Top best Medical Malpractice Lawyers Near me in ZIP 85716

With more than 27 years of experience as a trial attorney, Louis Hollingsworth has successfully represented thousands of injured clients in Southern Arizona. Louis is a certified specialist by the State Bar of Arizona in Personal Injury and Wrongful Death. He is listed in Best Lawyers in America, is recognized by Southwest Super Lawyers and has been A-V rated by Martindale Hubbell since 2001.

We treat our clients like family.. As one of the top personal injury attorneys in Arizona, Burton J. Kinerk has been recognized by his peers and clients across Arizona for is professionalism, advocacy and quality. Burt has an AV Preeminent Rating from Martinadale-Hubbell®, is nationally certified by the American Bar Association as a Specialist in Civil Trial Law and Civil Practice Advocacy, and has specialized knowledge in Personal Injury and Wrongful Death claims. His practice has focused on serious personal injury, wrongful death, medical malpractice, and complex multiple party plaintiff lawsuits such as flood litigation, aviation accident and product liability cases. He's also represented several clients in the professional sports and entertainment industry. Over his career Burt has earned recognition as a top attorney by many organizations and publications, including Best Lawyers in America, Super Lawyers Magazine's Southwest Super Lawyers, Arizona's Finest Lawyers, and America's Top 100 Lawyers' Lifetime Achievement Award. Partnering with his daughter Colleen Kinerk, his father-daughter firm combines the wisdom of more than 85 years of exceptional legal experience in civil trial work, with the talent and expertise of the next generation.

Thomas Bayham has dedicated his professional life to defending the rights of individuals just like you. He will bring his years of experience to defend you and your case with passion, understanding and the care it requires. When you are represented by Bayham Law Office you will receive the quality representation you are entitled to.. Thomas Bayham, Attorney with Bayham Law Offices, was selected for inclusion in the Top Attorneys of North America – 2016 edition by The Who’s Who Directories. Thomas Bayham has been practicing for over thirty years in the areas of insurance defense and personal injury.

Silas H. Shultz attended law school at the University of Arizona, where he was a member of the Board of Editors for the Arizona Law Review. After graduation in 1966, he began his practice in insurance defense, working for one of the most recognized firms in the field in the state of Arizona. Mr. Shultz handled an extraordinarily high caseload defending suits involving personal injury, product liability, wrongful death, medical malpractice, property damage and other tortious acts.. Mr. Shultz rose to the rank of Senior Partner in the firm and was one of its most experienced trial lawyers defending Fortune 500 companies and Arizona clients in serious cases, including complex multi-million-dollar defective product claims. The experience he gained in learning how insurance companies and manufacturers defend lawsuits has proven to be an invaluable asset in connection with his representing plaintiffs against these entities.. Currently, Mr. Shultz limits his practice to personal injury, wrongful death, product liability, defective automobiles and tires, automobile accidents, trucking accidents, motorcycle accidents and medical malpractice on behalf of injured individuals.

