The battleground in professional negligence always turns on one question. Whether it be a claim of legal, accountancy or broker malpractice, the essential issue is the same: Did the professional comply with the standard of care? Nationally, few firms are as familiar with the terrain of this battleground than is DBMS. DBMS has expertise in defending attorneys, architects, engineers, accountants, brokers and other licensed professionals and their firms in matters spanning myriad claims of damages, both personal and financial.
DBMS is the law firm of choice to defend lawyers, as reflected in the U.S. News’ rankings of the “Best Law Firms” in the field of legal malpractice defense. Major insurance carriers underwriting professional malpractice claims retain DBMS attorneys to defend their insured professionals in claims alleging or involving securities fraud, conflicts of interest, fiduciary breach, domestic relations, estates and trusts, taxation, as well as accountancy, architectural and broker malpractice. DBMS is proud of its trial record in defending these lawsuits to conclusion in both bench trial and jury trial contexts.
Defendant Divorce Attorney
Outcome:Verdict for the Defense.
DBMS successfully defended a divorce lawyer accused of malpractice for not enjoining an Egyptian ex-husband’s retirement savings accounts thereby allowing him to transfer them internationally to avoid paying his ex-wife. ...
SEE MOREDefendant Attorney
Outcome:Dismissal.
DBMS secured dismissal of a legal malpractice complaint against a litigation attorney. DBMS’ client represented a group of women’s health clinics in litigation arising out of a check fraud scheme ...
SEE MOREDefendant Orthopedic Surgeon and Group
Outcome:Verdict for the Defense.
DBMS secured a verdict for the defense in a case in which an orthopedic surgeon and his group were accused of inappropriately performing a hip replacement procedure. The plaintiff, a ...
SEE MOREDefendant Anesthesiologist
Outcome:Verdict for the Defense.
DBMS successfully defended an anesthesiologist in a wrongful death jury trial based on accusations that he failed to transfer a patient to the hospital after an outpatient gallbladder surgery. The ...
SEE MOREDefendant Pulmonologist
Outcome:Verdict for the Defense.
DBMS secured a verdict for the defense in a wrongful death and survival action jury trial based on allegations of failure to diagnose lung cancer. In February 2012, a 68-year-old ...
SEE MOREDefendant Neurosurgeon
Outcome:Verdict for the Defense.
DBMS secured a verdict for the defense in a high-stakes claim of $68 million against a neurosurgeon. The case centered on a 39-year-old woman who was referred to the defendant ...
SEE MOREDefendant Psychiatrist
Outcome:Verdict for the Defense.
DBMS successfully defended a psychiatrist in a case involving a claim of inappropriate precautions for an in-patient psychiatric patient who had unwanted sexual relations with another psychiatric patient during an ...
SEE MOREDefendant Surgeon
Outcome:Verdict for the Defense.
DBMS successfully defended a cardiovascular surgeon and his surgical group in a case involving aortic valve surgery, which resulted in the patient’s death immediately following the procedure. The decedent was ...
SEE MOREDefendant Internist/Cardiologist
Outcome:Verdict for the Defense.
DBMS secured a verdict for the defense in a case in which medical negligence was alleged after a woman with multiple health conditions died after suffering a fatal cardiac arrhythmia. ...
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