Dov Apfel

Top rated Medical Malpractice attorney in Chicago, Illinois

Levin & Perconti
Dov Apfel
Levin & Perconti

Practice areas: Medical Malpractice, Personal Injury, Products Liability; view more

Licensed in Illinois since: 2022

Education: American University Washington College of Law

Selected to Super Lawyers: 2008 - 2014, 2016 - 2025
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Recognized for his national reputation and success as a child advocate, Dov Apfel has investigated and litigated birth trauma and obstetrical malpractice claims involving children with cerebral palsy and other neurological and intellectual disabilities throughout the United States for over forty years.

Those in the legal profession who have worked with Mr. Apfel consider him to be the premier “lawyer’s lawyer” in the area of birth trauma litigation. When families and lawyers need someone to help them figure out whether a child’s brain damage could have been prevented, they call Mr. Apfel.

Mr. Apfel’s lifetime of achievements in birth injury litigation, education and advocacy was recognized by the Executive Board of the Birth Trauma Litigation Group of the American Association for Justice in 2011, an organization consisting of thousands of trial lawyers throughout the United States, when he received the Dan Cullan Memorial Lifetime Achievement Award.

"I have had the privilege and honor to represent and bring justice to the most innocent victims of medical malpractice, including brain damaged children and their families. I have been retained by lawyers and families throughout the United States to assist them in the investigation and litigation of birth injury cases. Finally, I have been a mentor and educator actively training the next generation of lawyers handling birth injury cases.” -Dov Apfel

Judges, too, have recognized Mr. Apfel as both a committed advocate and a source of scientific and medical knowledge in birth trauma cases. He was an invited speaker at the New York State Judicial Seminars, “Medicine for Judges” Programs in 2008, where he taught judges about the criteria for determining the timing and causes of brain damage in babies and newborns.

Mr. Apfel’s outstanding record of success spans across the United States. He has the unique distinction and privilege of helping families and lawyers, and participating in the successful resolution and litigation of birth injury cases, in the following jurisdictions:

  • Arizona
  • Arkansas
  • California
  • Colorado
  • District of Columbia
  • Georgia
  • Hawaii
  • Iowa
  • Illinois
  • Kentucky
  • Maryland
  • Minnesota
  • Missouri
  • Mississippi
  • New Jersey
  • New York
  • North Carolina
  • Ohio
  • Oregon
  • Pennsylvania
  • Tennessee
  • Texas
  • Washington
  • Wisconsin
  • Vermont
  • Virginia

Mr. Apfel, a passionate child advocate for his clients and for all those who suffer preventable injuries as a result of negligence and inexcusable medical care, has dedicated his career to holding hospitals, drug companies, physicians, obstetricians, nurses, midwives, family practitioners, and other providers accountable for their failures to keep patients safe and out of harm’s way.

Mr. Apfel has more than four decades of experience handling complex medical malpractice and personal injury matters. Among other things, Mr. Apfel’s outstanding record of success can be attributed to his unmatched understanding of the medical principles and science involved in the cases he handles. Beginning in 1991, when the Birth Trauma Litigation Group was established, Mr. Apfel has written extensively to expose junk science and litigation-driven literature, and has taught both experienced and inexperienced lawyers how to evaluate medical issues and determine when a bad outcome could have been prevented.

Over the course of his career, Mr. Apfel has trained and mentored many lawyers and paralegals who have developed great expertise and skills in handling complex medical malpractice cases. For example, Seth Cardeli, a partner at Levin & Perconti and a lawyer who has worked with Mr. Apfel for the past 13 years, has received multiple national honors and is currently recognized by his peers as one of the top birth trauma lawyers in the United States. Kim Martel, a paralegal at Levin & Perconti, who has worked with Mr. Apfel for the past 16 years, received national recognition for her outstanding work, when she was selected as the 2020 Paralegal of the Year by the American Association of Justice, a national organization of trial lawyers.

