On Wednesday, September 17, 2025, Audrey Melli-Mirza and Jack Shusted secured a defense verdict on behalf of their client, a board-certified Orthopaedic Surgeon, following a four-day jury trial in the Philadelphia County Court of Common Pleas. The Plaintiff alleged medical negligence related to a right total knee arthroplasty (TKA), claiming ongoing pain and dissatisfaction with the surgical outco…
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In July 2022, a former Virginia state senator, Brandon Bell, and his wife, Deborah Bell, sent a letter on state Senate letterhead accusing a 15-year-old Cave Spring High School student of sexually assaulting their daughter. Three years later, a Roanoke County jury ruled that the Bells’ accusations were not only false but defamatory per se, and awarded the plaintiff, Jane Doe, $1 million in damages…
In a major victory for Devas investors, the Supreme Court of Canada has dismissed the Republic of India (India) and the Airports Authority of India’s (AAI) applications for leave to appeal from a landmark Québec Court of Appeal decision.
The case involved a complex interplay of legal issues, particularly the relationship between enforcing international arbitration awards and the doctrine of sover…
QSLWM shareholder Mark Scudder with the assistance of local counsel Randy Grambling and paralegal Patty Carrillo of Kemp Smith tried a weeklong case in El Paso County, Texas arising out of an accident between a tractor-trailer and a Nissan Altima. The QSLWM client stipulated to liability and vicarious liability, so the trial was only about Plaintiff’s damages. The parties and numerous experts test…
GPK Pegger Kofler & Partners is positioned as the market leader in western Austria in the current JUVE Handbook Austria 2025/2026 and once again stands out nationwide with a strong presence in the areas of Corporate Law and Mergers & Acquisitions (M&A).
Our law firm is therefore still one of the most prominent entities in the region and enjoys a high reputation throughout Austria for i…
Gentry Locke is calling all attorneys in the Northern Virginia area to join an upcoming Appellate CLE Seminar on September 18-19. This seminar will have experience attorneys break down how to navigate the “new(ish)” Court of Appeals of Virginia.
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Baker Sterchi Cowden & Rice LLC was pleased to be recognized as a KC Legal Leader in Litigation Practice by Missouri Lawyers Media at an awards ceremony held at Ameristar in Kansas City on August 21. Attorneys Max Mosley, Nicholas Ruble and Megan Stumph-Turner represented the firm at the event, with Megan accepting the award on behalf of Baker Sterchi. …
Jay Davis and Ashton Phillips recently obtained the dismissal of three separate licensing actions filed against their clients—two physicians and a Physician Assistant—by the South Carolina Board of Medical Examiners. The licensing complaints accused their clients of violations related to the standard of care, including HIPAA breaches, subpar intraoperative care, issues concerning informed consent,…
Congrats to Health Care Industry Group Leader Mark Kopson who authored a chapter in the new edition of the American Health Law Association's Representing Physicians Handbook. Get your copy here!…
Scott Kreamer, managing member of Baker Sterchi Cowden & Rice LLC and based in the firm’s Kansas City office, has been named to Missouri Lawyers Media’s 2025 Top Managing Partners list. He has been recognized each year since the publication’s inaugural list in 2023 and was previously recognized as a Law Firm Leader by Missouri Lawyers Media in 2019. The recognition honors managing partners who…