Built for Resolution. Backed by Experience.
Medical Malpractice Defense
Hermes Law provides strategic defense tailored to the distinct demands of healthcare liability claims. Our team combines decades of litigation experience with careful case evaluation and a deep understanding of the medical, professional, and institutional interests at stake to develop a focused strategy for each matter.
Meet the Team Leading Healthcare Liability Defense Forward
Brandon Wilson, Ann Comerio, and Matthew Loving represent healthcare professionals and institutions in complex healthcare liability matters, bringing a thoughtful, strategic approach to claims involving alleged negligence, medical errors, and patient injury.
Our team understands that these cases can carry consequences beyond the litigation itself. We work closely with clients to evaluate allegations, develop effective defense strategies, and protect their legal and professional interests throughout the life of the matter.
Brandon Wilson
PARTNER
Matthew Loving
ATTORNEY
Ann Comerio
ATTORNEY
Built for Resolution
Healthcare liability claims demand careful analysis, strong litigation strategy, and an understanding of the professional and reputational interests at stake.
Our approach focuses on:
Early Case
Evaluation
Assessing the allegations, medical issues, potential exposure, and defense strategy from the outset.
Strategic Litigation Management
Developing a focused approach to discovery, experts, depositions, and other critical phases of litigation.
Medical & Technical Analysis
Working through complex medical records, standards of care, causation issues, and expert opinions.
Focused Resolution Strategy
Evaluating opportunities for efficient resolution while remaining prepared to defend our clients when litigation continues.
Practical defense strategies aligned with business goals.
Healthcare Liability Defense Services Include:
✓ Medical negligence and alleged treatment errors
✓ Nursing home, assisted living, and long-term care defense
✓ Pressure injury, fall, elopement, and neglect allegations
✓ Understaffing and corporate negligence claims against facilities and operators
✓ Chapter 74 expert report challenges and dismissal motions
✓ Arbitration enforcement in facility admission agreements
✓ HIPAA and Texas medical records privacy compliance
✓ Protected health information in discovery and qualified protective orders
✓ Complex medical record and expert analysis
✓ Litigation, mediation, and resolution strategy
More Than a Legal Defense
For healthcare professionals and institutions, a healthcare liability claim can carry implications far beyond a single case. Professional reputation, patient relationships, regulatory obligations, and ongoing operations may all be affected.
Hermes Law understands the specialized issues these matters can involve, including HIPAA and Texas medical records privacy requirements, protected health information in discovery, and the unique challenges facing nursing homes, assisted living facilities, and other long-term care providers.
Our attorneys provide strategic, responsive defense while remaining attentive to both the immediate litigation and our clients’ broader professional and institutional interests.
When a healthcare liability claim arises, early evaluation can help clarify the medical, legal, and strategic issues that will shape the defense.
Hermes Law works with healthcare professionals, institutions, insurers, and other stakeholders to develop thoughtful strategies for complex healthcare liability matters.
Protecting healthcare professionals. Defending their work.