Renée J. Gentry, Esq. is one of the leading experts on vaccine injury litigation in the National Vaccine Injury Compensation Program (NVICP) with over 20 years of experience in all phases of cases from entitlement to damages and appeals. She has chaired numerous conferences on Vaccine Injury Litigation and has been a featured speaker regarding the NVICP at Judicial Conferences, Vaccine Injury Litigation Boot Camps for New Practitioners and a Court of Federal Claims Brown Bag Series on the use of experts in the NVICP. In March 2024, Ms. Gentry testified before Congress in the House Committee on Government Oversight, Select SubCommittee on the Coronavirus Pandemic hearing on the need for modernization of the VICP.
Ms. Gentry has advised numerous congressional members, staff, and committees on issues relevant to the NVICP, and she has also helped to draft and introduce critical legislation to improve the NVICP. She is licensed to practice law in the District of Columbia and is admitted to the Federal Claims Court Bar where the Vaccine Court sits, as well as the US Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit. She is a founding member of the Vaccine Injured Petitioners Bar Association, a national bar representing the interests of claimants in the NVICP, where she serves as Senior Counsel to the Bar, and previously served as President for four years. She is a member of the U.S. Court of Federal Claims Bar Association, the US Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit Bas Association. She is also a member of the American Association for Justice, and currently serves as co-chair of its Vaccine Litigation Group.
In addition to her private practice, Ms. Gentry is the Director of the Vaccine Injury Litigation Clinic at The George Washington University Law School where she is a Distinguished Professorial Lecturer in Law. In addition to the Clinic, Ms. Gentry previously taught Disability Rights Law and the health care component of the Systemic Racism Reading Group.
Ms. Gentry has been featured in the The New York Times, Bloomberg Law, Politico, National Geographic, Reuters and Health Affairs, as well as NBC News (Washington DC).
About Renée J. Gentry, Esq
In the Press: Renée J. Gentry, Esq
Bloomberg Law
"Covid Shot Injury Payments Path Would Ease Under House Bill"
June 10, 2021
"Covid-19 shots could find their way into a decades-old injury compensation program intended mostly for children’s vaccines under bipartisan legislation announced by House lawmakers Thursday."
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Bloomberg Law
"Covid Shot Stampede Prompts Biden HHS to Retain Injury Payments"
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March 15, 2021
“Vaccines are an incredibly important part of our public health,” said Renee Gentry, director of the Vaccine Injury Litigation Clinic at George Washington University Law School. “In order for a universal immunization program to be effective, you need to have a vibrant safety net for people who are injured.”
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The Wall Street Journal
"People Harmed by Coronavirus Vaccines
Will Have Little Recourse"
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October 11, 2020
Any payouts for injuries will come from a less-generous program than in years past
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Reuters Health News
"COVID-19 era highlights U.S. 'black hole' compensation fund for pandemic vaccine injuries"
August 21, 2020
A U.S. government program that compensates people who say they have been harmed by an emergency vaccine has paid out on fewer than 10% of claims, raising questions whether the process should be used to address any potential side effects from a coronavirus shot, according to some lawyers who have filed such claims.
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Washington Lawyer
"Staying Afloat: Solos on Surviving the Pandemic"
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July/August 2020
Washington Lawyer checks in with Renée Gentry to find out how her new firm is doing during the Covid-19 pandemic.
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The New York Times
"Vaccine Injury Claims are Few and Far Between"
June 18, 2019
Renée Gentry is quoted by The New York Times on the process of receiving compensation for vaccine-related injuries.
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NBC Washington, DC - Channel 4
"Half of All New Federal Vaccine Cases Allege Injury From Shots Given Incorrectly"
May 2, 2018
An I-Team review found half of all the new federal vaccine injury cases allege “shoulder injury resulting from vaccine administration,” or SIRVA, and have little or nothing to do with what was in the syringe. Jodie Fleischer reports. (Published Wednesday, May 2, 2018)
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