The attorneys at Udall Law Firm have extensive experience in defending health care providers, accountants, attorneys, and other licensed professionals in litigation. We understand that the outcome of a claim or lawsuit can have drastic ramifications for both licensed professionals and their practices, threatening careers and professional licenses.
Medical Malpractice:
We are well-versed in all aspects of medical malpractice defense of physicians, dentists, nurses, physician groups, hospitals, and other licensed health care providers in cases involving wrongful death, abuse and neglect, delayed diagnosis, catastrophic injuries, surgical errors, medication errors, failed intubations, and birth injuries.
Our firm’s experience in handling regulatory disciplinary matters before state professional licensing boards as well as HIPAA investigations through the Department of Health & Human Services and Office for Civil Rights make our attorneys uniquely experienced to defend health care providers in liability cases as well as other health care related matters, such as assisting licensed health care professionals in responding to subpoenas and representing them in third party depositions.
We take pride in our successful defense of health care providers throughout Arizona. With our experience and knowledge, Udall Law Firm’s medical malpractice group provides clients with skilled representation.
Legal Malpractice:
The Udall Law Firm has successfully defended attorneys and law firms against legal malpractice claims, including, but not limited to, those involving underlying medical malpractice lawsuits, commercial disputes, trusts and estates matters, bankruptcy, personal injury, family law as well as criminal law. We have also defended attorneys against third party claims such as defamation, wrongful institution of civil proceedings, and fraud.
Our firm also has vast experience in representing and assisting attorneys in disciplinary investigations and proceedings before the State Bar of Arizona.
Accounting Malpractice:
We handle all aspects of accounting malpractice defense, including cases involving negligent tax advice, failure to properly and/or timely file tax returns, failure to properly audit financial statements, failure to detect, evaluate, and report management fraud/internal control weaknesses, and securities fraud.
In addition, we assist accountants in responding to subpoenas and participating in other investigative proceedings as a third party witness, addressing all applicable confidentiality and privilege issues on behalf of accountants who are called upon to give information concerning their clients.
Other Professionals:
We have experience in defending other licensed and certified professionals in liability matters including, but not limited to, engineers, architects, surveyors, inspectors, fiduciaries, officers, directors, financial service providers, real estate agents, and insurance agents.