PRACTICE AREA
Professional Negligence Defense
High-stakes claims demand a higher level of defense.
Our firm defends lawyers, physicians, real estate professionals, and investment advisors when their judgment, competence, or conduct is challenged in litigation. These claims put more than money at risk - they threaten licenses, reputations, and careers built over a lifetime. We understand what is truly at stake, and we defend our clients accordingly.
We handle these matters with the sophistication they demand: close command of the relevant standard of care, the procedural and evidentiary nuances specific to each profession, and the trial skill to hold up under scrutiny from opposing experts and counsel. But sophistication alone isn't enough. We built this practice to give clients something larger firms often can't — direct, personal attention from the lawyers actually handling their case, and a defense strategy shaped in close partnership with the client from day one.
OUR EXPERIENCE
Claims against attorneys and law firms across the range of substantive practice areas and alleged breaches of duty.
Legal Malpractice
Claims against physicians, surgeons, and healthcare providers involving complex standard-of-care and causation issues.
Medical Malpractice
Claims against brokers, agents, and real estate professionals arising from transactions, disclosures, and fiduciary duties.
Real Estate Liability Defense
Investment Advisor and Financial Professional Defense
Claims involving suitability, fiduciary duty, and regulatory exposure before courts, arbitration panels, and regulatory bodies.
A personalized defense for professional lives.
Our attorneys work directly with each client to understand their practice, their perspective, and their goals, and we build a defense strategy around that understanding rather than a one-size-fits-all playbook. The result is a defense that is not only rigorous and effective, but responsive to what our clients actually need - clarity, partnership, and a team fighting as hard for their standing as they would fight for themselves.
THE ATTORNEYS BEHIND THE WORK
Kurt Gilbert
Partner
Elizabeth Sanderson
Associate Attorney
Alton Smith
Associate Attorney
David Lynn
Associate Attorney
