Best Law Firms in the United States for Medical Malpractice Law - Defendants

Our clients come first. We are dedicated to client satisfaction. Since our founding in 1993, Cooper & Scully has grown into a formidable trial and appellate team of over thirty lawyers with skills that are second to none. Through effective and cost-efficient services, our dedicated team enjoys a stellar reputation for success and excellence.

We deliver top-notch litigation services in matters throughout the country from our offices in Dallas, Houston, Austin and San Francisco.

Our firm has the flexibility to address the needs of small and large business concerns alike. We represent business entities, business owners and health care providers in a broad range of litigation and other legal matters, including complex multiparty and class-action lawsuits before federal and state courts. We have extensive experience litigating a wide spectrum of legal areas including appellate, business transactions, construction, employment, energy, health care, insurance, intellectual property, medical malpractice, products liability, professional liability and transportation.

In addition to litigating complex cases from inception, our firm is frequently retained to try cases prepared by other lawyers and to handle the post-verdict or appellate phases of cases tried by other counsel. We also handle federal and state regulatory and agency proceedings and alternative dispute resolution matters, such as arbitration and mediation.

Our mission is to resolve your litigation effectively, quickly and cost-efficiently. We provide exceptionally responsive and proactive service to our clients. Where appropriate and in the interests of our clients, we can consider alternative billing structures including contingent fee and project based arrangements.

Dinse is a law firm based in Burlington, VT, serving businesses, institutions and individuals. Our attorneys’ exemplary work, which is recognized annually by Chambers & Partners and Best Lawyers, is driven by a core set of values that place a premium on integrity, respect, and compassion in our relationships and our work. This dedication to superior legal service sets us apart from other law firms because it extends beyond rhetoric and informs our actions in real life, measurably impacting each clients’ experience.

Our strength is our people. Our firm is comprised of a dynamic group of accomplished individuals who apply their unique passions and deep expertise to client challenges daily. When you hire Dinse, you don’t just hire one lawyer; you hire an integrated team, committed to your success. This is one of the reasons that we have successfully served as a long-term legal advisor to a variety of institutions with complex and varied legal needs; one of these such relationships extends back to the 1950’s.

From the emphasis we place on building trusting, collaborative relationships to our pragmatic approach to developing tailored legal solutions to each challenge, we are dedicated to exceeding expectations.

We offer a full range of business legal services, including the handling and structuring of virtually every type of transaction on behalf of entrepreneurs, business owners, start-ups, growth and mid-size companies. We advise clients on the regulatory and legal risks of their business methods and operations and counsel them about the impact of proposed future regulations. Together we work to develop practical legal solutions that meet their objectives, provide efficiency in their businesses and protect their viability and profitability. Our proactive approach focuses on identifying, counseling and integrating best business practices for our clients so as to minimize the risk of future litigation. When disputes do arise and litigation becomes necessary, our business, regulatory and litigation attorneys have the knowledge and experience to protect and defend against lawsuits and investigations.

Goodman Allen Donnelly's litigation practice is national in scope, providing litigation services and support in matters in state and federal courts both in Virginia and throughout the nation. In meeting the needs of our clients, Goodman Allen Donnelly offers a team of true trial attorneys. We are attorneys who have a tremendous amount of courtroom experience and consistently achieve positive results.

Attorneys at Goodman Allen Donnelly provide counsel to a variety of health care providers, including individual practitioners, medical and dental practices, health care systems, hospitals, clinical laboratories and long term care facilities. Our attorneys provide specific counsel to our clients on the legal risks and regulatory requirements that confront them in the day-to-day practice and operation of their business entities. We understand the myriad of federal and state laws and regulations that govern the practice of medicine and health care and how they can affect the legal relationships between providers, payers, patients, and health care organization and agencies. Our attorneys have proven experience in assisting our clients with all stages of compliance, from a proactive approach to defensive strategy. Our attorneys have counseled and represented hundreds of licensed healthcare professionals throughout the Commonwealth of Virginia who have come under investigation by their respective licensing boards. With their extensive knowledge of the laws and regulations governing the various professions, the investigative and regulatory processes and the informal and formal conference proceedings, the attorneys at Goodman Allen Donnelly can provide their clients with the most effective and efficient approach to their unique situation.

