Experience

Representative Matters

  • Obtained a defense verdict for a hospital in a jury trial in Circuit Court for Baltimore County in a wrongful death case arising from claimed medical negligence.

  • Achieved a defense verdict for a hospital and a physician on the first day of trial in the Circuit Court for Baltimore City in a claimed permanent injury case.

  • Defended a hospital in a lawsuit alleging defamation and tortious interference in connection with a contract between the hospital and a pharmacological product supplier; the hospital prevailed on summary judgment.

  • Obtained summary judgment on behalf of a managed care organization in a medical malpractice case pending in the Circuit Court for Baltimore City on statutory grounds.

  • Obtained dismissal of a medical malpractice case for a health plan on the grounds that plaintiffs’ expert was not qualified to render an opinion in the Circuit Court for Baltimore City.

  • Defended hundreds of products liability cases in federal and state courts in the mid-Atlantic region.

  • Successfully obtained declaratory judgment on behalf of insurance company involving a real estate dispute valued at hundreds of millions of dollars.

  • Has successfully guided hundreds of cases towards settlement through mediation.

  • Drafted a health insurance company’s internal policy governing the handling of policyholder appeals.

  • Served as outside general counsel for physicians’ private practices.

  • Represented insurers in coverage disputes.

  • Drafted employment contracts for physician practices.

  • Created consent forms and HIPAA disclosures for private practices.

  • Counseled health care providers with respect to privacy and related issues.

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