Practice Areas
Two defense groups, built around how these cases actually arrive.
Healthcare professional liability and general liability, each staffed by attorneys who work the underlying record rather than manage it from a distance.
Practice Group
Medical Malpractice Defense
The firm's Medical Malpractice Group defends healthcare organizations and licensed professionals from pre-claim investigation through trial and appeal. Work regularly begins before a complaint is filed, alongside risk management, claims, and medical staff leadership.
Matters are staffed by attorneys who read the chart, understand the clinical context, and can explain care decisions to a jury without overstating them. The firm coordinates with insurers, third-party administrators, and in-house counsel on strategy, budget, and reporting.
Professional Negligence
Defense of physicians, nurses, allied professionals, and their employers in claims alleging a departure from the applicable standard of care.
Wrongful Death
Defense of healthcare providers and organizations in wrongful death actions arising from alleged negligent care.
Hospital Liability & Regulatory Compliance
Representation of hospitals in institutional liability claims and in matters involving regulatory and accreditation requirements.
Elder and Dependent Adult Abuse
Defense of facilities and providers in claims brought under California's Elder Abuse and Dependent Adult Civil Protection Act.
Birth Injuries, Infant Death & Fetal Abnormalities
Defense of obstetric, neonatal, and perinatal claims involving alleged injury during pregnancy, labor, delivery, or the newborn period.
Nursing & Resident Physician Care Negligence
Defense of claims arising from nursing care, supervision, handoffs, and the role of residents and trainees in patient care.
Emergency Medicine
Defense of emergency departments, emergency physicians, and contracted groups in claims arising from acute presentations.
Medical Staff Issues
Counsel to hospitals and medical staffs on peer review, bylaws, and privileging questions that intersect with litigation.
Elam Claims
Defense of claims alleging negligent selection, credentialing, or retention of practitioners by a hospital.
Dental and Oral Surgery
Defense of dentists, oral and maxillofacial surgeons, and dental groups in professional liability claims.
Drug and Medical Device
Defense of claims involving pharmaceuticals, implants, and medical devices used in patient care.
Nursing Home Care
Defense of skilled nursing and long-term care operators in resident care, staffing, and regulatory-adjacent claims.
Practice Group
General Liability Defense
The firm's General Liability Group handles disputes where operations, venues, products, contracts, and public safety intersect. Its motorsports and sports risk work is a long-standing signature of the practice.
Engagements range from single-event incidents to multi-party litigation involving venues, promoters, sanctioning bodies, contractors, and insurers, with attention to indemnity, additional insured status, and coverage from the outset.
Sports, Recreation & Leisure
Representation of organizations that operate sports, recreation, amusement, and leisure activities and venues.
Motorsports Litigation
Counsel to sanctioning bodies, promoters, tracks, teams, and sponsors on motorsports litigation, risk documents, and event operations.
Products Liability
Defense of manufacturers, distributors, and sellers in claims alleging design, manufacturing, or warning defects.
Premises Liability
Defense of property owners, tenants, and managers in claims arising from conditions and activities on the premises.
Government Entity Liability
Defense of public entities and their employees in claims governed by the California Government Claims Act.
Insurance Coverage
Coverage analysis and litigation for insurers, self-insured organizations, and policyholder-side risk departments where no conflict exists.
Commercial Transactions
Transactional support for the firm's litigation clients, with attention to risk allocation and dispute avoidance.
Construction Defect
Defense of builders, contractors, and design professionals in single-project and multi-party defect litigation.
Toxic Tort
Defense of businesses and property owners in claims alleging exposure to hazardous substances or conditions.
Television Productions
Counsel to production companies, networks, and vendors on claims arising from production activity and locations.
Entertainment Media
Representation of media and entertainment organizations in operational, contractual, and liability disputes.
Boxing Litigation and Transactions
Counsel to promoters, venues, commissions, and participants on boxing litigation and event transactions.