Professional Liability Defense

We regularly defend lawyers and law firms in legal malpractice actions in state and federal courts, alternative dispute-resolution venues, and before professional licensing and disciplinary boards.  Our broad experience ranges from representing solo-practitioners to representing some of the largest law firms in the State.  Whether the claim is for malpractice, breach of fiduciary duty, fraud, ethics violations, or malicious prosecution, we have the necessary experience, expertise, and knowledge to present a robust defense.

Our clients also benefit from the firm’s extensive experience in complex civil litigation, to handle the “case within a case” frequently at issue in malpractice actions.  Our attorneys have litigated a vast range of matters, including matters relating to personal injury, defamation, high profile products liability, complex business transactions, real estate deals, divorces, and many other claims.  The breadth of our civil litigation practice area provides our clients with comfort that their case is being handled by competent, experienced professionals.  We understand that working collaboratively with clients, and with other experienced attorneys within the firm, leads to the most successful defense.

Wadleigh, Starr & Peters’ attorneys continue to be recognized by Best Lawyers as some of the preeminent personal injury and medical malpractice defense attorneys in New Hampshire year after year.  Our distinguished track record in medical malpractice cases demonstrates that our medical malpractice attorneys have the expertise to handle cases of any complexity and exposure level.  We take a dynamic approach to working with medical malpractice clients and use our expertise to approach each defense with the unique perspective it needs.  Our attorneys represent a wide range of clients, including individual health care providers – such as dentists, doctors, nurses, nurse practitioners, and physicians’ assistants – offices, and large institutional providers.  Our history of defending medical malpractice actions means that our attorneys bring an exceptional knowledge base and unique set of resources to defending our client’s medical malpractice

Our professional liability lawyers also represent other professionals including accountants and real estate agents. We understand the needs of professionals and are able to offer them experienced, knowledgeable, and cost-effective legal services. Working with our clients and their insurance carriers, we offer a team approach to professional claims resolutions.