My early career as a trial attorney began on the other side of the fence, in the offices of a major insurance defense firm. It was there that I acquired the experience, the skills, and the special insight into defense strategy that has served me so well in the field of personal injury law.. Notable among my successful verdicts was the landmark Sparks vs. Republic National Life Insurance Company case, a $4.5 million award to my client. To this day, it is the defining case for insurance bad faith, and yet it is only one of several other multi-million dollar jury judgments won in my career.. I am certified by the State Bar of Arizona as a specialist in "wrongful death and bodily injury litigation" and have been recognized in Best Lawyers in America, as a Fellow in the American College of Trial Lawyers, the International Society of Barristers, as well as being a member of the American Board of Trial Advocates. I am also an elected member on the Arizona State Bar Board of Governors and served as Secretary/Treasurer on the Executive Committee, not to mention my involvement in the Working Group which helps implement the State Bar's new Social Justice, Diversity & Inclusion goals as well as chairing the State Bar Panel on the same subject.. I was recently inducted into the International Academy of Trial Lawyers, made up of the best 500 trial lawyers in North America. He serves on the Finance Committee of this elite , I am an Adjunct Professor at the University of Arizona College of Law teaching Trial Advocacy, am a Judge Pro Tem in the Pima County Superior Court, and have been recognized by the Arizona State Bar as Member of The Year, and is the recipient of the Walter Craig Distinguished Service Award.. I am also an active member of the University of Arizona Law College Association where I'm currently leading the effort to establish the new Tom Mauet Advocacy Center at the UA Law College and a member of the "A New Day in Court" steering committee, an initiative intended to renovate student courtrooms, establish an endowed faculty chair of advocacy, and support student experiential learning in an effort to completely modernize and transform the student experience at University of Arizona Law.. Originally from Mansfield, Ohio, I've been in Tucson since my undergraduate years at the University of Arizona and as a graduate of the University's College of Law. A father of four, I am active in the community as the Natural Resources Parks and Recreation Advisory Commission in Pima County and am especially involved with youth activities - as a coach in Little League, President of the FC Tucson Youth Soccer Board of Directors, and President of the Catalina Foothills High School Booster Club.. I have also been a member of the President's Club at the University of Arizona, where me and my late wife Ann established the Tara Nicole Schmidt "Have a Dream" Memorial Scholarship at the UA. This scholarship has funded, and continues to fund, the educational pursuits of worthy Arizona high school graduates.

Ms. Rogers’ areas of practice include general civil litigation with a. focus on professional liability. She has extensive experience with. mediations, arbitrations and jury trials.

Mr. Weiss was admitted to practice in 1968 and practices in the areas of:. Criminal DefensePersonal Injury, Wrongful Death & Civil LitigationMedical and other Professional MalpracticeCivil Rights Litigation. In his criminal law practice, Mr. Weiss has represented clients in all Arizona Courts, the United States District Court for the District of Arizona, as well as the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals. Mr. Weiss, a former Deputy Pima County Attorney, has represented clients charged with a wide array of major felony crimes, including first-degree murder. Mr. Weiss has been a Martindale Hubbell, AV rated preeminent lawyer since 1986

Mr. Mercaldo has been named to “Arizona’s Finest Lawyers”, “Southwest Super Lawyers,” and “Best Lawyers in America”. He has also been named one of America’s top 500 lawyers.. Ron Mercaldo established the Mercaldo Law Firm in 1978 for the purpose of representing plaintiffs in serious injury and wrongful death cases. The firm has specialized for the last 15 years in the area of medical malpractice. Mr. Mercaldo left a larger firm in 1978 where he was a partner doing both insurance defense and plaintiffs representation. Mr. Mercaldo obtained his undergraduate and juris doctor degrees from the University of Arizona completing his studies in 1970. He has been actively involved in the litigation of personal injury and medical malpractice cases since that time, including insurance defense litigation and plaintiff’s personal injury/medical malpractice litigation. Mr. Mercaldo has not accepted insurance company clients for 25 years.. Since his admission to the Bar, Mr. Mercaldo has served on various prestigious committees for the State Bar of Arizona including the judicial selection committee, jury instruction committee, and professionalism and peer review committee where he served as chairman for 4 years. Mr. Mercaldo is certified by the State Bar of Arizona in Personal Injury and Wrongful Death Litigation and has sat for over 20 years as a member of the commission passing on the qualifications of other attorneys to become certified specialists. He has been president of the Southern Arizona Trial Lawyers Association, the president of the American Board of Trial Advocates, Ariz., and president of the Morris K. Udall American Inn of Court. He has been a frequent lecturer to both the State Bar of Arizona and the Arizona Trial Lawyers Association on various litigation topics. He is an AV rated lawyer in Martindale-Hubble and is listed in the bar registry of Preeminent Lawyers.. Mr. Mercaldo has been made a Fellow of the American College of Trial Lawyers. The “College” was created in 1950 to recognize excellence in trial lawyers. Its purpose is to improve the standards of trial practice, the administration of justice and the ethics of the profession. Fellowship in the college is by invitation only, after a careful examination of the experience, skill, ability and ethical standards of the nominee. A lawyer must be an active trial lawyer for a minimum of 15 years to be considered for nomination and Fellowship is limited to 1% of the lawyers in any given state or province.

