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Litigation: Medical Malpractice Defense - Maryland

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What the Team is Known For

Goodell, DeVries, Leech & Dann, LLP is hugely respected for its medical malpractice work, with a deep and experienced bench representing individuals, group practices, regional hospitals and long-term care facilities. The group can call upon expert trial lawyers who frequently appear in precedent-setting cases involving issues such as surgical error, wrongful death and failure to diagnose. The firm also maintains a broad commercial practice, fielding extensive experience in disputes concerning such issues as breach of contract, IP infringement and product liability.

Strengths

Goodell is fantastic, it provides really high value for the cost. It's responsive, provides high quality work and the advocacy skills are also very good.

The firm is fully adept, it understands all the issues and appreciate that it can be quite complex. It does a great job.

Goodell has a really great way of connecting with clients and reassuring them.

The firm is excellent. They are responsive, keeps us informed and send updates on the status of the case. I have nothing but good things to say about them.

Work Highlights

Goodell, DeVries, Leech & Dann LLP successfully represented ProAssurance at a five-day trial in a medical malpractice case alleging failure by a doctor to adequately re-align the tibia.

Notable practitioners

Derek Stikeleather is the chair of the appellate practice group. He handles commercial disputes, as well as defending medical malpractice and class action claims.
 

Derek is nationally renowned for his appellate work and he is phenomenal. He is really valuable for us.

 

Derek is one of my favorite attorneys that I have ever dealt with. He has an ability to see the entire playing field at once and really understands the appellate posture. He is a great attorney.

 

Derek is simply the best.

Nichole Nesbitt is managing partner of Goodell DeVries and specializes in professional malpractice cases.

Kelly Hughes Iverson defends both healthcare organizations and individual medical practitioners against complex claims of medical malpractice. She is noted in the market for her experience representing clients in trials.
 

Kelly is an exceptional attorney. She is creative and invested in ensuring that physicians feel supported. She is exceptional in a field that is difficult to manage.

Marianne DePaulo Plant chairs the firm's medical malpractice group and has considerable experience in the space. She demonstrates her capacity to handle a broad array of issues on behalf of healthcare providers, including wrongful death and failed diagnosis claims.

 

Marianne is passionate about what she does and gets great results.

 

Marianne is thorough, detailed and has subject matter expertise.

 

Marianne does an excellent job.

Shannon Madden is an experienced defense attorney who represents clients in all manner of medical malpractice cases.
 

Shannon is great and strategic.

Thomas Monahan is an experienced litigator with particular expertise in medical malpractice claims. He assists physicians, hospitals and healthcare providers on a wide range of disputes relating to alleged negligence.
 

Thomas is a brilliant attorney. If one of my family members was a doctor and got sued, I would want him to represent them.

James Robinson is known for defending healthcare providers and other institutions in complex medical malpractice cases.

 

James is strong in the courtroom and good at bringing a case and advising us.

Linda Woolf's practice encompasses a wide range of commercial disputes including insurance, contractual and construction claims. She also has notable expertise in the defense of class actions.
Richard Barnes has over three decades of experience handling litigation for clients in the healthcare and life sciences sectors. He advises on complex contractual and IP disputes as well as product liability claims.
 

Richard Barnes is a very good lawyer.

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