Mr. Apfel is regularly called upon to lecture at a range of national conferences (some of which have been attended by obstetricians, nurses, and other health care providers), and publishes extensively on legal and medical issues arising in Cerebral Palsy litigation, including the use of expert testimony in birth injury litigation, electronic fetal monitoring, hypoxia, ischemia, asphyxia, meconium stained amniotic fluid and meconium aspiration syndrome, maternal and fetal infection in pregnancy, chorioamnionitis, fetal inflammatory response syndrome, antepartum fetal testing, placental pathology, vaginal birth after cesarean, hypoxic-ischemic encephalopathy, trauma, forceps, oxytocin, misoprostil, arrest of descent, second stage of labor, apgar scores, multiorgan injury, neuroimaging studies, acidemia, metabolic acidosis, fetomaternal hemorrhage, twin pregnancy, vacuum extractors, shoulder dystocia and brachial plexus, and the clinical markers establishing a causal connection between the events of labor and delivery and cerebral palsy.

Mr. Apfel is the author of a landmark Law Review article, “Using a Differential Diagnosis to Prove that Intrapartum Asphyxia is a Significant Cause of Cerebral Palsy,” that helped set the standard for how causation issues in cases involving cerebral palsy are litigated by lawyers representing brain damaged children in the U.S.. Since 2015, Mr. Apfel has chaired multiple 2-day programs designed to teach young, new, and experienced lawyers the fundamentals of electronic fetal monitoring and the criteria that can be used to identify babies who may not be getting enough oxygen and are at risk of developing brain injury during labor and delivery.

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Practice areas

Personal Injury - Medical Malpractice: Plaintiff, Personal Injury - General: Plaintiff, Personal Injury - Products: Plaintiff, Transportation/Maritime

Focus areas

Admiralty & Maritime Law, Animal Bites, Assault, Birth Injury, Brain Injury, Construction Accident, Dram Shop Laws, Medical Malpractice, Motor Vehicle Accidents, Personal Injury - Defense, Personal Injury - Plaintiff, Premises Liability - Plaintiff, Sexual Abuse - Plaintiff, Slip and Fall, Toxic Mold, Wrongful Death

  • 40% Personal Injury - Medical Malpractice: Plaintiff
  • 40% Personal Injury - General: Plaintiff
  • 10% Personal Injury - Products: Plaintiff
  • 10% Transportation/Maritime

