Medical Malpractice Defense Lawyers
4,745 verified medical malpractice defense attorneys across the United States. Find experienced Medical Malpractice Defense counsel to evaluate your case, explain your options, and represent you through every stage of the legal process.
Keith Harding Grant is a lawyer practicing litigation, healthcare liability defense, municipality defense and 12 other areas of law. Keith received a ...
George Murrell Smith, Jr. is a lawyer practicing driving while intoxicated, traffic violations, criminal law and 5 other areas of law. George received...
Elizabeth Ballentine Mason is a lawyer practicing civil practice, commercial liability, medical malpractice defense and 2 other areas of law. Elizabet...
Brian Harold Clausen is a lawyer practicing medical malpractice defense, health care administration, products liability defense and 2 other areas of l...
Manuel R. Comras practices at Billing, Cochran, Lyles, Mauro & Ramsey, P.A.
Sabrina Sue Sellers is a lawyer practicing medical malpractice defense, litigation section, health care and 1 other area of law. Sabrina received a B....
John W. VanDenburgh is a founding partner of the firm of Napierski, VanDenburgh, Napierski & O’Connor, LLP and has successfully tried numerous cases t...
John F. Mahon, Jr. is a lawyer practicing health care, medical malpractice defense, personal injury defense and 3 other areas of law.
Andrew Todd Wampler is a lawyer practicing labor and employment, commercial litigation, contracts and 5 other areas of law. Andrew received a B.A. deg...
Member, Nova Law Review, 1992-1993.
Mr. Scott H Epperson practices at Epperson & Owens, Attorneys at Law Read Full Bio
Phi Kappa Phi; Member, Golden Key; 1st Place, McGraw-Hill Public Speaking Competition.
Adam Michael Pastis is a lawyer practicing health care, health law, insurance defense and 5 other areas of law. Adam received a B.S. degree from Unive...
Mr. Wayne David Toth is a lawyer practicing litigation, medical malpractice defense, tort & insurance law and 7 other areas of law.
Joe was born in Jericho, NY, but has lived in the Delaware Valley for most of his life. He is Managing Partner at Post & Post, LLC.
Charles Owen Ingraham is a lawyer practicing medical malpractice defense, health law, civil trial practice and 1 other area of law. Charles received a...
Joseph Anthony Farchione is a lawyer practicing commercial litigation, personal injury defense, professional liability and 5 other areas of law. Josep...
George Lawrence Strasser is a lawyer practicing litigation, administrative law, medical malpractice defense. George received a B.A. degree from Califo...
Mr. Michael Hamilton Wallis is a lawyer practicing medical disciplinary proceedings, medical malpractice defense, legal malpractice defense and 6 othe...
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Mr. Michael Scott Bailey is a lawyer practicing professional liability section, medical malpractice defense, drug and medical device litigation and 6 ...
Kevin Joseph Kuhn is a lawyer practicing investigations & compliance, personal injury defense, professional liability and 17 other areas of law. Kevin...
Lisa Barclay Fountain is a lawyer practicing labor and employment, administrative law, insurance defense and 5 other areas of law. Lisa received a B.S...
Karen Levine Mallin is a lawyer practicing medical malpractice defense, insurance, employment / labor. Karen received a B.A. degree from Pine Manor Co...
Barbara Mich Reardon is a lawyer practicing medical malpractice defense, professional liability, insurance defense and 4 other areas of law. Barbara h...
Richard Phillips Sulzer is a lawyer practicing occupational health & safety, products liability defense, medical malpractice defense and 3 other areas...
DINELIA A. CONCEPCION was born in Bayamon, Puerto Rico.
Mr. Howard Lawrence Citron is a lawyer practicing insurance defense, medical malpractice defense, personal injury and 4 other areas of law.
Julie is a senior associate in GrayRobinson's Orlando office in the Health Care and Litigation Practice Groups. She concentrates her practice in medic...
Carlo Canty is a seasoned trial lawyer who has tried over forty Montana District Court jury trials to a verdict. Mr.
Adrian Edward Harless is a lawyer practicing class actions/mass tort, pharmaceutical and medical devices, professional regulation/licensure and 4 othe...
Todd A. McConaghy is a Senior Trial Attorney who possesses extensive experience in both the private and public sectors.
Michael J. Drahos is a lawyer practicing admiralty & maritime law, medical malpractice defense, personal injury and 4 other areas of law.