With offices in Richmond, Norfolk, Charlottesville, and Williamsburg and litigation experience in nearly every civil courtroom in Virginia, our team of attorneys draw upon tremendous depth, strength and experience while providing personal, one-on-one service to each and every client, regardless of size. Quite simply, if a matter is important enough for a client to bring it to Goodman Allen Donnelly, then it is even more important to us.

Hamilton Weber LLC offers legal services to businesses, local governments, healthcare providers, business professionals, and individuals throughout the metropolitan St. Louis area, all of Missouri, and southwestern Illinois. The firm focuses its practice on state and local government law, corporate law, real estate law and civil litigation, including lender liability, general business litigation, and medical malpractice and tort defense.

Our attorneys include former judicial clerks from the Missouri Court of Appeals and U.S. District Courts, and many have been recognized by their peers and other independent third parties as among the best in their respective fields.

At Hamilton Weber, we work collaboratively to address our clients’ needs and assist in achieving their goals, whether that involves negotiating and closing a complex business or real estate transaction, or taking a case to trial.

Harris Beach Murtha formed in 2025 via the combination of Harris Beach PLLC and Murtha Cullina LLP. A forward-thinking and innovative partnership with the benefit of more than 250 years of combined history, Harris Beach Murtha’s New York roots reach back to 1856, and the firm has had ties to New England since 1936. Harris Beach and Murtha Cullina were separately among the country’s top law firms as ranked by The National Law Journal.

Harris Beach Murtha and its subsidiaries have a strong Northeast presence, with a global reach, and represent clients locally, regionally and nationally. Clients include Fortune 100 corporations, privately held companies, emerging businesses, public sector entities, tax-exempt organizations and individuals. The firm’s practice areas and industries served span appellate law, business litigation, commercial real estate, construction, corporate, environmental, energy, financial institutions, financial restructuring, government compliance and investigations, health care, immigration, intellectual property, labor and employment, mass torts, medical and life sciences, political law, product liability, public finance, tax, and trusts and estates. 

Harris Beach Murtha is the exclusive member firm in Connecticut for Lex Mundi, the world’s leading network of independent firms with in-depth experience in more than 125 countries worldwide. As part of the Lex Mundi global network, Harris Beach Murtha can provide clients with preferred access to more than 22,000 lawyers around the world – all from a single point of contact. Lex Mundi allows Harris Beach Murtha to seamlessly handle clients’ most challenging cross-border transactions and disputes. 

The firm’s lawyers and consultants practice from offices throughout Connecticut in Bantam, Hartford, New Haven and Stamford; New York state in Albany, Binghamton, Buffalo, Ithaca, Niagara Falls, New York City, Rochester, Saratoga Springs, Syracuse, Long Island and White Plains, as well as in Boston, Massachusetts and Newark, New Jersey. For more information, visit www.harrisbeachmurtha.com.

Haynsworth Sinkler Boyd, P.A. brings innovative, effective, and practical solutions to the complex problems clients face in today’s interwoven and evolving arenas of law, commerce, technology, insurance, education, healthcare, government, and public relations.

Excellent, efficient legal service requires an in-depth knowledge of our clients’ businesses and the challenges they face in today’s increasingly competitive marketplace. With attorneys experienced in a full range of practice areas, Haynsworth Sinkler Boyd attorneys work as a member of our clients’ team, providing advice and counsel for a broad range of matters, including general operations, regulatory compliance, corporate organization and governance, mergers and acquisitions, securities, taxation, employment, and litigation.

Admissions include state and federal courts in South Carolina, North Carolina, District of Columbia, Georgia, Florida, New York, Ohio, Pennsylvania, Texas,  including the Federal District Court for the District of Columbia, the United States Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit, the United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit, the United States Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit, and the United States Supreme Court. Backed by more than a century of commitment to the businesses it serves, the firm provides clients with the highest level of advice, counsel, and representation covering a diverse array of matters in regional, national, and international settings.

Distinguished in the legal community, firm attorneys have held leadership positions within state and national organizations such as past presidents of the South Carolina Bar, the South Carolina Bar Foundation, and the South Carolina Defense Trial Attorneys Association; including serving as board members of the American College of Bond Counsel and past president of the National Association of Bond Lawyers (NABL).

Haynsworth Sinkler Boyd, P.A. has more than 110 attorneys and offices located in Charleston, Columbia, Florence, and Greenville, South Carolina, and Raleigh, North Carolina.