Michael F. Rollins received his law degree from the University of Arizona College of Law in 1978 and was admitted to practice law in Arizona. Following graduation, Mr. Rollins accepted a Federal Judicial Clerkship with the Honorable Carl A. Muecke, Chief Judge for the District of Arizona.. Upon completion, he began his practice in insurance defense, working for an international law firm in its Phoenix office. He was elected to firm partnership and defended Fortune 500 companies and Arizona clients in cases involving personal injury, product liability, wrongful death, medical malpractice and labor law issues. He handled catastrophic injury claims including paralysis, spinal injuries and traumatic brain injuries.. Mr. Rollins believes his experience in defending insurance companies, businesses and individuals who have been sued for personal injury and wrongful death claims has provided him with a unique knowledge as to the inner workings of insurance defense strategies and provides him an advantage in representing injured clients.. Currently, Mr. Rollins limits his practice to medical malpractice, personal injury, product liability (including defective automobiles and tires), accidents (including trucking, automobile and motorcycle) and wrongful death on behalf of injured individuals.

Michael F. McNamara has practiced law in Arizona for over 25 years. He is also a CPA. The emphasis of his practice has been in the areas of personal injury and insurance litigation matters. Over the last decade, a significant portion of his practice has included representing victims in medical malpractice cases, including psychiatric and psychological malpractice cases.. Mr. McNamara has also developed a particular interest in handling traumatic brain injury cases, including cases involving birth injuries. He is a member of the North American Brain Injury Society (NABIS) and the Brain Injury Association of Arizona (BIAAZ). He has won numerous multi-million dollar recoveries, both by jury verdict and private settlement for the victims of such injuries and their families. He has been the lead attorney on countless cases involving catastrophic injuries and wrongful death claims, both for claimants and for defendants over the last 20 years.. Mr. McNamara's experience also includes having represented most of the major insurance companies in the United States on diverse litigation matters, including insurance coverage matters; business and property damage losses; complex mass tort claims, including environmental claims; complex civil rights actions; public entity liability; product liability claims; and medical anti-trust law claims.. Mr. McNamara was awarded a Bachelor of Science in Business Administration from the University of Arizona in 1980. He has been a Certified Public Accountant in Arizona since 1982. He received a juris doctorate degree from the University of Tulsa College of Law in 1986, where he served as the Managing Editor of the Tulsa Law Review. He is admitted to practice in the State and Federal District Courts of Arizona, the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals and the United States Supreme Court. Mr. McNamara is a preeminent AV-rated lawyer with Martindale-Hubbell.

Jim Campbell is an experienced medical malpractice trial lawyer.  Jim learned the craft of medical malpractice litigation law representing physicians and hospitals throughout the State of Arizona.  He has successfully tried many lawsuits on behalf of physicians and hospitals, even when the odds were against his client.  Jim has also successfully represented many patients injured because of medical negligence, collecting over $17,000,000 on their behalf injust over six years.. Jim’s extensive experience representing both sides of the medical malpractice world give him a very unique perspective on these challenging cases.  He is able to anticipate the opposition’s tactics and position the client’s case to meet the client’s goals.. In addition to his work in the area of medical malpractice, Jim has extensive experience in the areas of elder abuse and nursing home neglect cases.  The key to these areas is often in the fine details of the medical records, and Jim uses his medical knowledge to discover these details to his client's advantage.. Jim is an AV rated lawyer by Martindale Hubbell, the highest rating given to lawyers reflecting an excellent reputation among his peers in legal abilities and ethics.  Jim is also been recognized as one of Arizona’s Finest Lawyers.. Prior to starting Biaggi Kroese and Campbell, Jim worked for both large and small Arizona law firms in the areas of medical malpractice, products' liability, general negligence, and insurance bad faith.  Jim worked for O'Connor Cavanagh, a large defense firm that was recognized by Arizona Business Magazine as "The Best Firm in Arizona.”  In addition, Jim honed his craft at the MacBan Law Offices, Snell & Wilmer, and Kinerk, Schmidt and Sethi.. Jim, who was born in Arizona, graduated from Brophy College Preparatory in Phoenix.  He earned both his undergraduate and his law degree, with honors, at the University of Arizona and married his wife, Audrey, also a longtime Arizona resident.. When he is not working on a case either at the firm or in a courtroom, Jim says his strong commitment to giving back to the community combined with a desire to spend time with his three young sons ages 13, 18, and 20 inspires him to coach in youth sports like baseball and basketball.

