The two award wins reflect the strength and expertise of our growing
health litigation team and our unrivalled reputation in this area.
The 48 - strong judging panel praised an Alternative Dispute Resolution protocol, which was developed by
health litigation partner David Locke, to ensure quick and just settlement of major group litigation in the health sector as, «an innovative approach resulting in a collaborative and patient - centred approach to litigation, delivering a substantial genuine cost saving to the NHS».
Previously, Janet was a partner
in health litigation at BLM and has over 17 years» experience in the field of clinical negligence.
Support for and supervision of these attorneys is provided by the Private Counsel and Public Defender Divisions (for criminal cases and related matters), the Children and Family Law Division (for child welfare cases), the Youth Advocacy Division (for delinquency, youthful offender, and GCL revocation cases), and the Mental
Health Litigation Division (for guardianships and mental health / substance abuse commitments).
As a result of his experience involving the medical aspects of
asbestos health litigation, Art has served, for many years, as joint medical defense counsel for various defendants in the New York City asbestos litigation cases.
Janet is a
defendant health litigation lawyer, instructed on behalf of NHS trusts, insurers and private clinicians to represent them in clinical negligence claims.
The office which opened this month, will have a focus on the health sector and will be jointly led by McGough and
health litigation partner Mike McKenna.
Our History We have been in the products arena since the inception of mass tort litigation in the 1970's and count among our many representations the biggest and most widely - publicized product litigations in history, including those related to the Ford Pinto, the San Juan Dupont Plaza hotel fire, the Kansas City Skywalks collapse, the prescription drug DES, and the Engle smoking and
health litigation in Florida, among many others.
Janet specialises in all areas of
health litigation, including claims made against NHS trusts, health organisations, individual doctors and other healthcare professionals.
David is a partner in
the health litigation team, dealing with complex, catasrophic litigation and health sector group actions.
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