First Admitted: 1979, Illinois

Professional Webpage: https://www.levinperconti.com/attorneys/dov-apfel/

Bar/Professional Activity:
  • Vermont
  • Virginia
  • Maryland
  • District of Columbia Trial Lawyers Association, Member
  • Illinois State Bar Association, Member
  • Montgomery County Maryland Bar Association, Member
  • District of Columbia Bar Association, Member
  • Maryland Bar Association, Member
  • Maryland Association for Justice (MAJ), Member
  • American Association for Justice (AAJ), Member
  • Maryland, 1979
  • District of Columbia, 1980
  • Birth Trauma Litigation Group of the American Association for Justice, Co-chair
  • Medical Negligence Section of the Maryland Trial Lawyers Association, Chairperson
  • Virginia
  • Wisconsin
  • Washington
  • Texas
  • Pennsylvania
  • Tennessee
  • Oregon
  • North Carolina
  • Ohio
  • New York
  • New Jersey
  • Missouri
  • Mississippi
  • Illinois
  • Minnesota
  • Kentucky
  • Colorado
  • Iowa
  • Hawaii
  • Georgia
  • California
  • Arkansas
Verdicts/Settlements (Case Results):
  • $29 Million Birth Injury settlement for a child who suffered a catastrophic hypoxic-ischemic brain injury due to, among other things, the failure to timely recognize and respond to signs of fetal distress, leading to prolonged oxygen deprivation during labor and delivery., 2023
  • $20 Million jury verdict for a child who suffered a catastrophic hypoxic-ischemic brain injury due to, among other things, mismanagement of abnormal fetal heart rate tracings during labor and delivery, 2022
  • $18 Million birth injury settlement on behalf of a young girl who suffered hypoxic ischemic encephalopathy (HIE) and was later diagnosed with cerebral palsy , 2024
  • $16 Million settlement for a child who suffered a catastrophic hypoxic-ischemic brain injury due to, among other things, mismanagement of abnormal fetal heart rate tracings during labor and delivery
  • $14 million settlement for a child who suffered a catastrophic hypoxic-ischemic brain injury due to, among other things, mismanagement of abnormal fetal heart rate tracings during labor and delivery
  • $13 Million FTCA settlement for a preterm child who suffered a catastrophic hypoxic-ischemic brain injury during a surgical procedure
  • $11.5 million FTCA settlement for a child born at the U.S. Naval Hospital in Guam who suffered a catastrophic hypoxic-ischemic brain injury due to negligent neonatal resuscitation and intubation
  • $9 Million Settlement for a mom who suffered a catastrophic hypoxic-ischemic brain injury (HIE) during cesarean section
  • $8 million birth injury settlement representing the family of a now 9-year-old boy who was born with a hypoxic brain injury as a result of a delayed C-section given at a Chicago hospital., 2024
  • $7.75 Million settlement for a child who suffered a catastrophic hypoxic-ischemic brain injury (HIE) due to negligent management of labor and delivery
  • $6.5 Million settlement for a child who suffered a catastrophic hypoxic-ischemic brain injury due to negligent neonatal resuscitation and intubation
Honors/Awards:
  • Top Lawyers – Washingtonian Magazine (December 2004)
  • Top 10 Medical Malpractice Settlement in the United States, 2020, Top 10 Medical Malpractice Settlement in the United States, 2020, https://www.levinperconti.com/attorneys/dov-apfel/, 2020
  • Illinois Super Lawyers®: Medical Malpractice, 2008-2014, 2016-2025, Illinois Super Lawyers®: Medical Malpractice, 2008-2014, 2016-2025, https://www.levinperconti.com/attorneys/dov-apfel/, 2025
  • The Best Lawyers in America®: Personal Injury, 2007-2025, The Best Lawyers in America®: Personal Injury, 2007-2025, https://www.levinperconti.com/attorneys/dov-apfel/, 2025
  • The Best Lawyers in America®: Medical Malpractice, 2007-2025, The Best Lawyers in America®: Medical Malpractice, 2007-2025, https://www.levinperconti.com/attorneys/dov-apfel/, 2025
  • The Best Lawyers in America®-Medical Malpractice Law, Plaintiffs and Personal Injury Litigation, Plaintiffs – Baltimore, MD