Jeff Jacobson is the founding principal of the Jacobson Law Firm, an employment law firm with an emphasis on representation of law enforcement officers and federal employees. Jeff cut his legal teeth as a Deputy County Attorney and Assistant United States Attorney (AUSA) in Tucson before starting his own law firm in 2008. As an AUSA, Jeff was honored as Prosecutor of the Year by the Federal Law Enforcement Officers Association, Southern Arizona Chapter, and also received the Outstanding Prosecutor award from the United States Border Patrol, Tucson Sector. As outside counsel to members of the Federal Law Enforcement Officers Association for nearly a decade, Jeff represented law enforcement officers from over 65 federal agencies.. For almost 15 years, Jeff has represented law enforcement officers across the State of Arizona as an attorney with the Arizona Conference of Police and Sheriffs (AZCOPS). In this capacity, Jeff has represented law enforcement in internal affairs investigations, officer involved shootings, pay issues, personnel board and civil service commission appeals and hearings, before the Arizona Peace Officers Standards and Training Board, and in Special Actions to the applicable Superior Court. Jeff has defended thousands of law enforcement officers around the United States from thousands of disciplinary matters, more than 100 officer-involved shootings, and other employment matters where career, livelihood, and reputation were all at stake.. Jeff is a Martindale-Hubbell AV-rated attorney and has helmed more than 50 jury trials and more than 300 bench trials in his career. He has filed and litigated appeals in the Arizona Court of Appeals, the Ninth Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals, the Tenth Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals, and the Federal Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals. He has also litigated dozens of cases before the United States Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) and the United States Merit Systems Protection Board (MSPB).. Jeff has appeared numerous times on television as a legal analyst on HLN (Headline News), the Nancy Grace show and InSession on TruTV (formerly Court TV), and KOLD-TV (the CBS affiliate in Tucson, Arizona.) Since 2020, Jeff has been Of Counsel to Munger, Chadwick and Denker, PLC, though he maintains his own separate practice.. Jeff is also the co-founder of the Wills for Heroes Foundation, an organization providing support and services to eligible first responders and their families. The Wills for Heroes program began in response to the September 2001 terrorist attacks as a way to give back to the first responder community. Since then, Wills for Heroes programs in 28 states have provided more than 75,000 estate planning documents for first responders. In Arizona alone, the Wills for Heroes program has prepared approximately 10,000 wills and hundreds attorneys have donated tens of thousands of pro bono service hours to our first responder community. Jeff has received a number of honors for his leadership of Arizona’s Wills for Heroes program and in 2011, Jeff received the Presidential Volunteer Service Award (Gold Level) from President Obama’s Council on Service and Civic Participation for his efforts on behalf of America’s first responders.. Jeff received his Bachelor’s degree from Northern Arizona University in 1992, his Master of Public Administration degree from Arizona State University in 1994, and his law degree cum laude from Whittier Law School in 1998. While at Whittier Law School, Jeff received a number of academic awards and was a published member of law review. Jeff was also Chair of the American Bar Association (ABA) Law Student Division, representing 135,000 law students to the national legal community. Jeff was honored in 2014 as Whittier Law School’s Alumni Attorney of the Year. Jeff is also committed to the legal profession through his bar service. He is a past-President of the State Bar of Arizona Young Lawyers Division and served on the State Bar of Arizona Board of Governors.

