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or over twenty-five years, O'Brien & Ryan, LLP, has represented entities and individuals in state and federal courts throughout Pennsylvania and New Jersey, as well as in administrative tribunals and various alternative dispute forums covering a diverse range of legal matters from complex litigation to simple personal cases. We remain on the leading edge of technological advances in both the office and courtroom settings. We are comprised of attorneys selected for their wide range of legal experience and strong commitment to their clients. The size of the firm allows each client to enjoy personal and consistent attention. Our clients range from major hospitals, educational institutions and Fortune 500 companies to individual professionals and smaller commercial enterprises. O'Brien & Ryan has a well-deserved reputation as a firm that is rich in trial experience. Clients look to O'Brien & Ryan because our willingness to take cases to trial consistently yields superior results.
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Professional Liability O'Brien & Ryan, LLP has been successfully defending professional liability matters since its beginning. Our litigation experience and vast resources to defend these often complex claims are essential to our success. Our professional liability clients include: • • • • • •
Engineers Physicians Hospitals Nurses Nursing Homes Long Term Care Facilities
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Commercial Litigation O'Brien & Ryan, LLP aggressively and effectively represents businesses and individuals in complex commercial law matters. By maintaining close contact with our clients during the litigation process, we have maintained a high level of client satisfaction. Our clients range from small closely held and family owned companies to high profile international conglomerates. We represent clients in a wide array of business disputes including employment discrimination, wrongful termination, restrictive covenant, unfair competition, employee benefits, white collar criminal defense, land use, eminent domain, constitutional issues, government defense contracts, debtor and creditor disputes, service contracts, RICO actions, corporate fraud, breach of fudiciary duty, securities law, class actions, UCC, insurance coverage matters, probate disputes, tax assessment law, construction law and business torts. Through the course of representing our clients, we have developed a diverse practice and have earned a reputation of excellence.
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Medical Malpractice Our firm actively represents many medical professionals, including physicians, hospitals and health care providers, in medical malpractice litigation in Pennsylvania and New Jersey. Professionals and insurance companies have turned to us throughout the years for high quality representation in the defense of complex negligence claims. In both state and federal courts, the firm has an outstanding trial record. Success in this area is the result of our extensive contacts in the community, our abundant expert resources and the firm's strong commitment to continued medical and legal training of its associates. Additionally, we have remained on the cutting edge of technological advances in both the office and courtroom settings. With the capability to electronically submit billing information and a variety of billing formats to meet client needs and specifications, we are able to successfully defend medical professionals of any nature with efficiency, as well as the highest degree of professionalism. We served as liaison counsel for Pennsylvania plastic surgeons in the silicone gel breast implant litigation. In this capacity, the firm represented many plastic surgeons individually and coordinated national discovery efforts for defense attorneys state wide. We successfully defended the first such case ever tried in Pennsylvania. We were also extensively involved in the orthopedic bone screw (pedicle screw) litigation, and also successfully defended the first such case ever tried in Pennsylvania. Our firm has developed a comprehensive network of highly specialized medical experts from many of the leading health care and teaching institutions across the country. Our extensive litigation experience has enabled us to develop an exhaustive expert data bank which allows our attorneys to retain experts whose credentials match the specific facts of each malpractice case. Whether the case calls for a pediatric neuroradiologist or a medical ethicist, the department is able to provide quality experts in the growing and ever changing environment of medicine and its subspecialties. •
The attorneys of the firm often give presentations in the area of professional liability defense, and have served as lecturers to medical professionals and attorney groups, both locally and state wide. Articles and presentations by members of the firm have covered such topics as the Peer Review Protection Act, the Health Care Services Malpractice Act and the interplay between health care providers and the strict liability provisions of Section 402A of the Restatement (Second) of Torts.
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Attorneys from the firm also serve as faculty members at the ABA National Institute on Medical Malpractice.
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The department is involved in the defense of mass tort cases and, in that capacity, is experienced in compiling and collating massive document productions.
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The department is also experienced in handling and litigating diverse insurance coverage issues and has extensive litigation experience concerning insurance company insolvencies.
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Nursing Home / Long-Term Care O'Brien & Ryan, LLP represents nursing homes, assisted living facilities and other longterm care facilities throughout Pennsylvania and New Jersey. Our long-term care practice group consists of attorneys who dedicate their practices to the representation to these facilities. O'Brien & Ryan, LLP utilizes well respected experts in nursing, geriatric medicine and facility administration in the defense of our clients. We are also very familiar with federal and state regulation of nursing homes in Pennsylvania and New Jersey, and the impact of regulations on nursing home litigation. O'Brien & Ryan, LLP has successfully defended longterm care facilities in cases involving medication errors, various types of pressure ulcers, falls, abuse, infections, and many other areas. The firm has also successfully defended our clients against corporate negligence claims and cases involving violations of federal and state regulations and employment matters. O'Brien & Ryan, LLP has counseled clients on alternative dispute resolution and risk management strategies. The firm has also represented long-term care facilities in regulatory and administrative matters and white-collar criminal investigations. Our attorneys are experienced in representing individuals employed by long-term care facilities including medical directors, administrators, nurses and therapists. O'Brien & Ryan attorneys have lectured nationally on long-term care issues including malpractice prevention and risk management and defending long-term care facilities in litigation. It is our goal to provide the best possible defense to our institutional clients in a cost-effective and professional manner.
