March 22, 2024
Our friend and colleague, Alfred Vigorito, a founding member of the firm, is leaving us to become Chief Risk Officer at Westchester Medical Center (WMC). Al played a pivotal role in forming the firm in 2015. What began as a small, boutique firm specializing in medical malpractice defense has blossomed into a diverse practice with […]
March 6, 2024
On March 5, 2024, Gary W. Patterson, Jr. secured a defense verdict before Justice Craig Brown of the Supreme Court, Orange County. Plaintiff claimed the defendant oral surgeon negligently extracted an impacted maxillary wisdom tooth. During the procedure, tooth #1 was dislodged into the maxillary sinus. A sinusotomy was performed several months later to retrieve the […]
March 5, 2024
On February 21, 2024, Arthur Yankowitz with the assistance of Daniel O’Connell secured a unanimous defense verdict before Justice Kevin Kerrigan, Supreme Court Queens County. Plaintiff claimed that defendant Cardiologist negligently treated the decedent’s congestive heart failure by “overdosing” the 89-year-old patient with Lasix which resulted in the patient falling out of bed. The plaintiff […]
February 8, 2024
On February 7, 2024, Judge L. Grace Spencer, of the Superior Court of New Jersey, Essex County, granted our motion for summary judgment. The action sounded in medical malpractice and concerned claims of a failure to diagnose and properly treat a three-week old infant during an emergency room presentation. The infant’s parents brought him to […]
February 2, 2024
We are proud to announce that Barker Patterson Nichols, LLP, was recognized by U.S. News & World Report as one of the best law firms to work for in the United States. After a nationwide analysis, BPN emerged as one of only 344 law firms in the United States to receive this recognition from U.S. […]
January 31, 2024
BPN is very proud to announce that 25 of our attorneys have been recognized by the prestigious Super Lawyers®, a rating service which identifies those attorneys who have attained a high degree of peer recognition and professional achievement. No more than five percent of lawyers from a given state are selected. The following attorneys have […]
January 19, 2024
On January 17, 2024, Gary W. Patterson, Jr. secured a unanimous defense verdict before Justice Patrick Bradshaw of the Middlesex County Superior Court in New Jersey. Plaintiff claimed the defendant oral surgeon negligently placed excessively long dental implants in the maxilla leading to perforation into the nasal cavity, infection and the need for extraction. As a result, […]
Congratulations to our partner Leilani Rodriguez who was inducted as the Corresponding Secretary for the Puerto Rican Bar Association on January 23, 2024. Leilani will also be the Chair of the Community Affairs Committee. The Puerto Rican Bar Association is committed to the advancement of the general and professional well being and employment opportunities of […]
January 8, 2024
On December 11, 2023, Alexandra Zerrillo and Jeffrey Nichols secured a summary judgment win on behalf of a Brooklyn venued nursing home client. Plaintiff alleged medical malpractice, negligence, and violations of the Public Health Law against the nursing home defendant based upon an alleged failure to prevent the development and deterioration of numerous pressure ulcers. […]
January 4, 2024
On December 20,2023, Vincent Nagler obtained a defense verdict for an anesthesiologist in a case tried before Justice Francis Ricigliano, Supreme Court, Nassau County. Our client attempted spinal anesthesia on a patient who was having hip replacement surgery . After several attempts at spinal anesthesia , the anesthesia was converted to general. The patient subsequently […]