Lippes Mathias’ Medical Malpractice Team is recognized for its depth of experience in defending healthcare providers in complex medical malpractice cases. Our attorneys represent a range of hospitals, adult care facilities, skilled nursing facilities, ambulatory surgery centers, medical practices, and healthcare professionals, including physicians, podiatrists, chiropractors, nurses, nurse practitioners, physician assistants, psychologists, pharmacists, physical therapists, and social workers. With attorneys from multiple offices, the team handles matters throughout New York State and beyond, employing a structured, efficient approach to case management that ensures seamless communication and collaboration across offices.

Our team understands the medicine, which leads to the development of early and comprehensive defense strategies, which provides our clients with the strongest defense possible from start to finish. Moreover, our attorneys understand the impact a lawsuit can have on providers and are accessible to our clients to answer questions and guide them through the lengthy legal process that typically accompanies medical malpractice actions.

We regularly handle claims involving negligence, medical errors or omissions, wrongful death, and claims against adult care facilities, including long-term care facilities, in all courts. Our team likewise represents physicians and other health care professionals faced with disciplinary actions at the institutional level, as well as investigations and actions conducted by state and federal agencies.

In addition to litigation, Lippes Mathias’ Medical Malpractice Team works proactively with healthcare providers on risk management strategies, helping hospitals and other medical practices develop protocols, procedures, and documentation to reduce legal exposure. We also offer in-service training sessions to healthcare staff to support compliance and best practices further.

The team’s experience extends to regulatory matters, advising clients on fraud and abuse laws, Stark self-referral laws, HIPAA compliance, licensing, telehealth, and patient rights. Our attorneys frequently interact with federal and state regulatory agencies, including the New York State Department of Health, representing clients in audits, billing disputes, and professional licensure proceedings.

Drawing on the firm’s network of nearly 200 attorneys across 14 offices, Lippes Mathias’ Medical Malpractice Team can provide clients with the collective knowledge and resources needed to address a wide range of medical malpractice-related legal matters. Clients value our collaborative approach, ensuring that each case is staffed appropriately to meet its specific needs.

Lippes Mathias' Health Law Team, which works adjacently to the firm’s Medical Malpractice Team, is one of the largest in New York State outside of New York City, with deep pockets of experience in Buffalo, Albany, and Syracuse.