  • Martindale-Hubbell AV Preeminent, 5.0 out of 5 stars with the highest ethical standing
  • The Best Lawyers in America®
  • Maryland Super Lawyers
  • Dan Cullan Memorial Lifetime Achievement Award, Birth Trauma Litigation Group of the American Association for Justice, 2011
Educational Background:
  • B.S., Queens College, City University of New York, 1976
  • J.D., American University Washington College of Law, 1979 
Scholarly Lectures/Writings:
  • AAJ Summer Convention. Seattle, WA, June 19 2022 Subject: A TRIP THROUGH THE DOJ Reversionary Trust Land , A TRIP THROUGH THE DOJ Reversionary Trust Land, 2022
  • AAJ Mastering the Medicine Seminar, Nov 3-5, 2021 Subject: Fetal Reserve Index , Fetal Reserve Index, 2021
  • AAJ Education’s 5th Annual Electronic Fetal Monitoring in Birth Injury Cases Seminar, New Orleans, LA, March 10-11, 2022 , AAJ Education’s 5th Annual Electronic Fetal Monitoring in Birth Injury Cases Seminar, 2022
  • AAJ Summer Convention. Seattle, WA, June 17, 2022 Subject: HIE: JUNK SCIENCE AND LIES , HIE: JUNK SCIENCE AND LIES, 2022
  • AAJ Summer Convention, Philadelphia, PA, June 16, 2023 Subject: APPARENTLY EVIDENCE OF FETAL HYPOXIA DOESN’T MATTER – response to Steven L. Clark , APPARENTLY EVIDENCE OF FETAL HYPOXIA DOESN’T MATTER – response to Steven L. Clark, 2023
  • Electronic Fetal Monitoring in Birth Injury Cases. Charleston, SC, April 20-21, 2023 , Electronic Fetal Monitoring in Birth Injury Cases, 2023
  • Electronic Fetal Monitoring in Birth Injury Cases. Ft. Lauderdale, FL, April 18-19, 2024 , Electronic Fetal Monitoring in Birth Injury Cases, 2024
  • Category II (Nonreassuring) FHR Tracings 2022 Update: Are We Closer to Creating Reliable National Standards of Care?, Birth Trauma Litigation Group Journal, Winter 2022 , Category II (Nonreassuring) FHR Tracings 2022 Update: Are We Closer to Creating Reliable National Standards of Care?, Birth Trauma Litigation Group Journal, 2022
  • Expediting Delivery of Infants with Category II (Indeterminate) FHR Tracings That Are Close To – But Not Quite – Category III Tracings, Trial Journal of the Illinois Trial Lawyers Association, Volume 25, Number 2, Summer 2023 , Expediting Delivery of Infants with Category II (Indeterminate) FHR Tracings That Are Close To – But Not Quite – Category III Tracings, Trial Journal of the Illinois Trial Lawyers Association, 2023
  • PLACENTAL PATHOLOGY 2023: Understanding the Clinical Significance of Gross & Microscopic Findings, Birth Trauma Litigation Group Journal, Winter 2023 , PLACENTAL PATHOLOGY 2023: Understanding the Clinical Significance of Gross & Microscopic Findings, Birth Trauma Litigation Group Journal, 2023
  • AAJ Education’s 5th Annual Electronic Fetal Monitoring in Birth Injury Cases Seminar, New Orleans, LA, March 10-11, 2022, AAJ Education’s 5th Annual Electronic Fetal Monitoring in Birth Injury Cases Seminar, https://www.levinperconti.com/attorneys/dov-apfel/, 2022
  • AAJ Mastering the Medicine Seminar, Nov 3-5, 2021Subject: Fetal Reserve Index, Fetal Reserve Index, https://www.levinperconti.com/attorneys/dov-apfel/, 2021
  • Chairperson: Birth Trauma Litigation Group Educational Program, San Juan, Puerto Rico, January 2000, Subject: Maternal Infection in Pregnancy and Cerebral Palsy
  • Co-Chairperson, Birth Trauma Litigation Group Educational Program, Atlanta, July, 2002, Subject: Distinguishing Between Asphyxia and Stroke: The Timing of Brain Injury
  • Maryland Trial Lawyers Association Annual Medical Malpractice Educational Program, Baltimore, January 2002, Subject: Using Fetal Monitoring to Assess Quality of Care and Timing of Injury
  • ATLA Summer Conference, Montreal, July 2001, Chairperson: Birth Trauma Litigation Group Educational Program Subjects: Maternal Infection in Pregnancy and Cerebral Palsy, and the International Consensus Template and the Criteria for Establishing a Link Between Birth Asphyxia and Cerebral Palsy
