DeCorato Sheehan Merolesi & Federico, LLP, New York City Medical Malpractice Defense Attorneys

Practice Areas

  • Appellate Practice
  • Commercial Litigation
  • Guardianship and Nursing Home Litigation
  • Health Care Law, Professional Discipline & Regulation
  • Insurance Litigation
  • Matrimonial, Divorce and Family Law
  • Medical Malpractice
  • Product Liability and Medical Device
  • Tort, Catastrophic Damages and General Liability

Firm News

COVID-19 PANDEMIC UPDATE

Amanda L. Tate named DSMF Partner

Amy T. Jen named DSMF Partner

Kari A. Merolesi named Senior Partner

Sheehan obtains Defense Verdict for Orthopedic Surgeon

Sheehan obtains Defense Verdict for Obstetrician

Sheehan obtains Defense Verdict for Surgeon

Sheehan Lectures before Brooklyn Bar Association

Daniel G. Federico elected President of the New York State Medical Defense Bar Association

Dan Federico successfully defends Ob/Gyn at trial in alleged wrongful death of mother of five following cesarean delivery

DSMF has taken a leading position in defending healthcare practitioners in claims of opioid negligence

DSMF is proud to announce Jennifer Lobaito has become a partner of the firm

Life After Divorce. Listen to podcast interview with DSMF attorneys Linda DeCorato and Bryan Goldstein.

Defense Verdict by Daniel G. Federico on behalf of Ob/Gyn Sued for Alleged Surgical Malpractice

Daniel G. Federico Wins Defense Verdict on Behalf of Surgeon

Defense Verdict for Orthopedist

Arons Case Finally Dismissed

2016 New York Super Lawyers

Sara Jane Moutal named DSMF Partner

Defense Verdict for Obstetrician

Defense Verdict for Radiologist

Appellate Division Affirms Summary Judgment for Obstetrician

Linda DeCorato obtains a Defense Verdict for Plastic Surgeon following Bench Trial

Summary Judgment for Anesthesiologist

New York's Women Leaders in the Law 2014

Kari Merolesi successfully defended a plastic surgery group at a non-jury trial in CT

Defense Verdict for Obstetrician

Summary Judgment Granted in General Liability Action

Pre-Answer Dismissal for Defendant Physician Following a Traverse Hearing

DSMF Partners Daniel Federico and Timothy Sheehan named to the 2013 Irish Legal 100

Defense Verdict for Obstetrician

Defense Verdict for Surgeon

Jennifer Lobaito successfully defended a plastic surgery group at a non-jury trial in New Jersey

Summary Judgment for Obstetrician

Dismissal for Hospital, Resident Surgeon and Anesthesiologist

Case Dismissed as to Plastic Surgeon

e-Discovery Issues

DSMF October Update - Early Resolution Program
We evaluate cases as soon as records are available and determine whether litigation will improve the opportunity for a successsful defense . . .

Electronic discovery in healthcare litigation is here . . .

While we were able to get the case against our client dismissed, a lesson was learned nevertheless. Documenting what is not found may be as important as documenting what is found.
A major challenge in achieving summary judgment was the lack of contemporaneous documentation of the care provided by our client, an internist. She had not documented...

Courts typically deny pre-trial motions to dismiss in brain damaged infant cases. We took the aggressive step of moving for summary judgment for our client, and prevailed
We make every effort to resolve cases early through motions to dismiss and favorable settlements. Unswayed by the fact that courts typically deny pre-trial motions to...

Linda DeCorato has been appointed to the Health Law Committee of the New York City Bar Association for a three-year term

DSMF Partner Daniel Federico has been named to the 2011 Irish Legal 100
The Irish Legal 100 is a prestigious listing comprised of some of the most accomplished and distinguished lawyers of Irish descent from across the United States.

DSMF Partners Give On-Site Lecture at Multiple Sites of Major Hospital Network

Defense Verdict
Mr. Federico successfully defended the Chief of Sports Medicine at a major New York orthopedic institution (New York County Index #107065/05) in a trial involving claims of...

Defense verdict - Supreme Court, New York County
DSMF partner Daniel G. Federico successfully defended a Manhattan Medical Center at trial in a claim involving a failure to diagnose compartment syndrome, leading to a below...

Defense Verdict—Supreme Court, Bronx County
DSMF partner Daniel G. Federico won a defense verdict on a brain-damaged infant claim in Supreme Court, Bronx County, one of the country's most challenging venues. (Bronx...

Defense Verdict Index No. 35028/04
Recently, partner Daniel G. Federico won a defense verdict in State Supreme Court in Brooklyn on behalf of a Board Certified Ob/Gyn sued in connection with the death of a 32...

Defense Verdict, Queens County, Index No. 8896/05
Daniel Federico won a unanimous jury verdict on behalf of a Board Certified orthopedic surgeon sued for negligence in the performance of a total hip arthroplasty.

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