SIDEBAR - News and Happenings
The Health Care Department has welcomed 10 new members since August.
Gary Samms, one of the Philadelphia region’s premier medical malpractice trial attorneys, moved to Marshall Dennehey, bringing with him members of his litigation group, shareholder Raymond Petruccelli and associate Julinda Hoxha. Gary has taken to conclusion more than 200 jury trials and scores of bench trials, arbitrations and mediations. Through the years, he has represented doctors, nurses, health care practitioners, hospitals, and facilities of all types when facing catastrophic outcomes and medical malpractice lawsuits. Raymond is highly accomplished in the areas of medical malpractice and professional liability defense. Representing clients in Pennsylvania’s state and federal courts, he is experienced in all aspects of litigation, including jury trials and appeals, arbitration and mediation. Julinda focuses her practice on medical malpractice and professional liability defense, and represents health care providers and facilities in medical malpractice matters throughout the state.
Matthew Butler joined our Scranton office as special counsel. He is a skilled trial lawyer focusing his practice on the defense of health care providers and facilities throughout Pennsylvania.
Nicole Ehrhart joined our Harrisburg office as special counsel. Nicole is returning to the firm with a focus on defending health care litigation.
We also welcomed new associates Tyler Price in Philadelphia, Georgette Reid in Mount Laurel and Gabriella Wittbrod in Cleveland.
Special congratulations to Olivia Connor and Bobbi Lewis for passing the bar exam and becoming associates in our Orlando and Philadelphia offices, respectively. Olivia and Bobbi participated in the firm’s 2024 Summer Law Clerk program.
Congratulations to Bradley Goewert, Thomas Marcoz Jr. and Lorenza Wolhar in our Wilmington office who were all recently recognized as 2024 Top Lawyers by Delaware Today magazine.
Matthew Keris, chair of our Electronic Medical Record and Audit Trail Practice Group, was a featured speaker at the 2024 ASHRM Annual Conference in San Diego in October. Matt served as a panelist for the general session, Multi-Disciplinary Evaluation of Opportunities and Risks with Artificial Intelligence (AI) in Health Care, which included a discussion on the usage of AI in diagnostics and treatment, patient date security, regulatory compliance, and risk mitigation. He joined another panel for a presentation on Recommendations to Safely Use AI in Health Care, which focused on current safety and litigation issues associated with the use of AI in medicine. For his final presentation, Public Perception of "Big Medicine" Requires New Jury Considerations, Matt partnered with a national jury consultant to discuss how to evaluate potential jurors, create trial themes and evaluate witness appeal in medical malpractice cases.
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