medical malpractice

Rainey Kizer Attorney Selected In First Year Of Eligibility Michelle Sellers, a partner in the Jackson office of Rainey, Kizer, Reviere & Bell (www.raineykizer.com), has been inducted as a Fellow of the Tennessee Bar Foundation in her first year of eligibility.

(Delayed Lung Cancer Diagnosis Leads to One of the Largest Jury Verdicts for Elderly Patients in Lackawanna County History) On April 1, 2011, Scranton personal injury lawyers Melissa A. Scartelli and Peter Paul Olszewski, Jr. of the Pennsylvania law firm Scartelli, Distasio & Kowalski, P.C., secured a $550,000 jury verdict in a medical malpractice case brought by 79-year-old Irene Doherty of Scranton, Pa., who suffered a 23-month delay in the diagnosis of her lung cancer.

Giordano to Serve as Board of Governors Member and Co-chair of the NJAJ Women Lawyers Caucus Personal injury attorney Patricia M. Giordano of the Philadelphia personal injury law firm, Feldman Shepherd Wohlgelernter Tanner Weinstock & Dodig, has been appointed to the New Jersey Association for Justice’s (NJAJ) Board of Governors and will serve as co-chair of the organization’s Women Lawyers Caucus.

Giordano to Serve as Board of Governors Member and Co-chair of the NJAJ Women Lawyers Caucus Personal injury attorney Patricia M. Giordano of the Philadelphia personal injury law firm, Feldman Shepherd Wohlgelernter Tanner Weinstock & Dodig, has been appointed to the New Jersey Association for Justice’s (NJAJ) Board of Governors and will serve as co-chair of the organization’s Women Lawyers Caucus.

Roetzel is proud to announce that Thomas A. Treadon has been recognized as the 2011 Akron Medical Malpractice Lawyer of the Year by Best Lawyers, the oldest and most respected peer-review publication in the legal profession. After more than a quarter of a century in publication, Best Lawyers is designating “Lawyers of the Year” in high-profile legal specialties in large legal communities.

Roberta D. Pichini, Philadelphia personal injury lawyer with Feldman Shepherd Wohlgelernter Tanner Weinstock & Dodig LLP, served on a panel for the Women in Profession Committee of the Philadelphia Bar Association on Oct. 26, 2010. During the seminar, she provided attendees with the secrets to advancing in a successful legal career.

Robins, Kaplan, Miller & Ciresi L.L.P. is pleased to announce that three partners in the Minneapolis office have been selected by their peers as Best Lawyers “Lawyers of the Year” for 2011 in their respective practice areas.  Best Lawyers is regarded as the preeminent referral source to the legal profession in the United States.

Carol Nelson Shepherd has been named a Fellow of the Litigation Counsel of America (LCA), a prestigious trial lawyer honorary society composed of less than one-half of one percent of American lawyers. Philadelphia personal injury law firm Feldman Shepherd Wohlgelernter Tanner Weinstock & Dodig LLP is pleased to announce that medical malpractice trial lawyer Carol Nelson Shepherd has been named a Fellow of the Litigation Counsel of America (LCA), a prestigious trial lawyer honorary society composed of less than one-half of one percent of American lawyers.

Cranfill Sumner & Hartzog LLP (www.cshlaw.com), a corporate and civil defense litigation firm, announces today Pankaj K. Shere has joined the firm as a partner in the Raleigh office. Shere will enhance the medical malpractice team and expands the firm’s intellectual property and business litigation capabilities.

Feldman Shepherd Personal Injury Lawyer Featured in South Jersey Magazine’s August Issue Philadelphia personal injury law firm Feldman Shepherd Wohlgelernter Tanner Weinstock & Dodig LLP is pleased to announce that SJ Magazine has named personal injury lawyer John M. Dodig to its 2010 Top Attorneys list. SJ Magazine’s list of Southern New Jersey’s best lawyers is the result of comprehensive polling of members of the Southern New Jersey legal community.