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Howard S. Stevens

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Howard Sadler Stevens serves as Deputy Managing Partner of Gross McGinley and Chair of the firm’s Medical Malpractice Defense Group. He represents large hospitals and health networks as well as individual physicians in medical malpractice claims.  He is well versed in complex litigation cases involving medical treatment investigations, including, among other things, surgery, obstetrics, and emergency medicine.  Howard guides his professional team to work with medical personnel in an efficient manner so they can concentrate on the care of their patients.  He also coordinates with risk managers to run thorough investigations and develop preventative measures.

 

Howard also has an active plaintiffs’ practice in personal injury.  He has handled a variety of litigation matters, including approximately 190 civil and criminal trials, over the course of his career.  Howard has been selected for inclusion in Pennsylvania Super Lawyers 2005 and 2011-2020 editions.


Areas of Practice

  • infoInsurance Defense
  • infoLitigation
  • infoMedical Malpractice Defense

Industries

  • infoHealth Care

Admissions

  • Pennsylvania
  • U.S. District Court
  • ↳Eastern District of Pennsylvania
  • ↳Middle District of Pennsylvania
  • U.S. Court of Appeals
  • ↳Third Circuit
  • U.S. Supreme Court

Education

  • The John Marshall Law School, J.D., Order of the Coif, 1985
  • Tufts University, B.S., cum laude, 1981
  • The Hill School, high honors, 1977

Professional Associations

  • Pennsylvania Bar Association
  • Bar Association of Lehigh County
  • Donald E. Wieand Barrister’s Inn
  • Pennsylvania Association for Justice

Community Involvement

  • Institute for Surgical Excellence, Advisory Board Member

News

  • 2019 Pennsylvania Super Lawyers Names Gross McGinley Attorneys
  • New Leadership Guides Future Growth and Strategic Vision
  • Gross McGinley Attorneys Recognized by Select Lawyers
  • Ten Gross McGinley Attorneys Recognized by Pennsylvania Super Lawyers
  • Attorneys Howard Stevens and Andrew Ralston Appointed to Board of Directors for Institute for Surgical Excellence
  • Gross McGinley Supports LVHN 2014 Summer Festival

Awards & Recognitions

  • 2011-2020 Pennsylvania Super Lawyers
  • 2017 Lehigh Valley Select Lawyers, Lehigh Valley Style Magazine
  • 2017 Local Legal Leaders, Lehigh Valley Magazine
  • 2005 Pennsylvania Super Lawyers

Representative Matters

  • Howard Stevens successfully defended a case where two local physicians, with specialties in Internal Medicine and Gyn/Oncology, were names. The case involved inter alia, allegations of failure to properly anti-coagulate a patient, resulting in the amputation of her leg. After trial, defense verdict was achieved for both defendants.
  • Howard Stevens successfully defended a case where there were allegations against the Emergency Room, Critical Care/ICU and Hospitalist physicians as well as nurses and CT technicians. The case involved the extravasation/infiltration of contrast resulting in alleged permanent injuries as a result of a compartment syndrome. After a jury trial, all of the defendants were found not to have breached the standard of care and a total defense verdict was entered.
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Areas of Practice

  • infoInsurance Defense
  • infoLitigation
  • infoMedical Malpractice Defense

Industries

  • infoHealth Care

Admissions

  • Pennsylvania
  • U.S. District Court
  • ↳Eastern District of Pennsylvania
  • ↳Middle District of Pennsylvania
  • U.S. Court of Appeals
  • ↳Third Circuit
  • U.S. Supreme Court

Education

  • The John Marshall Law School, J.D., Order of the Coif, 1985
  • Tufts University, B.S., cum laude, 1981
  • The Hill School, high honors, 1977

Professional Associations

  • Pennsylvania Bar Association
  • Bar Association of Lehigh County
  • Donald E. Wieand Barrister’s Inn
  • Pennsylvania Association for Justice

Community Involvement

  • Institute for Surgical Excellence, Advisory Board Member

News

  • 2019 Pennsylvania Super Lawyers Names Gross McGinley Attorneys
  • New Leadership Guides Future Growth and Strategic Vision
  • Gross McGinley Attorneys Recognized by Select Lawyers
  • Ten Gross McGinley Attorneys Recognized by Pennsylvania Super Lawyers
  • Attorneys Howard Stevens and Andrew Ralston Appointed to Board of Directors for Institute for Surgical Excellence
  • Gross McGinley Supports LVHN 2014 Summer Festival

Awards & Recognitions

  • 2011-2020 Pennsylvania Super Lawyers
  • 2017 Lehigh Valley Select Lawyers, Lehigh Valley Style Magazine
  • 2017 Local Legal Leaders, Lehigh Valley Magazine
  • 2005 Pennsylvania Super Lawyers

Representative Matters

  • Howard Stevens successfully defended a case where two local physicians, with specialties in Internal Medicine and Gyn/Oncology, were names. The case involved inter alia, allegations of failure to properly anti-coagulate a patient, resulting in the amputation of her leg. After trial, defense verdict was achieved for both defendants.
  • Howard Stevens successfully defended a case where there were allegations against the Emergency Room, Critical Care/ICU and Hospitalist physicians as well as nurses and CT technicians. The case involved the extravasation/infiltration of contrast resulting in alleged permanent injuries as a result of a compartment syndrome. After a jury trial, all of the defendants were found not to have breached the standard of care and a total defense verdict was entered.
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