Steptoe & Johnson has earned a reputation throughout the region for having experienced, talented and efficient professional liability defense attorneys. This reputation extends into medical, legal, drug and medical device litigation and other areas of professional liability defense.
Medical Professional Liability
Physicians, nurses, physician assistants and other healthcare administrators consult regularly with attorneys in the Professional Liability group regarding licensure, contract, and administrative complaint issues. The Professional Liability Group works closely with the firm's Healthcare Group in order to stay abreast of current healthcare trends and concerns.
The Professional Liability Group defends healthcare providers across the region and has litigated or handled cases involving the following, with notable success:
- AIDS
- Breast implants
- Cancer of all types and sources
- Cardiac care and surgery
- Chiropractic care
- Dentistry and oral surgery
- Emergency room and trauma care
- General medicine
- General surgery
- Home health care
- Hospital "ostensible agency"
- Infection
- Medication administration
- Neurology and neurosurgery
- Nursing care
- Nursing home care
- Obstetrics and gynecology including birth injuries and neonatal deaths
- Oncology and radiation therapy
- Orthopedics
- Ophthalmology
- Otolaryngology
- Pathology
- Pediatrics
- Pharmacology
- Plastic surgery
- Urology
Legal Malpractice Defense
Members of Steptoe & Johnson’s Professional Liability Group regularly defend attorneys from allegations and claims of legal malpractice. Defense of these actions requires careful selection of and work with prominent expert witnesses in a wide range of practice areas.
Members of the Professional Liability Group regularly defend other types of malpractice claims as clients' needs arise. This involves the defense of the following professionals:
- Accountants
- Architects
- Realtors
- Educators
- Engineers
- Stock Brokers