Kevin Thomas O'Hara is a lawyer practicing medical malpractice defense, trial lawyers, health law and 1 other area of law. Kevin received a B.A. degre...
Ms. Alicyn Marie Freeman is a lawyer practicing insurance coverage, medical malpractice defense, professional liability defense and 2 other areas of l...
Ms. Julye Johns Bailey is a lawyer practicing medical malpractice defense, hospital liability defense, hospital risk management and 5 other areas of l...
Omicron Delta Kappa; Kappa Delta Pi; Phi Delta Phi. Secretary-Treasurer, Moot Court Board, 1980-1981.
Paul Nasta is a lawyer practicing medical malpractice defense, dental malpractice defense, general liability defense. Paul received a B.A. degree from...
EXPERIENCE Don Warwick is an equity partner, a member of the Litigation Practice Group. He specializes in defending hospitals, physicians and medical ...
Mr. Don Karotkin is a lawyer practicing medical malpractice defense, legal malpractice defense, legal ethics and professional responsibility and 8 oth...
Mr. Matthew David Monson is a lawyer practicing construction, insurance defense, personal injury defense and 9 other areas of law.
Christopher Allen White is a lawyer practicing litigation, catastrophic injury, wrongful death and 7 other areas of law. Christopher received a B.S. d...
Areas of Practice: Litigation Medical Malpractice Defense Professional Malpractice Defense General Insurance Defense Nursing Home Defense Property and...
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Ms. Kathleen Woodruff Simcoe is a lawyer practicing medical malpractice defense, premises liability defense, health care litigation and 2 other areas ...
Justin Torrey Marshall is a lawyer practicing appellate practice, health care, health law and 7 other areas of law. Justin received a B.A. degree from...
Jonathan A. Lax is a lawyer practicing arbitration, healthcare, mediation and 6 other areas of law.
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Gary McGoffin is a lawyer practicing business transactions, corporate business organization & counseling, corporate dissolutions and 16 other areas of...
Joseph A Wetch, Jr. is a lawyer practicing medical malpractice defense, personal injury, products liability and 16 other areas of law. Joseph received...
Noah Paul Fardo practices at Flaherty Fardo Rogel & Amick, LLC Read Full Bio
Jeff K. Brown is a lawyer practicing civil litigation, medical malpractice defense, nursing home litigation and 1 other area of law.
Charlie Swartwout is a skilled and experienced trial lawyer and founding member of the firm. He concentrates his practice in the defense of physicians...
Jason Randall Cashio is a lawyer practicing business disputes and litigation, casualty litigation, electronic discovery and 3 other areas of law. Jaso...
Phi Beta Kappa. Member, Moot Court Board.
Margaret Mary Pisacano is a lawyer practicing medical malpractice defense, healthcare, litigation. Margaret received a B.S.N. degree from Vanderbilt U...
Mr. Stephen Douglas Christie is a lawyer practicing workers compensation defense, general liability defense, medical malpractice defense and 4 other a...
Jordan Schnitzer is a certified Personal Injury Specialist by the State Bar of Nevada. Jordan was born and raised in Las Vegas.
Jeffrey W Bennett is a lawyer practicing medical malpractice defense, business litigation, family and 1 other area of law. Jeffrey received a B.S. deg...
Laura Hensley Smith is a lawyer practicing medical malpractice defense, medical product defense, drug liability and 2 other areas of law. Laura receiv...
What is Medical Malpractice Defense?
Medical Malpractice Defense is the branch of law that governs the rights, obligations, and disputes that arise within its subject matter. In the United States, medical malpractice defense sits at the intersection of statutes enacted by Congress, the regulations issued by federal agencies, the laws passed by all fifty state legislatures, and the body of judge-made decisions known as the common law. Because every state writes its own version of the rules, the way medical malpractice defense works in one jurisdiction can look noticeably different from how it works in another, and that is one of the main reasons attorneys in this area focus their practice geographically — to stay fluent in the local statutes, court rules, and judicial preferences that shape outcomes.
At a practical level, Medical Malpractice Defense attorneys spend their time on three categories of work. The first is advice and prevention: counselling clients on how to structure transactions, draft documents, and conduct business so that legal risk is minimised before a dispute ever begins. The second is transactional execution: producing the contracts, filings, notices, and registrations that the law actually requires to make a decision legally binding. The third is contested representation: defending or pursuing a client's interests when a dispute escalates to negotiation, regulatory enforcement, arbitration, or litigation in court.
