Martin Clearwater & Bell LLP (MCB) has the distinction of being the oldest and largest boutique litigation and appellate firm emphasizing all areas of professional liability, medical and healthcare related litigation.

• MCB has provided legal services in the State of New York for more than half a century and is recognized by both the bench and bar as a leader in the area of litigation defense.
  
  
• MCB has recently expanded its defense capabilities to include Employment & Labor Law with the addition of Steven M. Berlin, a well-known and respected litigator with over 20 years experience.
  
  
• Senior Partners have each been with the Firm for over a quarter-century.
  
  
• Most Firm Partners have been with the Firm for more than fifteen years.
  
  
• Attorneys have expertise in a wide range of medical fields including obstetrics, neurology, radiology, orthopedics, oncology, emergency medicine and surgery, as well as in employment and labor law, professional and products liability litigation.
  
  
• MCB has aggressively defended medical liability claims against hospitals, physicians, nursing homes, rehabilitation facilities, and other health care organizations and providers since 1912.
  
  
• In addition to traditional medical malpractice defense, the Firm also has the ability to provide advice and management of health care crisis situations with experience handling mass patient exposures, conduct of impaired professionals, and situations which require immediate management of legal issues, health problems and media exposure.
  
  
• At present, MCB is defending approximately 1,900 cases.
  
  
• During the last four (4) years, 195 medical malpractice cases have been tried by MCB. Where cases have gone to trial, 95 have been tried to verdict; of those, 81 were defense verdicts. In addition during this period, 100 cases have been settled or otherwise resolved.

• Clients include, AIG; Brookdale Hospital; CNA; Flushing Hospital Medical Center; Franklin General Hospital; Jamaica Hospital; Kingsbrook Jewish Medical Center; Lenox Hill Hospital; Medical Liability Mutual Insurance Company; Medical Malpractice Insurance Plan; New York City Health & Hospitals Corporation; New York Presbyterian Hospital; North Shore - LIJ Health System; NYU Downtown Hospital; Our Lady of Mercy Medical Center; Physicians Reciprocal Insurance Company; Professional Risk Management Services Inc.; Saint Francis Hospital; Saint John's Episcopal Hospital; Saint Luke's Hospital; Staten Island University Hospital; University of Rochester; Wausau Insurance Company
  
  Types of cases handled:

• More than one-quarter of the cases currently assigned to the Firm involve claims of obstetrical malpractice.
• Another one-quarter involve claims of failure to diagnose cancer; a high percentage of which involve breast cancer and alleged radiological malpractice.
• The Firm has handled numerous high profile cases including: Andy Warhol, Libby Zion, Fen-Phen Diet Drug Litigation, and Silicone Breast Implant Litigation.
• MC&B’s Appellate Department files more than twenty-five appellate briefs each year and is frequently retained as appellate counsel in cases tried by other Firms.

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