Overview
The lawyers at Shendell & Pollock, P.L. and their associates have defended securities class action, shareholder derivative, and other shareholder litigation, SEC investigations and enforcement proceedings, and related litigation and regulatory matters. We represent corporations, officers, directors, as well as broker-dealers, and other institutional investors, in a wide array of complex and transaction-based litigation and governmental investigations. We also coordinate with the SEC Enforcement Division to respond to investigation requests, negotiating the resolution of enforcement actions, and obtaining successful results for our clients.
Representative Experience:
• Defense of a physician against allegations that the doctor negligently damaged the patient's anterior interrosseous nerve during a surgical procedure.
• Defense of a physician against claims wherein the patient’s family alleged that a physician failed to diagnose cervical cancer, resulting in the patient's death.
• Defense of an emergency room physician against allegations of failure to diagnose a Cuda Equina Syndrome.
• Defense of an emergency room physician assertion of improperly discharging a patient from the emergency room after the plaintiff alleged that she was suffering from cardiovascular disease that the doctor should have diagnosed.
• Defense of plastic surgeon against claims of improper surgical technique and lack of informed consent.
• Defense of family practitioner for his alleged failure to diagnose breast cancer.
Areas of Expertise:
Medical malpractice claims
Credentialing and re-credentialing
Hospital privileges
Licensing Board disciplinary proceedings
Physician-patient privilege
Peer review
Depositions
Consultation
Trial subpoenas and testimony
Expert witnesses
Risk prevention and counseling
National Practitioner’s Data Bank
General Medical Issue that we have defended against:
ACLS Protocol Aortic Aneurism
Aortic Aneurism
Failed Breast Augmentation
Catheter Malfunction
Failed Tubal Ligation
Failed Hair Plant
Impending Cardiac Arrest
Infectious Diseases
Jaundice
Metastasized Lesions
Neurological Injury-Intra-Operative Positioning
Pituitary Tumor
Post-operative Bleeding
Subacute Bacterial Endocarditis
Subdural Hemorrhage
Vestibular Ototoxicity
Thoracic Outlet Syndrome
Torsioned Testicle
Weight Loss alleged improper use of a laser to facilitate weight loss.
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