Todd J. Hathaway
Member
(603) 206-7216
thathaway@wadleighlaw.com
About Todd J. Hathaway
Todd defends health care providers and others in personal injury litigation. He is the 2023 and 2020 Lawyer of the Year for Best Lawyers – Manchester for medical malpractice defense, and 2023 Lawyer of the Year for Best Lawyers – Manchester for personal injury litigation defense. He is a regular presenter at continuing education programs for attorneys, health care providers, and insurance professionals. He has been a Contributing Editor to the Tort Law Reference: A Fifty State Compendium, since 2008. Todd lives in Epping, where he is a Board Member of the local community health center, Lamprey Health Care, and member of the Epping Conservation Commission Trails Committee. Other community involvement includes Manchester’s Families in Transition-New Horizons, Granite United Way, and Southeast Land Trust.
Practice Areas
- Medical Malpractice and Healthcare Liability
- Professional Liability Defense
- Litigation
Bar Admissions
- New Hampshire, 1996
- U.S. District Court, District of New Hampshire, 1996
Education
B.A., College of the Holy Cross
Memberships and Affiliations
- New Hampshire Bar Association
- United States District Court, District of New Hampshire
- Defense Research Institute
- Lamprey Health Care, Board of Directors
- Amoskeag Rugby Football Club, former President
- Epping Conservation Commission, Member, Trails Committee
- Southeast Land Trust, Campaign Cabinet
- New England Mountain Bike Association
- Mad River Riders
- Mad River Valley Backcountry Coalition
- Catamount Trail Association
Distinctions
- Lawyer of the Year, Best Lawyers in America, Medical Malpractice Law – Defendants, Manchester- 2023, 2021
- Lawyer of the Year, Best Lawyers in America, Personal Injury Litigation – Defendants, Manchester- 2023
- Best Lawyers in America, 2018-present, Medical Malpractice Law – Defendants, Personal Injury Litigation – Defendants
- New England Super Lawyers, 2016-present, Civil Litigation – Defense
- Martindale-Hubbell, Distinguished Peer Review Rating
- Contributing Editor, Tort Law Reference: A Fifty State Compendium, 2008-present
- University of Connecticut School of Law
- Associate Editor, International Law Journal
- Dean’s Fellow
Media & Publications
August 2023: Todd Hathaway was recognized in the 30th edition of Best Lawyers in America for Medical Malpractice Law – Defendants and Personal Injury Litigation – Defendants.
June 2023: Todd Hathaway presented to a New Hampshire hospital medical staff on Trends in Clinical Risk Areas.
May 2023: Todd Hathaway presented at the New Hampshire Bar Association continuing legal education program Medical Malpractice Cases in New Hampshire.
January 2023: Todd Hathaway was recognized as Lawyer of the Year, Medical Malpractice Law – Defendants, Manchester, NH in Best Lawyers in America.
January 2023: Todd Hathaway was recognized as Lawyer of the Year, Personal Injury Litigation – Defendants, Manchester, NH in Best Lawyers in America.
October 2022: Todd Hathaway and Abby Tucker obtained dismissal for a family practitioner in a case involving alleged improper prescription of antibiotics.
October 2022: Todd Hathaway and Abby Tucker won dismissal of a case against a corrections medicine provider in a case involving alleged failure to diagnose and treat alcohol withdrawal.
October 2022: Todd Hathaway and Abby Tucker obtained dismissal for a rehabilitation facility provider in a case involving alleged improper physical therapy.
September 2022: Todd Hathaway and Abby Tucker obtained dismissal for a corrections medicine provider in a case involving alleged failure to diagnose and treat an alleged intestinal perforation.
May 2022: Todd Hathaway and Catherine Bousquet won a defense verdict after trial for a hospital in a case involving an alleged wheelchair injury.
April 2022: Todd Hathaway and Elizabeth Ewing successfully defended an emergency department nurse practitioner through trial in a case involving alleged complications of a surgical procedure.
March 2022: Todd Hathaway and Christopher McGown contributed to the 2022 update to New Hampshire law chapter for the Tort Law Desk Reference: A Fifty-State Compendium.
February 2022: Todd Hathaway and Gretchen Wade won dismissal on statute of limitations grounds in a case involving alleged failure of a hospitalist to diagnose and treat respiratory failure.
December 2021: Todd Hathaway and Abby Tucker won partial summary judgment for a dentist on claims alleging consumer protection violation.
November 2021: Todd Hathaway and Abby Tucker obtained dismissal for an emergency physician in a case involving alleged failure to diagnose cauda equina syndrome.
March 2021: Todd Hathaway and Christopher McGowan contributed to the 2021 update to New Hampshire law chapter for the Tort Law Desk Reference: A Fifty-State Compendium.
March 2020: Todd Hathaway and Christopher McGown won dismissal of a lawsuit against a palliative care provider in a case involving nursing home care.
January 2020: Todd Hathaway and Abby Tucker won summary judgment for a hospital on a claim of EMTALA violation.
November 2019: Todd Hathaway and Christopher McGown contributed the 2020 update to New Hampshire law for the Tort Law Desk Reference: A Fifty-State Compendium. https://lrus.wolterskluwer.com/store/product/tort-law-desk-reference-a-fifty-state-compendium-2020-edition/
October 2019: Todd Hathaway and Abby Tucker won dismissal of a lawsuit against an emergency medicine provider in a case alleging improper examination.
September 2018: Todd Hathaway and Abby Tucker won dismissal of a lawsuit against an emergency medicine provider in a case involving alleged improper involuntary emergency admission.
May 2018: Todd Hathaway and Chris McGown won a Defendants’ verdict after trial for health care providers in a case alleging failure to diagnose and treat breast cancer.
June 2018: Todd Hathaway and Allison Fusco won a Defendants’ verdict after trial for a health care provider in a case alleging negligent circumcision.
August 2017: Todd Hathaway and Abby Tucker won a Defendants’ verdict after trial for a hospital in a case alleging defamation by a hospital security officer.
