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Practice Overview
Martin Clearwater & Bell LLP has developed its reputation as New York's premier medical malpractice defense law firm by defending the interests of healthcare professionals in malpractice suits for close to one hundred years. Its expansion into New Jersey is the result of the continued growth of this practice area and its commitment to meet the needs of our clients.
MCB's attorneys have specialized knowledge in all medical fields, allowing them to understand and coordinate the approach to the conflicting medical issues which are characteristic of this type of litigation. The Firm’s attorneys understand that in order to properly defend medical malpractice cases, they must not only be familiar with the legal issues involved, but have a thorough understanding of the underlying medicine and procedure. The depth and breadth of knowledge is specifically focused on obstetrics, neonatology, neurosurgery, radiology, orthopedics, ophthalmology, oncology, cardiac surgery, general surgery, infectious disease, internal medicine, bariatric surgery and emergency medicine. The Firm’s experience also extends into perinatal and obstetrical morbidity and mortality, wrongful death and wrongful life, lack of informed consent, brain injury, disfigurement, paralysis, psychiatric disorders, vicarious liability and systemic practices of health care organizations.
At present, MCB is defending approximately 1900 medical malpractice cases, with the majority of these involving complex medical issues. During the last four years, 195 medical malpractice cases have been tried by MCB. Where cases have gone to trial, 95 have been tried to verdict; of those, 81 were complete victories where no payment was made In addition, during the past four years, a large number of cases have been settled or otherwise favorably resolved.
The Firm has aggressively defended medical liability claims on behalf of hospitals, physicians, nursing homes and rehabilitation facilities, physician group practices, and healthcare organizations and providers. The issues in these cases range from birth-related brain injury cases to claims of delayed diagnosis of disabling and lethal diseases.
The Firm's practice provides needed support to risk management departments, quality assurance programs, licensing and disciplinary committees, investigations by the Department of Health and medicolegal presentations for hospital management. MCB attorneys frequently present in-house programs for physicians and hospital staff and have co-authored medical textbooks and articles.
In addition to traditional medical malpractice defense, the Firm has the ability to provide advice and management in health care crisis situations. MCB has experience handling mass patient exposures, conduct of impaired professionals and related crisis situations. These crises require immediate management of legal issues, health issues and media exposure. The Firm has an "on-call" relationship with several of its hospital clients, whereby a senior-level attorney is continuously available for management of legal issues at any time of the day or night.
For further information, please contact Michael A. Sonkin, Managing Partner at
Attorneys John J. Barbera
Jacqueline D. Berger
Nancy J. Block
William P. Brady
Peter T. Crean
Joseph L. DeMarzo
Sean F.X. Dugan
Michael E. Gallay
Bruce G. Habian
Erik Kapner
Thomas J. Kroczynski
Kenneth R. Larywon
Steven A. Lavietes
Jeff Lawton
John L.A. Lyddane
Michael F. Madden
Rosaleen T. McCrory
Kevin P. McManus
Thomas A. Mobilia
Gregory J. Radomisli
Olimpio A. Russo
Charles S. Schechter
Jeffrey A. Shor
Anthony M. Sola
Michael A. Sonkin
Robert T. Whittaker
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