Atty. David Bryan Gazak
Senior partner of Gazak Brown, P.S.C., Mr. Gazak has personally devoted 100% of his legal career to the defense representation of physicians sued in medical malpractice lawsuits.
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David Bryan Gazak is a Partner based in Louisville, Kentucky, practicing at Gazak Brown, P.S.C.. They have 29+ years of legal experience, licensed to practice since 1997. Their practice focuses on formation, medical malpractice, and class action. Admitted to practice in Kentucky (1997), U.S. Court of Appeals, Sixth Circuit (1997), U.S. District Court, Western District of Kentucky (1997), and U.S. District Court, Eastern District of Kentucky Indiana (2000). Educated at University of Louisville School of Law (J.D. Cum, 1997) and Bellarmine College (B.A. Chemistry, 1989). Recognitions include AV Preeminent. Active member of Kentucky Bar Association Louisville Bar Association. Serands clients in Louisville, KY and the surrounding metropolitan area.
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- Senior partner of Gazak Brown, P.S.C., Mr. Gazak has personally devoted 100% of his legal career to the defense representation of physicians sued in medical malpractice lawsuits
- Crossover components to his experience involve physician prescribers of medications deemed to be defective by manufacturing pharmaceutical companies
- He has extensive experience in medical malpractice litigation throughout the Commonwealth of Kentucky
- He has also participated via pro hac vice status as a defense attorney in states outside of Kentucky, including Tennessee, Indiana, and South Dakota
- EXEMPLARY DEFENSE VERDICTS AT TRIAL: Neurosurgery: Nerve injury from pedicle screw misplacement Nerve damage from PLIF pedicle fusion surgery Anesthesia: Intraoperative death during elective colorectal surgery Obstetrics: Maternal postpartum death from ruptured appendiceal abscess Brachial plexus nerve injury following shoulder dystocia Internal Medicine: Cardiac injury following Niaspan overdose Stevens-Johnson syndrome following accidental Lamictal overdose Death following delayed diagnosis of Pancoast tumor Neurology: Vision loss following delay in treatment of diagnosed temporal arteritis Emergency medicine: Death following delayed diagnosis of viral myocarditis Delayed diagnosis of appendicitis Death following delayed diagnosis of aortic dissection Death following delayed diagnosis of pulmonary embolism Otolaryngology: Post-operative death following uvulopalatopharyngoplasty Family practice: Injury following delayed diagnosis of colon cancer General surgery: Injury following laparoscopic Nissen fundoplication Orthopedics: Nerve damage following epicondylectomy Extensive experience in cases involving brain damaged babies and in utero fetal demise: • OB/GYN and maternal fetal medicine • Fetal heart monitoring • Placental pathology • Genetics • Pediatric neurology • Pediatric neuroradiology • Neonatology • Pediatric neurosurgery Extensive experience in strong medical causation defenses utilizing specialties in: • Pathology • Pharmacology/toxicology • Infectious disease • Pediatric neuroradiology • Genetics Extensive experience in cases involving: • Cardiology/cardiothoracic surgery • Mass tort litigation, bellwether trials • Multidistrict litigation • Litigation involving pharmaceutical corporations as co-Defendant • Death from Fentanyl transdermal patch • Suicide from Cymbalta • Cancer from the immunomodulation Protopic • Stroke from postpartum lactation suppressant, Parlodel Extensive experience in complex medical and scientific diagnoses involving all medical specialties: • Hypercoagulation disorders • Inborn errors of metabolism • Endocrinologic disorders • Oncologic disorders • Connective tissue disorders • Neurologic disorders Published Works Effects of Uracil and 2, 3-Dihydroxypyridine on Hepatic Uridine Elimination
- The Pharmacologist, Vol. 35, No. 3 Abstract #251, 1993 Kinetics of Uridine Elimination by the Isolated Perfused Rat Liver, The Pharmacologist, Vol. 35, No. 3 Abstract # 252, 1993 Pharmacologic Modulation of Hepatic Pyrimidine Metabolism, Doctoral Dissertation, University of Louisville Department of Pharmacology and Toxicology, Louisville, Kentucky, December, 1993 Representative Clients Medical Protective Co. Norton Healthcare Inc/Community Medical Associates State Volunteer Mutual Ins
- Co. ProNational/ProAssurance Insurance Co. KMRRRG Mag Mutual Insurance Co. Catholic Health Initiatives The Doctor's Company Hudson Insurance Co. Classes/Seminars Introduction to Legal Nurse Consulting, Bellarmine University, 2003 - 2004 Risk Management Seminar Speaker, The Medical Protective Company, Proassurance Insurance Company Honors And Awards Martindale-Hubbell Rating: A/V - top rating obtainable - Present BEST Lawyer in America, 2009 Super Lawyers of America: 2009 - Present Amoco Oil Co. Toxicology Scholarship, 1990 - 1993 Distinguished Military Student, 1989 Guaranteed Reserve Forces Scholarship: ARMY ROTC, 1988 - 1989 Professional Associations And Memberships Kentucky Bar Association, 1997 - Present Louisville Bar Association, 2015 - Present Past Employment Positions Darby and Gazak, P.S.C., Founding Partner, 1998 - 2016 Jacobson, Maynard, Tuschman and Kalur, Independent Research Contractor, 1994 - 1997 223d Military Police Co., Kentucky Army National Guard, 1987 - 1989 Captain, U.S
- Army Reserves, Commissioned Officer, Armor 100th Division USAR, Ft
- Knox, Kentucky, 1989 - 1997
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Practicing law in Kentucky. Legal matters in Kentucky are governed by state-specific rules of civil and criminal procedure, statutes of limitations, and substantive law. Cases originating in Louisville are typically filed in the local municipal court or the appropriate Kentucky state district court, depending on subject matter and amount in controversy. An attorney licensed in Kentucky brings working knowledge of local procedural deadlines, judicial practices in this andnue, and the substantive law that applies to cases brought here. Out-of-state attorneys generally cannot represent clients in Kentucky courts without local counsel or pro hac vice admission.
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