  • ATLA Summer Conference, Chicago, August 2000, Subject: Intrapartum Electronic Fetal Heart Rate Monitoring: Understanding FHR Variables and Nonreassuring Patterns
  • ATLA Mid-Winter Conference, Maui, Hawaii, February 1998, Subject: Antepartum Testing to Assess Fetal Well-Being in the Preterm Infant
  • ATLA Summer Conference, San Francisco, July 1999, Subject: Maternal Infection in Pregnancy and Cerebral Palsy, Subject: Early Onset Neonatal Group B Streptococcal Infection
  • Canadian Trial Lawyers Conference, Calgary, Canada, April 1998, Subject: Placental Pathology: A Primer for Birth Trauma Litigation
  • ATLA Summer Conference. Washington, DC, July 1998, Subject: Prenatal Care and Review of the Medical Chart
  • Chairperson: Birth Trauma Group Educational Program, Maui, Hawaii, February 1998, Subject: The Timing and Etiology of Brain Injury in the Preterm Infant
  • Ontario Trial Lawyers Conference, Toronto, Canada, June 1996, Subject: Placental Pathology: The Use of Placental Findings to Prove or Negate Obstetrical Malpractice in Bad Baby Cases
  • ATLA Mega Seminar on Profound Brain Injury in the Infant, West Palm Beach, Florida, January 1998, Subject: Placental Pathology: The Use of Placental Findings to Prove or Negate Obstetrical Malpractice in Bad Baby Cases
  • Co-Chairperson, Birth Trauma Litigation Group Educational Program, Atlanta, July 2002, Subject: Distinguishing Between Asphyxia and Stroke: The Timing of Brain Injury
  • ATLA Summer Conference, Boston, Mass, July 1996, Subject: Antepartum Testing to Assess Fetal Well-Being
  • ATLA Summer Conference, New York, New York, July 1995, Subject: What's New in Placental Pathology? Subject: How to Cross-Examine a Defense Placental Pathology Expert in Obstetrical Malpractice Cases
  • Maryland Trial Lawyers Educational Program, February 10, 1995, Subject: The Use of Demonstrative Evidence at Trial.
  • ATLA Winter Conference, Maui, Hawaii, February 1995, Subject: Placental Pathology: The Use of Placental Findings to Prove or Negate Obstetrical Malpractice in Bad Baby Cases
  • Placental Pathology Conferences Sponsored by the Armed Forces Institute of Pathology, Walter Reed Medical Center, 1991 and 1992, Subject: The Use of Placental Findings to Prove or Negate Obstetrical Malpractice in Bad Baby Cases
  • Maryland Trial Lawyers Association Annual Medical Malpractice Educational Program, Baltimore, January 2002, Subject: Using Fetal Monitoring to Assess Quality of Care and Timing of Injury
  • Maryland Trial Lawyers Association -- Annual Medical Malpractice Educational Program, Baltimore, March 2007, Subject: Using the Medical Literature to Rebut ACOG Publications
  • Litigating Catastrophically Injured Infant Cases ATLA Program, Atlanta, February 2003, Subject: Using the Medicine to Make Your Case: Electronic Fetal Monitoring
  • Co-Chairperson, Obstetric Malpractice Program, Sponsored by The American Conference Institute, Philadelphia, November 2003Subject: What's New in Obstetrical Malpractice and Placental Pathology
  • ATLA Summer Conference. San Francisco, July 2003, Subject: Keeping Junk Science Out of Cerebral Palsy Cases: ACOG's Criteria on Neonatal Encephalopathy and Cerebral Palsy
  • Litigating Catastrophically Injured Infant Cases, ATLA Program, Atlanta, February 2004, Subject: Using Medicine to Prove the Timing and Etiology of Irreversible Brain Damage
  • Maryland Trial Lawyers Association Annual Medical Malpractice Educational Program, Baltimore, May 2004, Subject: Keeping Junk Science Out of Cerebral Palsy Cases: ACOG's Criteria on Neonatal Encephalopathy and Cerebral Palsy
  • ATLA Summer Conference, Boston, July 2004, Subject: Keeping Junk Science Out of Cerebral Palsy Cases: ACOG's Criteria on Neonatal Encephalopathy and Cerebral Palsy
  • Litigating Medical Negligence Cases: Updates and Techniques for Pretrial, Trial, and Settlement, Crystal City, Virginia, October 2005 Subject: Closing Argument
  • AAJ Summer Conference, New York, July 2011, Subject: The Timing of Emergency Cesarean Sections: When Every Minute Counts
