The attorneys in Hedrick Gardner’s Professional Liability Group have an extensive background defending professional service providers against claims ranging from administrative and licensure proceedings to litigation in the North and South Carolina state and federal courts.
Our attorneys represent professionals before arbitration panels and insurers in coverage matters arising out of professional malpractice insurance policies. Many of the attorneys in this group have attained the highest possible distinction among their legal peers as rated in Martindale Hubbell, Super Lawyers®, and Business North Carolina’s Legal Elite. Our representation encompasses appearances before disciplinary boards as well as all phases of professional malpractice litigation, including threshold motions to dismiss, summary judgment proceedings, trial, and appeal. The attorneys in this group have tried professional malpractice cases in many of the North Carolina state courts, in all three of the North Carolina federal courts, and before the North Carolina Court of Appeals and North Carolina Supreme Court. Our attorneys have also appeared and defended professionals in all three of the specialized North Carolina Business Courts.
Our engagements have included representation of:
- Physicians
- Dentists
- Nurses
- Attorneys
- Accountants
- Architects
- Engineers
- Design Professionals
- Title Abstractors
- Morticians
- Real Estate Agents
- Commercial and Residential Real Estate Appraisers
- Financial Planners
- Security Broker-Dealers
- Insurance Agents, Brokers, Producers, and Managing General Agents
- Import-Export Brokers
- Officers and Directors
- Debt Collectors