The clients who hire Medical Malpractice Defense lawyers range from individuals navigating a single life event to multinational corporations with complex regulatory exposure. What unifies them is the need for an experienced lawyer who knows the relevant code sections, has appeared in the relevant courts, and can translate the strategic options into language a client can act on. AttorneyQnA currently lists 4,745 verified medical malpractice defense attorneys across the United States, each with a public profile showing their bar admissions, years in practice, and the kinds of matters they have handled — with the deepest concentration of practitioners in Alabama.
When do you need a Medical Malpractice Defense attorney?
Most people contact a medical malpractice defense lawyer for one of two reasons: something is about to happen that they want done correctly the first time, or something has gone wrong and they need it fixed before it gets worse. The earlier you involve counsel, the more options you usually have, and the lower the cost of getting to a resolution tends to be. The scenarios below are the ones we see most often on AttorneyQnA from prospective clients searching for medical malpractice defense representation.
Once your signature is on a contract, settlement, lease, or release, your bargaining leverage drops sharply. A short pre-signature review by a medical malpractice defense lawyer is the cheapest insurance you can buy.
Cease-and-desist letters, regulatory notices, and demand letters all start clocks. Missing the response window can convert a manageable problem into a default judgment or formal enforcement action.
Statutes of limitations, filing windows, and appeal periods are jurisdictional — courts cannot extend them as a favour. If you can identify a date that matters, you need a lawyer before that date arrives.
The moment opposing counsel appears, the conversation moves out of normal English and into procedural language. Continuing unrepresented usually means losing ground you cannot recover later.
Forming an entity, choosing a venue, structuring a deal, or selecting a remedy each has long-term consequences. A consultation at the planning stage is far cheaper than redoing it after the fact.
Multi-state matters bring conflict-of-laws questions that change which statutes apply and which court has authority. An attorney licensed in the right jurisdiction is not optional.
If any of the situations above describes where you are right now, the next step is a focused consultation. Use the Ask a Lawyer tool for short written questions, or browse the 4,745 medical malpractice defense attorneys listed above to book a paid consultation directly.
How to choose a Medical Malpractice Defense attorney
The single biggest factor in choosing a medical malpractice defense lawyer is fit with your specific matter. A lawyer with twenty years of medical malpractice defense experience but no exposure to your particular sub-issue can easily be a worse choice than a five-year associate who has handled the same problem repeatedly. We recommend running every prospective lawyer through the same five-step checklist before signing an engagement letter.
- Bar admission in the correct jurisdiction. Confirm the lawyer is admitted in the state — and where relevant, the federal district — where your matter sits. The lawyer's profile on AttorneyQnA shows every bar admission on file, and the underlying state bar's "lawyer lookup" tool will confirm active standing in under a minute.
- Direct experience with your fact pattern. Ask plainly: "How many matters like mine have you handled in the last three years, and how did they resolve?" An honest answer reveals more than years-in-practice alone.
- A written fee agreement. Whether hourly, flat fee, contingent, or hybrid, the engagement letter should specify what is included, what triggers additional charges, and how disputes are handled. Avoid lawyers who resist writing the terms down.
- Communication cadence. Decide upfront how often you expect updates, who your day-to-day contact will be, and what response time is reasonable. The number-one complaint filed with state bar grievance committees is not malpractice — it is non-communication.
- Conflict check + reputation pulse. Make sure the lawyer has run a formal conflict check, then spend ten minutes reading independent reviews and any public disciplinary history. The state bar's website is authoritative for the second; the lawyer's AttorneyQnA profile collects the first.
Once you have a shortlist, schedule consultations with two or three. Lawyers vary widely in temperament, and the right strategic match for your case is sometimes the second or third lawyer you meet — not the first.
How much does a Medical Malpractice Defense lawyer cost?
Legal fees in the United States are not regulated by a uniform schedule, so what you pay a medical malpractice defense lawyer depends on the billing model the lawyer offers, the complexity of your matter, and the local market. There are four billing structures used in this practice area; most engagements use one, but hybrid arrangements are increasingly common.
1. Hourly billing
The default model for most non-contingent matters. Rates for medical malpractice defense attorneys in the U.S. typically range from $150–$250/hour in smaller markets to $400–$700/hour in major metropolitan areas, with senior partners at large firms commanding $900/hour and above. Hourly billing is fairest when the scope of work is genuinely unpredictable, but it creates an incentive structure that the client has to monitor.
