Dov Apfel is recognized by lawyers throughout the United States as a "child advocate" who devotes his practice to the representation of children with cerebral palsy and other brain injuries.  He was selected by his peers to be included in the upcoming 2006 edition of The Best Lawyers in America and he also was named by Washingtonian Magazine in 2005 as one of the top lawyers in his field in the Washington DC metropolitan area.

Mr. Apfel is the former chairperson of the Medical Negligence Section of the Maryland Trial lawyers Association and the former co-chair of the Birth Trauma Litigation Group of the Association of Trial Lawyers of America.  He has served as co-counsel and/or lead counsel in cerebral palsy and/or obstetrical cases in:

Mr. Apfel is routinely contacted by families and lawyers throughout the United States to help them: (1) determine if the standard of care was followed by physicians, midwives, residents, and nurses during labor, around the time of birth, or during other critical times, (2) pinpoint the cause of cerebral palsy and other newborn injuries in a specific case, and (3) identify the timing of the events leading to cerebral palsy and other newborn complications, including birth asphyxia, hypoxic-ischemic encephalopathy, head trauma, meconium aspiration, and seizures.

Mr. Apfel has chaired several national medical-legal conferences on cerebral palsy and obstetrical malpractice. He also has authored many articles and lectured on numerous subjects concerning cerebral palsy, electronic fetal monitoring, asphyxia, pitocin, meconium, placental pathology, vaginal birth after cesarean section (VBAC), neonatal stroke, hypoxic ischemic encephalopathy, meconium aspiration, chorioamnionitis, maternal infection, group B strep infection, vacuum extraction and forceps, and other topics that routinely arise in cerebral palsy and obstetrical malpractice litigation.