Rethink. Refine. Rediscover.

With more than 235 attorneys in Louisiana and Texas, Kean Miller serves as legal counsel to the people and industries that drive the energy-belt economy. Fortune 500 companies, national businesses, and local companies rely on Kean Miller for efficient legal services and practical advice, always provided in a cost-efficient manner. In the courtroom and the boardroom, Kean Miller attorneys create unique solutions, pragmatic strategies, and unparalleled value that allow our clients to perform at the highest level.

Leaders in Energy and Petrochemical Refining

Kean Miller has long been known as a go-to law firm for the energy and petrochemical industries throughout the energy belt region. Our legal acumen spans every aspect of upstream, midstream, and downstream activity and the myriad businesses and service providers that support them.

Uncommon Breadth

Kean Miller’s expertise has evolved to encompass virtually every legal discipline inherent to sectors as diverse as maritime, construction, manufacturing, tax, hospitality, financial services, healthcare and beyond. Regardless of industry, we provide businesses and individuals with the legal tools they need to build lasting success.

People First

Kean Miller attorneys are more than just quality practitioners; they are down-to-earth people who genuinely enjoy working with others, both in the firm and in the community. Their personal investment in each client’s goals, framed by the firm’s long-standing culture of integrity and value, is a core component of the Kean Miller experience.

Rediscover Service

Being there for our clients, wherever and whenever we are needed, is our passion and purpose. We prepare ourselves to be at our best when our clients need us the most, ready to answer every call with sound strategy and pragmatic solutions – no matter the urgency.

Rethink Your ROI

Our clients cite the superior return on investment that Kean Miller provides as an important contributor to their long-term success. Our attorneys possess exceptional business skills and strive to produce legal work of the highest quality while never losing sight of the business objective and bottom line.

Diversity in Action

Practical experience has proven that diverse teams consistently make better decisions. Our inclusive culture is key to attracting individuals with diverse experiences to join our team. We have one of the highest percentages of women attorneys and partners of any major law firm, and rank among firms having the highest percentages of minority attorneys.

Future Proof Relationships

Kean Miller’s intentional focus on building long-term collaborative relationships internally and externally ensures that our clients’ interests are not dependent on any single attorney. A discerning recruitment process, integrated team approach, and commitment to outstanding culture position us to support our clients – and each other – across generations.

Through six offices and 235 lawyers, Rivkin Radler consistently delivers focused and effective legal services. We’re committed to our best practices, requirements that go beyond professional and ethical standards. Our work product is clear and delivered on time. As a result, our clients proceed with confidence.

We provide strong representation and build even stronger client relationships. Many clients have been placing their trust in us for more than 25 years. Our unwavering commitment to total client satisfaction is the driving force behind our firm.

We are the advisor-of-choice to successful individuals, middle-market companies and large corporations. And for clients who prefer to speak their native language, we can communicate in French, French and Haitian Creole, Greek, Hebrew, Hindi, Italian, Korean, Panjabi, Polish, Russian, Spanish, Tagalog and Urdu.

Our firm provides representation in the following 22 practice areas: Appeals; Banking; Bankruptcy; Class Actions; Commercial Litigation; Complex Torts & Product Liability; Construction; Corporate; Directors & Officers Liability; Employment & Labor; General Liability; Health Services; Immigration; Insurance Coverage; Insurance Fraud; Intellectual Property; Medical Malpractice Defense; Privacy, Data & Cyber Law; Professional Liability; Real Estate, Zoning & Land Use; Trusts & Estates; and Tax.

The Firm's experience and capabilities have been recognized by leading industry organizations:

• Chambers USA ranked our Insurance Coverage Practice Group in the Insurance: Dispute resolution: Insurer category
• Chambers USA ranked our Health Services Practice Group in the Healthcare category
• The Legal 500 listed our Insurance Coverage Practice Group in the “industry focus – insurance – advice to insurers” category

Rivkin Radler is committed to fostering diversity within an inclusive environment that respects the individual, promotes different perspectives, encourages distinctive ideas and drives dynamic results.

We employ individuals with varied backgrounds and life experiences who together create a firm with a rich and vibrant culture: one that enables us to attract and retain the best talent and allows us to bring a diversity of thinking to bear for the benefit of our clients. Our attorneys lead professional organizations, strengthen nonprofits that support the public good and pursue scholarly legal endeavors that advance our field.

