Professionals and professional services organizations and institutions will be sued for malpractice and will be forced to defend professional liability actions.  These are the unavoidable costs of doing business as prominent liability targets in our highly litigious society.  Our attorneys defend these claims with experience and specialized knowledge of the law of malpractice and the nature of the targeted profession.  Defense of malpractice claims has been central to our litigation practice.  We are experienced defense counsel, committed to the effective and efficient preparation of our clients' cases.  We have an outstanding record of success on behalf of accountants, architects, attorneys, healthcare providers (including hospitals, nursing homes, physicians, nurses, and dentists), municipal officials, police officers, and school officials.

Our lawyers are active in a wide variety of national, state and local professional associations including: Litigation Section of the American Bar Association; the International Association of Insurance Counsel; American College of Trial Lawyers; American Association for Justice; Defense Research Institute, Inc.; American Nurses Association; American Association of Nurse Attorneys; American Society of Law, Medicine and Ethics; American Health Lawyers Association; Missouri Society of Health Care Attorneys; Missouri Society of Certified Public Accountants; St. Louis Association of Healthcare Risk Managers; as well as court and administrative agency advisory committees.  Members of the Firm have held leadership positions in many of these professional associations.

Our attorneys are recognized throughout the health care industry as leaders in their field and many have served as educators in area health education programs.  Three of our attorneys (two of which hold advanced degrees in Health Care) are registered nurses.  As a result, we have a practical knowledge of the field which enhances our ability to relate to and provide for our clients' needs.  Two of our health care attorneys has been selected on an annual basis by their peers for inclusion in The Best Lawyers of America and several of our health care attorneys have been recognized as Missouri Kansas Super Lawyers.  One of our attorneys was one of the first attorneys in the St. Louis area to be certified as a health care mediator by the American Health Lawyers Association.