Practice Groups

Malpractice claims are a very real part of practicing medicine. Rivkin Radler’s medical malpractice defense attorneys understand the impact that a malpractice claim has on a healthcare provider, both professionally and personally. It is important to have an effective legal strategy in place to combat these claims. Through our extensive experience, knowledge of medicine and access to top medical experts, we provide our clients with the highest quality representation, leaving them free to concentrate on their patients.

The attorneys in Rivkin Radler’s Medical Malpractice Defense Practice Group are known as some of the most experienced and successful in their field. We have been representing healthcare providers in the New York metropolitan area and throughout the region for more than 30 years. Our attorneys have built a strong reputation for providing an innovative and aggressive, yet practical, approach in representing our clients’ interests.

• Diverse expertise: We represent physicians in all specialties as well as dentists, hospitals, nursing facilities and other healthcare providers on a vast array of medical issues including claimed surgical errors, birth injuries, medication errors, anesthesia complications, misdiagnoses and delayed diagnoses.

• Broad medical knowledge: We have an acute understanding of all aspects of the medical and dental issues involved and the injuries claimed. Our attorneys educate themselves on the latest developments in medicine and dentistry in order to provide the best possible representation.

• Extensive network of medical experts: Our medical malpractice defense lawyers have longstanding relationships with the department chairs at most of the leading hospitals in the New York area; providing access to the best qualified and most renowned medical experts in virtually every specialty needed to mount a solid defense.

• Proven track record: We have earned our esteemed reputation in the area of medical malpractice defense through our zealous representation along with our high success rate on dispositive motions and trials.

The lawyers in Rivkin Radler’s Medical Malpractice Defense Practice Group have represented healthcare providers for decades; successfully defending medical and dental malpractice claims and obtaining many defense verdicts. We represent hospitals, doctors, dentists and other health care professionals in complex lawsuits. Our attorneys are recognized for their expertise in defending medical malpractice cases in all areas of medicine including anesthesiology, obstetrics, orthopedics, podiatry, surgery, oncology, nursing, radiology, emergency medicine, vascular and cardiothoracic surgery, and gastroenterology, among other specialties.

In the area of dental malpractice defense, we represent clinicians in a wide array of dental specialties including oral and maxillofacial surgeons, periodontists, endodontists as well as general practitioners.

Outside the litigation setting, our attorneys are frequently sought out to speak at institutions as well as with individual professionals on a range of topics including developments in medical and dental practice, risk management and other topics affecting health care providers.

Nursing home litigation is widely recognized as one of the fastest growing areas of health care litigation. Rivkin Radler has been at the forefront of this burgeoning litigation trend, having long represented skilled nursing, long-term care, and adult residential facilities.

We have a firm grasp on the complex network of state and federal codes and statutes that control the day-to-day operations of these facilities. That in-depth knowledge combined with our extensive trial experience make us uniquely suited to provide an aggressive and cost effective defense on claims including negligence, wrongful death, negligent supervision, malnutrition, neglect, and abuse.