hip that required surgery. The case settled for all available insurance coverage, totaling $200,000.
  • The defendant failed to yield while making a left turn, striking the client head-on in Montgomery County, Maryland. The client suffered from a concussion, multiple cuts and bruises, and neck, shoulder, and knee injuries. The insurance company was undervaluing the client’s claim for more than two years before the client decided to hire an attorney. After suit was filed, the case settled for all available insurance coverage of $100,000.