Julie Mitchell Newlands handles high stakes litigation. She has litigated on behalf of individuals and corporations in the federal and state courts of the District of Columbia, Maryland, and Virginia. Ms. Newlands specializes in representing individuals and their families in cases involving serious personal injury and medical negligence. She has obtained six, seven, and eight-figure verdicts and settlements for her clients. Ms. Newlands currently serves on the Executive Board of the Trial Lawyers Association of Metropolitan Washington, D.C. Before joining Stein Mitchell Beato & Missner LLP, she practiced civil defense litigation at the firm of Miles & Stockbridge, P.C., then spent nearly five years as an Assistant Commonwealth's Attorney for Fairfax County, Virginia, where she prosecuted more than 350 criminal felony cases and handled thirty-five jury trials. She later practiced criminal defense litigation with Schertler & Onorato, LLP in Washington, D.C., before returning to the practice of civil litigation in 2007.