  • New Jersey Trial Lawyers Association -- Annual Medical Malpractice Educational Program, The Best of the Best from Around the Country, Meadowlands, October 2007, Subject: Perinatal Brain Injury
  • New Jersey Trial Lawyers Association -- Annual Medical Malpractice Educational Program, The Best of the Best from Around the Country, Meadowlands, October 2007, Subject: Perinatal Brain Injury
  • New York State Judicial Seminars, Rye Brook, NY, June 26, 2008 "Medicine for Judges" Program Subject: Keeping Junk Science Out of Cerebral Palsy Cases: Analysis of Criteria for Linking Neonatal Encephalopathy and Cerebral Palsy
  • Ohio Association for Justice -- Annual Medical Malpractice Educational Program, Columbus, Ohio, May 2008, Subject: What's New in Electronic Fetal Monitoring?
  • New York State Judicial Seminars, Rye Brook, NY, June 26, 2008 "Medicine for Judges" Program, Subject: Keeping Junk Science Out of Cerebral Palsy Cases: Analysis of Criteria for Linking Neonatal Encephalopathy and Cerebral Palsy
  • Neonatal Encephalopathy and Neurologic Outcome, AAJ Summer Conference, Baltimore, July 27, 2014
  • AAJ Summer Conference, Chicago, July 2012, Subject: Proving the Timing of Brain Damage: Distinguishing Fact from Fiction
  • AAJ Winter Conference, Miami, February 2013, Subject: How to Handle Damages in Opening Statement
  • AAJ Education’s 1st Annual Total Electronic Fetal Monitoring Immersion Seminar, Washington, DC, June 27-28, 2013, Subjects: EFM: Expectations, Problems, and Reality Algorithms for Management of Category II FHR Patterns The Causal Pathway from EFM to Cerebral Palsy
  • AAJ Education’s 2nd Annual Total Electronic Fetal Monitoring Immersion Seminar, Washington, DC, June 26-27, 2014., Subjects: EFM: Decelerations & Management of Category III Patterns, 2014 Neonatal Encephalopathy & Neurologic Outcome Litigation Criteria, Chorioamnionitis & Intrapartum Brain Injury
  • AAJ Education’s 3rd Annual Electronic Fetal Monitoring in Birth Injury Cases Seminar, Washington, DC, June 18-19, 2015
  • Indiana Trial Lawyers Meeting, August 14, 2014, Subjects: Neonatal Encephalopathy and Neurologic Outcome & EFM
  • AAJ Winter Conference, Palm Springs, February 2015, Subject: Determining the Timing and Etiology of Neonatal Encephalopathy and Adverse Neurologic Outcome
  • AAJ Summer Conference, Boston, MA, July 21, 2017, Subject: Electronic Fetal Monitoring: Fake Data and Alternate Facts
  • AAJ Mastering the Medicine program, Atlanta, GA, October 5-6, 2017, Subject: Issues for Electronic Fetal Monitoring
  • Obstetrical Negligence in Managing Hypertension: Medical Issues, Medical Malpractice Law & Strategy, September 1992.
  • AAJ Summer Conference, Boston, MA, July 21, 2017, Subject: Electronic Fetal Monitoring: Fake Data and Alternate Facts
  • AAJ Summer Conference, San Diego, CA, July 28, 2019, Subject: Gross and Microscopic Placental Findings
  • AAJ Education’s 4th Annual Electronic Fetal Monitoring in Birth Injury Cases Seminar, Philadelphia, PA, March 1-2, 2018
  • AAJ Mastering the Medicine program, Atlanta, GA, October 17-18, 2019 Subject: Fetal Monitoring and Blood Gases
  • Chairperson: AAJ Education’s 5th Annual Electronic Fetal Monitoring in Birth Injury Cases Seminar, Orlando, FL, April 2-3, 2020 (to be rescheduled due to COVID-19)
  • AAJ Webinar, Electronic Fetal Monitoring in Birth Injury Cases, April 3, 2020
  • Obstetrical Malpractice: Hypertension in Pregnancy, Trial Magazine, May 1992.
  • Cervical and Lumbar Disc Injuries: Understanding the Medical and Legal Issues, Trial Magazine, January 1995.
  • Obstetrical Negligence in Managing Hypertension: Legal Issues, Medical Malpractice Law & Strategy, October 1992.
  • Loss of Chance in Obstetrical Cases, Trial Magazine, May 1993.
  • Placental Pathology: A Tool for Obstetrical Cases, Trial Magazine, May 1994.
  • Antepartum Evaluation of Fetal Well-Being, ATLA Birth Trauma Group Newsletter, December 1994.
  • Asphyxia and Cerebral Palsy: Understanding the Medical and Legal Issues, ATLA Birth Trauma Group Newsletter, June 1995.
