MEDICAL MALPRACTICE AND HEALTH CARE LAW
RCF&P is the largest and most successful medical malpractice defense firm in Rhode Island. The firm’s senior trial attorneys regularly litigate cases in highly specialized areas of medical malpractice wherein they represent hospitals, physicians, dentists, and other health care providers who practice in a number of specialties including obstetrics, gynecology, orthodontistry, ophthalmology, cardiology, neurosurgery, neurology, orthoepdic surgery, psychology, endodontistry, pathology, and many other areas. In fact, the firm’s most senior trial attorney is widely considered Rhode Island’s preeminent medical malpractice defense attorney, with over ninety successfully defended medical malpractice jury trials to his credit.

In addition to litigating professional liability cases, our attorneys advise and counsel physicians, dentists, and other health care providers, hospitals, and managed care organizations in the areas of risk management, employee issues, and general liability. Our attorneys handle matters involving certificates of need for medical facilities and represent health care professionals in credentialing, licensing, and disciplinary actions.

Another of RCF&P’s senior attorneys has served as the principal outside counsel for a health maintenance organization for many years, and possesses extensive experience in state regulation of health plans and the defense of claims against managed care organizations. This senior attorney regularly represents health care clients before the Rhode Island Departments of Health and Business Regulation, Board of medical Licensure and Discipline, and the Rhode Island General Assembly.

PRACTICING ATTORNEYS:  David W. Carroll, R. Kelly Sheridan, Robert P. Landau, Dennis E. Carley, Jason C. Preciphs, Kristin Barkett Pettey, Daniel E. Burgoyne, Elizabeth A. Suever