Gary Brooks Mims
Recognized since 2005
Fairfax, Virginia
Practice Areas
Medical Malpractice Law - Defendants
Medical Malpractice Law - Plaintiffs
Personal Injury Litigation - Plaintiffs
Product Liability Litigation - Plaintiffs
Gary B. Mims has practiced law since 1980. He was a defense litigator for 20 years, defending a heavy schedule of trials involving automobile, trucking, train and other transportation accidents and a wide variety of personal injury cases. He developed a special interest and significant experience in medical malpractice, first from the defense side, and since 1999, as a plaintiff's attorney. He has successfully represented clients in complicated medical cases involving, among other things, failure to diagnose cancer, defective joint prostheses, brain injury, anesthesia-related injuries and weight-loss drugs. Gary has also successfully represented clients suffering injury and death by a massive train wreck, defective golf course design, and a defective storm retention pond, among others.
Contact & Links
- E-mail: gary.mims@freimims.com
- Direct Phone Number: 703-925-0500
- Phone Number: 703-925-0500
- Lawyer Page: https://www.freimims.com/gary-brooks-mims.html
Location
- 3925 Chain Bridge Road, Suite 402
Fairfax, VA 22030
Education
- George Mason University, J.D. , graduated 1980
- University of Virginia, B.A., graduated 1974
Bar Admissions
- Virginia, 1979
- District of Columbia, 1980
Affiliations
- American Bar Association Moot Court Competition - Judge
- Fairfax Bar Association - Judicial Screening Committee
- The Antonin Scalia Law School - Adjunct Faculty
- The George Mason American Inn of Court - Master
- Virginia State Bar Association - Lecturer
- Virginia Trial Lawyers Association - Board of Governors
Court Admissions
- The Supreme Court of the United States
- All Federal Courts in Virginia and the District of Columbia
- All State Courts in Virginia and the District of Columbia
Headquarters:
Fairfax, Virginia
2 The Best Lawyers in America® awards
1 Best Lawyers: Ones to Watch® in America award
Named "Lawyer of the Year" by Best Lawyers® for:
- Medical Malpractice Law - Plaintiffs, Washington, DC (2017)
Recognized in The Best Lawyers in America® 2025 for work in:
- Medical Malpractice Law - Defendants
- Medical Malpractice Law - Plaintiffs
- Personal Injury Litigation - Plaintiffs
- Product Liability Litigation - Plaintiffs
Special Focus:
- Catastrophic Injury
- Civil Litigation
- Medical Malpractice
- Nursing Homes
- Premises Liability
- Product Liability
- Wrongful Death
Awards:
- Lawyer of the Year, 2017, Medical Malpractice
Named to Super Lawyer's roster since 2008
- Named to Best Lawyers' roster since 2005
- Best Law Firm, by US News, since inception 2010
- Top Attorney (top 1%) Personal Injury. Washingtonian, since 2007
Additional Areas of Practice:
- Medical Malpractice Law
- Personal Injury Litigation
Publications
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