Principal
Professional Liability
Phone: 215-587-1087
Fax: 215-587-1444
htereshko@postschell.com
Defends clients in litigation involving claims of alleged malpractice resulting in catastrophic injuries with significant liability and damage exposure.
Heather A. Tereshko is a Principal in the Firm's Professional Liability Department and Medical Malpractice Defense Practice Group. She defends clients in litigation involving claims of alleged malpractice resulting in catastrophic injuries with significant liability and damage exposure. She also provides risk and exposure analysis and strategic advice on defending claims of professional negligence and malpractice. Her clients include physicians, nurses, and nurse practitioners, as well as hospitals and several major health systems in the Philadelphia region.
Ms. Tereshko's more than 18 years as an attorney include first-chair and second-chair jury trial and arbitration experience, in addition to significant mediation and deposition experience. She has successfully defended clients in claims involving failure to diagnose, negligent performance of surgery, and failure to timely treat medical conditions, among others.
From 2005-2008 and in 2012 and 2013, Ms. Tereshko was selected by her peers as a Pennsylvania Super Lawyer - Rising Star. Prior to joining Post & Schell, Ms. Tereshko was a trial attorney with two regional defense firms and began her legal career at Post & Schell in 2003 after completing a clerkship for the Honorable Timothy J. Savage in the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania.