  • Evaluating Birth Trauma Cases Involving Brain Injury in the Premature Infant, ATLA Professional Negligence, 1999.
  • Electronic Fetal Monitoring: An Overview, ATLA Professional Negligence Law Reporter, November 1995
  • Maternal Infection in Pregnancy and Perinatal Brain Damage, Trial Magazine, May 1996
  • Clinical Markers Establishing a Causal Relationship Between Birth Asphyxia and Cerebral Palsy: A Primer for Trial Lawyers, American Journal Of Trial Advocacy, 1997.
  • Electronic Fetal Monitoring: Criteria for Evaluating the Quality and Timing of Intrapartum Care, ATLA Birth Trauma Litigation Group Newsletter, June 1999.
  • A Legal Discussion on Medical Malpractice: Can cerebral palsy be prevented? The Montgomery County Sentinel, October 21, 1999.
  • A Legal Discussion on Medical Malpractice: Is Vaginal Birth After Cesarean Safe?, The Montgomery County Sentinel, October 28, 1999.
  • A Legal Discussion on Medical Malpractice: What Pregnant Women Should Know About Group B Streptococcal Infection, The Montgomery County Sentinel, November 18, 1999.
  • Evaluating Obstetrical Cases: A Primer for the Trial Attorney, Prince Georges County Bar Bulletin, 2002.
  • A primer on vaginal birth after cesarean, Trial Magazine, February 2000.
  • Placental pathology: challenging the causation defenses, Trial Magazine, May 2000.
  • Evaluating Obstetrical Malpractice Cases: A Primer for the Trial Attorney, MTLA Trial Reporter, 2000.
  • Using Electronic Fetal Monitoring Strips to Assess the Quality of Care and the Timing of Delivery, ATLA Professional Negligence Section Reporter, 2001.
  • Settling the cerebral palsy case, Trial Magazine, December 2007
  • How to Derail Daubert Motions in Obstetrical Cases, Trial Magazine, May 2002.
  • Fetal Monitoring Mistakes and Their Catastrophic Consequences, Trial Magazine, August 2003.
  • Keep ‘junk science’ out of cerebral palsy cases, Trial Magazine, May 2004.
  • Keeping "junk science" out of birth injury cases, The Advocate - Journal of Consumer Attorneys for Southern California, July 2005.
  • Proper use of Apgar scores, Trial Magazine, August 2005
  • Birth Asphyxia and Cerebral Palsy, Trial Magazine, January 2007
  • Part I: Cerebral Palsy Litigation -- Understanding the Pathways to CP in the Term Infant, AAJ Professional Negligence Section Newsletter, 2007
  • Part II: Cerebral Palsy Litigation -- Understanding the Pathways to CP in the Term Infant, AAJ Professional Negligence Section Newsletter, 2007
  • Using a Differential Diagnosis to Prove that Intrapartum Asphyxia is a Significant Cause of Cerebral Palsy, American Journal of Trial Advocacy, 2006
  • The 2008 NICHD Fetal Monitoring Workshop: The US Obstetrical Community Continues to Resist National Standards of Care, AAJ Birth Trauma Litigation Group Newsletter, February 2009
  • Cerebral Palsy Litigation: Understanding Cytokines and the Infectious Pathways to Brain Damage in the Term Infant, AAJ Birth Trauma Litigation Group Newsletter, January 2008
  • Intrapartum Asphyxia is a Preventable, Not Inevitable, Cause of Hypoxic-Ischemic Encephalopathy and Cerebral Palsy, New York Litigation Review, Vol. 2, 2010
  • The case for national fetal monitoring standards, Trial Magazine, May 2009
  • When Every Minute Counts, Trial Magazine, May 2011
  • Distinguishing Fact from Fiction in Cerebral Palsy Cases, Trial Magazine, November 2012
  • Electronic Fetal Monitoring Plays a Vital Role in the Management of Pregnant Women and Their Babies, AAJ Birth Trauma Litigation Group Newsletter, February 2013
  • Hospital Liability for Misuse of Obstetrical Drugs, Trial Magazine, December 2013
  • Birth Injury Litigation Criteria Exposed, Trial Magazine, May 2015
  • Electronic Fetal Monitoring in Identifying Fetal Hypoxia and Acidemia, AAJ Birth Trauma Litigation Group Newsletter, July 2020
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325 North Lasalle Street
Suite 300
Chicago, IL 60654

Phone: 312-332-2872

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