Experience

Carrie is a Partner in the firm’s District of Columbia office with 33 years of experience litigating civil cases. Carrie devotes a significant portion of her practice to the defense of claims of alleged healthcare medical malpractice.

Carrie has defended hospitals, hospital systems, ambulatory surgery centers, nursing homes, home health agencies, assisted living facilities, various types of practice groups, physicians, physicians’ assistants, nurses, nurse practitioners, and other healthcare providers in an extensive variety of claims of medical negligence, including claims of birth-related injuries, improperly performed surgeries, other surgical complications such as wrong-side surgeries and anesthesia complications, failure to diagnose cancer and other illnesses, failure to diagnose injuries, stroke diagnosis and treatment, improper anticoagulation, misinterpretation of imaging studies, administration of improper medication, administration of excessive medications, failure to obtain informed consent, psychiatric  malpractice, epiglottitis, infectious diseases, vaccine-related injuries, improper neonatal care, inappropriate use of anesthesia, medication administration, improper monitoring, retained foreign bodies, hospital falls, decubitus ulcers, failure to communicate, and other injury and wrongful death actions.

Carrie also represents medical professionals before state licensing and regulatory agencies.

Carrie is the immediate Past President of the Mid-Atlantic Society for Healthcare Risk Management (“MASHRM”) (previously known as MD-DC SHRM), an affiliate of the American Society for Healthcare Risk Management (ASHRM), during which time she oversaw the expansion of the organization to include Delaware along with Maryland and the District of Columbia. She also serves as Co-Chair of MASHRM’s Legislative Committee.

Carrie has served as an invited speaker for ASHRM, MASHRM, the District of Columbia Voluntary Bar Association, and various hospitals and insurers.

She has reported cases from both the Maryland Court of Appeals and the District of Columbia Court of Appeals.