Overview
Our Medical Malpractice Litigation Practice Group is led by experienced litigators that counsel and defend health care enterprises and professionals in Pennsylvania and New Jersey in malpractice allegations involving sophisticated fact patterns, catastrophic injuries, and significant reputational and financial exposure.
We focus on having clients dismissed from cases at the earliest possible stage and/or securing favorable settlements in arbitration and mediation, when possible, or aggressively defending clients at trial and in appeals, when necessary.
Our clients include a broad range of health care enterprises and professionals:
- Academic/teaching medical centers
- For-profit and not-for-profit hospitals
- Integrated delivery systems
- Multi-hospital systems
- Nurses and nurse practitioners
- Pharmacists
- Physicians, physician assistants, and physician groups
- Directors, officers, and practitioners of health care providers, downstream health care providers, individual practitioners, and allied health practitioners
Attorneys
Amalia V. Romanowicz
Principal & Chair, Professional Liability Department
Member, Firm Board of Directors
Philadelphia
Phone: 215-587-1193
Fax: 215-587-1444
Mary N. Lamberti
Associate
Casualty Litigation and Professional Liability
Mt. Laurel
Phone: 856-329-9337
Fax: 609-924-4144
Joana Gaizelyte-Lacy
Associate
Professional Liability
Philadelphia
Phone: 215-587-1141
Fax: 215-587-1444
Joseph N. Bongiovanni IV
Principal
Professional Liability and Casualty Litigation
Philadelphia
Phone: 215-587-1001
Fax: 215-587-1444
Kathleen Chancler
Principal
Professional Liability
Philadelphia
Phone: 215-587-1007
Fax: 215-587-1444
Marcie A. Courtney
Principal
Professional Liability
Philadelphia
Phone: 215-587-1186
Fax: 215-587-1444
Heather K. D'Onofrio
Principal
Professional Liability
Philadelphia
Phone: 215-587-1191
Fax: 215-587-1444
J. Michael Doyle
Principal
Professional Liability
Philadelphia
Phone: 215-587-1127
Fax: 215-320-4162
Jay A. Gebauer
Principal
Administrative Principal, Mt. Laurel, NJ Office
Mt. Laurel
Phone: 856-301-2576
Fax: 609-924-4144
Katharine C. Koob
Principal
Professional Liability
Philadelphia
Phone: 215-587-1126
Fax: 215-587-1444
Ryan L. Leonard
Principal
Casualty Litigation and Toxic Tort Liability Litigation
Philadelphia
Phone: 215-587-1480
Fax: 215-587-1444
Melinda A. Schumaker
Principal
Professional Liability
Philadelphia
Phone: 215-587-1055
Fax: 215-587-1444
Heather A. Tereshko
Principal
Professional Liability
Philadelphia
Phone: 215-587-1087
Fax: 215-587-1444
A. Bryan Tomlinson
Principal
Professional Liability
Philadelphia
Phone: 215-587-1017
Fax: 215-587-1444
Donald N. Camhi
Senior Counsel
Professional Liability
Philadelphia
Phone: 215-587-1015
Fax: 215-587-1444
Elizabeth A. Johns
Counsel
Professional Liability
Philadelphia
Phone: 215-587-1142
Mobile: 610-608-4033
Fax: 215-587-1444
Colleen M. Swiers
Associate
Casualty Litigation and Professional Liability
Philadelphia
Phone: 215-587-1069
Fax: 215-587-1444
Steven E. Tambon
Associate
Professional Liability
Philadelphia
Phone: 215-587-1027
Fax: 215-587-1444