2. Flat fee
Increasingly used for well-defined transactions — incorporations, will drafting, single-issue filings, uncontested matters. A flat fee tells you exactly what the deliverable will cost, and the lawyer absorbs the risk of unexpected complexity. Ask whether the flat fee includes filing fees, third-party costs, and any post-filing follow-up.
3. Contingency
Where it is permitted by the rules of professional conduct — most often in plaintiff-side medical malpractice defense work involving monetary recovery — the lawyer is paid a percentage of the proceeds, typically 33% before suit is filed and 40% after. The client pays nothing if there is no recovery. Contingency fees align the lawyer's economics with yours, but the percentage compounds across time, so very strong cases sometimes do better on hourly billing.
4. Retainer / subscription
A monthly fee that buys a defined block of access or hours. This is common for businesses with ongoing medical malpractice defense needs — contract review, employee questions, regulatory check-ins. A subscription smooths out spending and gives the lawyer a reason to know your operation in depth.
Whichever model you choose, ask for an itemised written estimate before the engagement begins, and ask explicitly what is not covered. Surprise expenses are the most common source of attorney-client friction.
Frequently asked questions about medical malpractice defense
How quickly can a medical malpractice defense lawyer review my matter?
Most lawyers can schedule an initial consultation within 1–3 business days. Urgent matters — pending deadlines, time-sensitive notices, court-ordered hearings — should be flagged in your first message; many lawyers reserve emergency consultation slots for that reason. If you need a written answer faster, the Ask a Lawyer tool typically returns answers in under 24 hours.
Do I need a medical malpractice defense lawyer in my exact city, or anywhere in my state?
Bar admission is the controlling rule: any attorney licensed in your state can represent you in that state's courts and agencies, regardless of which city they're based in. Practical proximity still matters for in-person meetings, local court familiarity, and access to the local bench and bar. For state-level filings and remote-friendly matters, an attorney elsewhere in the same state often works fine.
Will an initial consultation cost me anything?
Many medical malpractice defense attorneys offer a free 15- to 30-minute initial consultation; others charge a flat consultation fee that may be credited against the engagement if you hire them. The lawyer's profile lists the consultation policy. Free does not always mean better — a fee-based consultation is sometimes the sign of a lawyer who treats their time, and yours, seriously.
What documents should I bring to the first meeting?
Bring every contract, notice, letter, filing, or written communication connected to the matter; a written timeline of events with dates; the names and contact details of every other party involved; and any deadlines or hearing dates you are already aware of. Even an incomplete file is more useful than a verbal summary alone.
Can I change lawyers if I am not happy with mine?
Yes. Clients can discharge their lawyer at any time, for any reason, by written notice. Your case file belongs to you and must be transferred to your new counsel. Any unpaid fees through the date of discharge remain owed; any unearned advance must be refunded. If you are mid-litigation, the court typically must approve the substitution, but approval is routine.
How long does a typical medical malpractice defense matter take?
It depends almost entirely on whether the matter is transactional or contested. A transactional matter — a contract, a filing, a single-step transaction — can resolve in days to weeks. A contested matter — anything involving disputed facts, court intervention, or regulatory action — typically takes months at minimum, and complex cases can run multiple years. Your lawyer should give you a realistic outside estimate at intake.
Are medical malpractice defense lawyer fees tax-deductible?
It depends on the nature of the matter and current tax law. Fees connected to producing or collecting taxable income, managing investment property, or operating a business are often deductible; fees for personal matters generally are not. Because rules change, confirm deductibility with a tax professional for the year in which the fees are paid.
What is the difference between medical malpractice defense and the related practice areas?
Medical Malpractice Defense overlaps with several adjacent areas — see the related-practice-area grid below for direct links. Choosing the right lawyer often means picking the one whose primary focus matches the heart of your problem, even if multiple labels could technically apply. When you are unsure, list your situation in your own words to two lawyers from neighbouring areas and ask which one of them is the better fit; honest lawyers will tell you.
Find medical malpractice defense attorneys by state
Each state link below opens the medical malpractice defense roster for that jurisdiction, with the local statute of limitations, court-system overview, and verified attorneys.
Medical Malpractice Defense Law Firms
Main Law Firm
Winter Park
Walton Law Firm
San Marcos
Bruner Law Firm
Fort Walton Beach
J&Y Law Firm
Los Angeles
West Law Firm
Charleston
John T. Floyd Law Firm
Houston
Medical Malpractice Defense by State
All states →Find medical malpractice defense attorneys in every US state. Each state link opens a hub with verified attorneys, the state filing deadline, and a free attorney match.