About Kristopher
Kristopher "Kip" Mallahan is a attorney specializing in medical malpractice and products liability cases — He practices at Weltchek Mallahan & Weltchek LLC in Lutherville, Maryland. He joined the Maryland State Bar in 2004 and the District of Columbia Bar in 2005. The firm, located at 2330 West Joppa Road, Suite 203, handles complex litigation matters, including medical negligence, wrongful death, catastrophic injury, products liability, and complex business torts. He earned his Juris Doctorate from the University of Maryland Francis King Carey School of Law in 2003, where he was awarded the Order of Barristers for trial advocacy.
His undergraduate degree, a Bachelor of Arts, was obtained cum laude from Washington State University in 2001. During law school, he clerked for the Maryland State Bar Association. His practice focuses on complex litigation matters, including medical negligence, wrongful death, catastrophic injury, products liability, and complex business torts. He was counsel in the landmark $150 million verdict against ExxonMobil for its groundwater contamination of a Jacksonville, Maryland neighborhood.
Before joining Weltchek Mallahan & Weltchek LLC, he spent three years as a staff attorney at the Maryland State Bar Association. He previously worked at a small firm in Lutherville doing personal injury and family law work from 2004 to 2005. He belongs to the Maryland State Bar Association and the District of Columbia Bar Association. The Maryland State Bar Association named him among the state's "Top 40 Under 40" legal professionals in 2010.
He speaks English and conversational Spanish.
