Morris joins firm's professional, medical liability groups

BLOOMFIELD HILLS, Mich. (September 8, 2010) - Devon Battersby Morris, an attorney who focuses her practice in the areas of professional and medical liability, recently joined Plunkett Cooney, one of the Midwest’s oldest and largest law firms.

As a member of the firm’s Professional Liability Practice Group, Morris defends clients in malpractice actions with an emphasis on claims against attorney and accountant professionals.

Morris, who is also a member of Plunkett Cooney’s medical liability group represents hospitals and physicians in malpractice litigation with an emphasis on obstetrics and gynecology, emergency medicine, psychiatry and nursing-related issues.

An attorney in the Plunkett Cooney’s Bloomfield Hills, Morris is admitted to practice in the state and federal courts in Michigan and Illinois. She received her law degree from DePaul University College of Law in 2004. While there, Morris served as the Comments Editor of the Journal of Sports Law and Contemporary Problems and as a member of the college’s Moot Court national trial team. She received her undergraduate degree from University of Notre Dame in 2000.

Plunkett Cooney’s Professional Liability Practice Group handles especially sensitive matters that arise from claims made against attorneys, accountants, insurance brokers and agents, real estate brokers and agents, securities brokers, investment advisors, corporate officers and directors, notaries public, and other non-medical professionals. In addition to defending claims, Plunkett Cooney represents professionals in licensing and regulatory matters that arise both independently and attendant to claims.

Plunkett Cooney’s Medical Liability Practice Group is comprised of knowledgeable and dedicated attorneys who vigorously defend all types of alleged medical malpractice lawsuits. These attorneys defend claims against doctors, pharmacists, chiropractors, dentists, podiatrists, psychologists, psychiatrists, hospitals and their employees, medical clinics, mental health facilities and extended care facilities.

Established in 1913, Plunkett Cooney employs 160 attorneys in nine Michigan cities, Columbus, Ohio and Indianapolis, Indiana. The firm, which provides a range of transactional and litigation defense services, has achieved the highest rating (AV) awarded by Martindale-Hubbell and is listed among the U.S. News – Best Lawyers “Best Law Firms” in 2010.

For more information about Devon Battersby Morris joining Plunkett Cooney, contact the firm’s Practice Development Manager John E. Cornwell at (248) 901-4008.

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