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Medical Device, Mass Tort & Pharmaceutical Litigation For virtually a decade, O'Brien & Ryan, LLP served as liaison counsel between Pennsylvania plastic and reconstructive surgeons in the national silicone breast implant litigation and the courts. We were one of the most active firms in the Pennsylvania consolidated breast implant litigation, working for the defense of plastic surgeons involved in those mass tort lawsuits. We represented healthcare provider defendants in over two hundred cases. Of those cases, we successfully tried to verdict two breast implant cases, including the first in the state. Additionally, attorneys of the firm have served as counsel for physicians in the pedicle screw litigation and pharmaceutical litigation cases including Fen-Phen, Rezulin, Baycol, Celexa and Vioxx. In these capacities, we have accumulated experience not only in medical device and pharmaceutical litigation, but in the particulars of mass tort litigation. Our firm has worked with the courts to develop systems for becoming proficient in case management and discovery including obtaining, organizing and utilizing massive numbers of manufacturer documents and manufacturer employee depositions produced through the course of consolidated and multidistrict litigation, in both hard copy and electronic form.
Health Care Law O'Brien & Ryan, LLP represents a broad spectrum of health care clients including physicians, physicians' practices, hospitals, nursing homes, assisted living facilities, and diagnostic laboratories. The Health Care Department at O'Brien & Ryan, LLP assists clients with regulatory issues including transactional, certificate of need approvals, as well as Medicare and Medicaid reimbursement issues. Additionally, the Health Care Department represents clients regarding compliance with the Stark Act and HIPAA, as well as other state and federal regulations. This department has also assisted in the drafting of medical staff by-laws, physician credentialing, and disciplinary matters. We also represent clients in employment matters, including termination issues, hiring practices and litigation.
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General Liability & Casualty O'Brien & Ryan, LLP has extensive experience in representing clients in a broad range of civil litigation matters, including: Products Liability •
We have extensive experience in handling products liability matters. We represent clients in state and federal cases involving defective products, strict liability and breach of warranty. Our attorneys also have vast experience in cases involving medical devices and surgical products. We have successfully defended clients in the pedicle bone screw litigation and breast implant litigation. Our attorneys have also handled cases involving vending machines, automobiles, seatbelts, lighters and floor tiles. We represent manufacturers, distributors, and sellers of various products in commercial and business litigation. We have successfully defended clients in complex drug litigation, including cases involving Rezulin, fen-phen, and Baycol.
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We represent health care providers, businesses and homeowners in cases of general premises liability. We are also very experienced in representing clients involved in construction accidents.
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Our attorneys possess extensive experience in litigating automobile cases. This practice group handles a wide range of motor vehicle accident cases. Our extensive experience in medical claims allow us to efficiently identify and evaluate all types of injuries suffered in motor vehicle accidents. Our familiarity with medicine and causation defenses pertaining to injuries gives us a unique advantage over our opponents. Moreover, our access to, and experience with, top medical specialists provides our clients with the best possible representation.
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We also represent major claims services companies in significant damages casualty cases. The firm is experienced in litigating issues involving insurance bad faith, workers' compensation, unfair trade practices and insurance negligence.
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Corporate Law Our firm provides legal representation on a diverse and comprehensive number of business related issues ranging from incorporation through dissolution. Specifically, this department consults companies on any issues which arise during the normal course of their business. We have experience in handling all aspects of mergers and acquisitions, both for the seller and the prospective buyer. We handle all aspects of corporate development and planning, including conducting and overseeing internal investigations. We routinely draft and review comprehensive personnel manuals and policies, as well as employment contracts. In this capacity, we provide extensive compliance counseling to our clients regarding employment laws, including the Americans with Disabilities Act, Medical Leave Acts, Title VII, Discrimination, the Fair Labor Standards Act, various whistle-blower statutes, and OSHA.
Appellate Litigation Quality legal writing and client efficiency are the end result of a specialized appellate division. O'Brien & Ryan, LLP has centralized its legal writing and appellate efforts into a single department. This centralization ensures that attorneys with years of research, legal writing, and oral advocacy experience produce the highest quality appellate product. This concentration of resources results in more efficient research for the client by utilizing specialists in research and writing and by reducing duplication of effort. Our appellate attorneys work closely with trial counsel to prepare and respond to post-trial motions, prepare appellate briefs, and present oral argument before State and Federal appellate courts.
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