Rivkin Radler recognizes that ensuring a strong culture of diversity and inclusion demands more than policy statements and written goals. It requires continuous effort, focus and action. The firm is actively expanding its initiatives internally through our policies, procedure and best practices, and externally, through the clients and community organizations with whom we partner.

Our Women’s Initiative Committee supports the professional success of women in the legal profession by enhancing professional opportunities inside and outside of the firm, encouraging active leadership and collaboration within the community and sustaining a positive and supportive environment. The Committee dedicates its work to recognizing the accomplishments of women; forging a professional path for women; providing experiential learning opportunities; and creating networking and other professional opportunities.

With client service and convenience in mind, the Firm offers six locations: Albany, N.Y.; Hackensack, N.J.; Jacksonville, FL; New York City, N.Y.; Poughkeepsie, N.Y.; and Uniondale, N.Y.

RMP LLP (“RMP”) is a limited liability partnership established in 2005 for the practice of law in Northwest Arkansas. Northwest Arkansas is home to three Fortune 500 companies (Wal-Mart, Tyson Foods, and J.B. Hunt Trucking Company) and several other leading corporate citizens.

Our firm is committed to meeting the specialized legal needs that can arise in the wake of such economic growth. We place a premium on developing and maintaining long-term relationships with our clients; and with over fifty years of combined practice in taxation, transactional matters, and trust and estate planning, we have the knowledge and experience necessary to offer our clients the highest quality of legal services.

The vision of RMP is to provide the families and businesses of Northwest Arkansas with a level of tax, transactional, and trust and estate planning expertise typically found only in large metropolitan law firms.

RMP has expanded our offices and now have locations in Bentonville, Arkansas and Jonesboro, Arkansas.

The Sanders & Parks Difference

Sanders & Parks, P.C., formerly known as Teilborg, Sanders & Parks, was formed in 1973 when James A. Teilborg, Frank A. Parks, and Richard B. Sanders pooled their considerable talents and experience to invent a new approach to legal representation. Although our firm has grown and its composition has changed over the years, we have remained committed to the principles of integrity, effectiveness, and client service first announced by our founding partners in 1973.

As we have learned through four decades of practice, whether in negotiation, litigation, mediation, or arbitration, our attorneys provide the highest quality legal representation while recognizing the need for a practical, cost-effective approach to litigation.

The A-V rated law firm of Sanders & Parks, P.C. offers diverse legal services to local, national, and international clients, who include some of the most prestigious insurance, business, banking, brokerage, financial, and corporate clients in the world. We are dedicated to providing quality legal service in a friendly and professional atmosphere, while applying the right combination of innovation, creativity, and commitment to each matter that we handle. Sanders & Parks, P.C. keeps clients involved in their cases, responds promptly to inquiries, and stays on top of changes in the law. Our innovative approach to client service blends the best of expertise, teamwork, and service.

For more information, please visit our website at https://www.sandersparks.com.

SG+A is where time-tested legal acumen and experience meet the creative thinking and innovative technologies needed to succeed in the modern courtroom. We deliver results by bringing the best of both worlds to your legal representation.

We are a small, litigation-focused practice that relies on a collaborative approach to solve complex legal problems. Everything we do is centered on relationships, which is how we’ve earned the trust of clients across the medical, trucking, and insurance industries and beyond.

A full service Southeastern-based law firm representing clients across the United States and internationally, Stites & Harbison PLLC is known as a preeminent firm managing sophisticated transactions, challenging litigation, and complex regulatory matters on a daily basis. The firm represents a broad spectrum of clients including multinational corporations, financial institutions, pharmaceutical companies, health care organizations, manufacturers, private companies, nonprofit organizations, family-owned businesses and individuals. Tracing its origins to 1832, Stites & Harbison is one of the oldest law practices in the nation.

The firm maintains 11 offices across six states--Georgia, Indiana, Kentucky, Ohio, Tennessee, and Virginia--and is able to service the needs of international clients with its memberships in Business Counsel, Inc. and Lex Mundi. Additionally, Stites & Harbison is a member of The Harmonie Group, the national network of top litigation law firms, and is the Kentucky representative to the prestigious Southern Law Network.

Vaslas Lepowsky & Hauss LLP is widely recognized as a premier litigation firm specializing in the defense of physicians, hospitals, nursing homes and long-term care facilities.