James B. Penny has been certified by the State Bar of Arizona as a Specialist in Injury and Wrongful Death.  For more than twenty-six years, he has represented those injured as a result of the negligence or criminal conduct of others, including such cases as:•Car accidents. •Truck accidents. •Bicycle accidents. •Motorcycle accidents. •Train accidents. •Plane accidents. •Medical Malpractice. •Insurance Bad Faith. •Nursing Home Negligence. •Hospital Negligence. •Defective Products. •Assault         If you or a loved one suffers any type of injury, please contact Jim Penny.  He will provide a free case evaluation and will explain your options and what you can expect.  There is no fee until your case is resolved.   You owe it to yourself to have a specialist on your side.

I've represented clients in state and federal courts throughout Arizona for more than 3 decades. Having recently completed mediation training at Pepperdine University, I now offer my services as a mediator to assist parties and their counsel in resolving cases outside of the courtroom.  My personal experience evaluating litigation strategies, case values and probable outcomes of cases can be a valuable resource to parties seeking to resolve their legal disputes short of trial.. As a trial lawyer and litigator, I've handled prosecution and defense of personal injury claims, including medical malpractice and product liability; insurance law and litigation, including coverage and bad faith claims; contracts and contract litigation; employment law; civil rights; and general civil litigation.. I've also practiced administrative law, representing scores of healthcare providers and other licensed professionals before Arizona state licensing boards (including medical, dental, nursing, osteopathic, psychologists, physical therapy, naturopathic, chiropractic, behavioral health and veterinary boards).  I assist licensed professionals in responding to complaints filed with regulatory boards and handling of matters requiring mandatory reporting.  I provide representation in disciplinary investigations and administrative hearings, as well as handling prosecution of appeals from administrative decisions.. I'm a graduate of the University of Arizona College of Law (with distinction). My undergraduate degree, a Bachelor of Science (with high distinction) in Animal Health Science, is also from the University of Arizona, College of Agriculture.. I firmly believe in the obligation of citizens to give back to their communities, both professionally and personally.  I currently serve as president of the newly formed Pima County Bar Foundation, the charitable arm of the Pima County Bar Association, of which I am a past president (2014-15).  I am on the Steering Committee of the Legal Community Against Hunger and served as both its Chair and Co-Chair from 2004-2014.  I serve on the board of the Diaper Bank of Southern Arizona and from 2006-2012, I was a board member of the Foundation for Creative Broadcasting, which operates KXCI Community Radio (91.3 FM).  As a musician, I often perform for various community fundraising events.. For enjoyment outside of legal practice, I enjoy making and listening to music (primarily in the “roots” and “Americana” categories), hiking, backpacking and camping with family and friends, and travel. I've  traveled fairly extensively in Mexico as well as several other Spanish-speaking countries and I'm comfortable with oral and written communication in Spanish.

I have been an attorney for 46 years and a medical negligence trial lawyer for over 40 years. My multi-state practice only accepts medical malpractice cases. My prior experience defending malpractice cases filed against the government and later, defending physicians and prestigious medical centers, such as The Cleveland Clinic in malpractice cases, provides me a unique perspective in litigating medical negligence cases on behalf of severely injured patients and/or their loved ones. I have concentrated at times on birth injury cases, as you can see from my publication titles and listings, however, I handle all areas of medical negligence injury and wrongful death trial work including malpractice cases against physicians, specialists, hospitals, nurses, therapists and nursing homes. One of my prior positions was as the lead Pentagon attorney handling the defense of medical malpractice cases related to medical care at Army hospitals and clinics. Therefore, the handling of malpractice cases filed under the Federal Tort Claims Act involving substandard care and treatment at military and VA medical centers evolved into another area of emphasis in my trial practice. My current licensing, in good standing in SEVEN states, helps to provide a broad base of experience across numerous state lines. In those states where I do not have a current license, I can often make a special appearance "pro hac vice" by virtue of my experience as a medical malpractice litigator and prosecute the action (in conjuction with local counsel) as first chair. I am honored to be among those successful attorneys qualifying for selection into the Million Dollar Advocates Forum, based upon large settlements or verdicts in past cases.

