Nancy R. Vidal engages in litigation with the primary emphasis on medical malpractice defense of health care providers and health care institutions.  Her medical malpractice cases have involved a variety of medical specialties including, but not limited to, emergency medicine, orthopedics, anesthesia, pediatrics, neurosurgery, general surgery and obstetrics.  She has managed numerous medical malpractice cases and participated in the trials of such matters.  Ms. Vidal holds a certificate from the nationally recognized Saint Louis University Health Law Program.  As part of that program, she gained extensive exposure to regulatory issues affecting health care institutions, professional liability matters, and health care financing.  She has advised hospitals on risk management issues, lectured on documentation of medical records, and advised physicians on contract issues.

Primary Practice Areas

• Medical Malpractice Defense
• Litigation

Bar Admissions

• United States District Court, Eastern District of Missouri, 2002
• Supreme Court of Missouri, 2000
• Supreme Court of California, 2003

Education and Academic Honors

• J.D., Health Law Certificate, Saint Louis University School of Law, 2000
• Post Masters Pediatric Nurse Practitioner Certificate, University of California, 1995
• Masters of Science, University of California, 1990
• B.S., (magna cum laude) Nursing, Saint Louis University, 1986

Professional Affiliations

• American Bar Association
• The Missouri Bar
• Bar Association of Metropolitan St. Louis
• State Bar of California
• Missouri Organization of Defense Lawyers
• American Association of Nurse Attorneys
• American Health Lawyers Association

Employment

• Lashly & Baer, P.C.
  Associate, 2005-Present
• Moser and Marsalek, P.C.
  Associate, 2002-2005
• Missouri State Public Defender System
  Assistant Public Defender, 2000-2002