I am a trial lawyer with 40+ years of experience practicing law in Arizona and more than 40 jury trials in Tucson, Phoenix, Yuma, Bisbee and Nogales under his belt. These trials have mainly involved serious personal injury, medical malpractice and wrongful death.. I was a civil defense lawyer for many years before making the switch to the plaintiff's side. Since 1998, I have been certified by the State Bar of Arizona as a Specialist in Personal Injury and Wrongful Death, and a long-time member of the State Bar's Commission that vets potential specialists.. I am honored to have been inducted into three organizations recognizing outstanding trial work: the American College of Trial Lawyers, the International Academy of Trial Lawyers, and the International Society of Barristers. I graduated from the University of Arizona for both undergraduate and law school (B.A., with distinction 1980) (J.D., with distinction 1984) and have been a long-time member of a prestigious trial lawyer organization, the American Board of Trial Advocates and served as a judicial law clerk for Vice-Chief Justice Frank X. Gordon of the Arizona Supreme Court, from 1984 – 1985.

Help when it is needed the most!. Chip’s trial and litigation experience over several decades in cases involving railroad injuries, nursing home abuse, automobile accidents, product defect cases, medical cases and more has been the reason he has ascended to the Presidency of the Arizona Association for Justice/Arizona Trial Lawyers Association, and been listed in Best Lawyers In America, Law and Politic’s “Super Lawyers of the Southwest” and as one of Tucson’s top lawyers by Tucson Lifestyle.  Chip has also received his Martindale Hubble AV rating by his peers.. Licensed in Arizona, New Mexico, Texas and Colorado and an Arizona Certified Specialist in Injury and Wrongful Death Litigation, Chip devotes his entire practice to protecting consumer rights, the rights of railroad men and women when injured by the negligence of the railroad, as well as, all other people when injured by the negligent or wrongful acts of others.

Darren Clausen is a native Tucsonan with a legal practice serving Southern Arizona. He specializes in personal injury law, with cases ranging from car accidents and slip and fall to medical malpractice, catastrophic injury, and wrongful death.

ATTORNEY BARRY L. BELLOVIN. Barry L. Bellovin is the founder of The Bellovin Law Firm, PLLC. For over 35 years, he has devoted his practice to advocating for people and families in personal injury cases. He has a comprehensive knowledge of Arizona State personal injury law and is devoted to being a legal advocate for injured victims and their families.. Barry’s legal experience includes over 4,000 personal injury cases handled to settlement by way of mediation, arbitration, and litigation. He has a proven history of success in and out of the courtroom, and has recovered millions of for his clients.  Barry is committed to excellent client service, and takes time to personally communicate with clients during all stages of their case. He takes a limited caseload so that he can provide every client with individual attention to ensure they can make informed choices regarding their case, and also have the time to cope and heal their injuries.. Barry graduated from City College of New York with a Bachelor of Arts in Urban Legal Studies and Sociology before graduating with a Juris Doctorate from Hastings College of Law, University of California. Barry is licensed in Arizona, California, and New York. He is a member of the Arizona State Bar, California State Bar, and New York State Bar.

After graduating law school and earning my BAR card I started practicing with a large, local firm. I practiced at that firm for almost 15 years and while I gained a tremendous amout of experience I wanted something more. What I wanted was a personal connection to those I represented. I wanted to learn who they are and how their situation impacted them and their loved ones. I wanted to really know their story.. I started my own practice with that in mind. My entire team understands who I am and who we represent. What we do matters and we remember that every minute of every day. You will be able to find lawyers who are juggling more cases and I cannot imagine you will find a personal advocate who cares more about the outcome of your matter!