Rigby Cooke Lawyers is delighted to announce the appointment of Adam Stevens as Lead Partner of its recently launched Medical Negligence practice.
Adam brings a wealth of experience and a deep understanding of the medical negligence landscape, having dedicated his career to defending medical practitioners and health service providers in the Victorian medical negligence jurisdiction. His extensive expertise spans across the full spectrum of medical industry matters, where he has successfully represented clients in litigated cases in both the Victorian County Court and the Victorian Supreme Court.
Throughout his career, Adam has been involved in matters involving a wide range of medical professionals, including general practitioners, surgeons across various specialties, nephrologists, ENT specialists, endocrinologists, obstetricians, urologists, gastroenterologists, anaesthetists, psychiatrists, and cardiologists. His pragmatic and outcome-focused approach has made him a trusted advocate, ensuring that his clients continue to provide essential medical services with confidence.
Bill Karvela, Managing Partner at Rigby Cooke Lawyers, said:
“We are delighted to welcome Adam to Rigby Cooke. Adam’s appointment marks a significant step in the expansion of our legal service offering. His extensive experience and leadership in medical negligence litigation will be invaluable as we expand our service offering to support medical practitioners, medical defence organisations, and health service providers.”
Rigby Cooke Lawyers’ new Medical Negligence group is dedicated to representing defendants in complex medical negligence claims and litigation, specialising in areas such as accreditation disputes, coronial investigations and inquests, disciplinary matters, general disputes in the medical industry, complaints in the Health Complaints Commission, informal complaints and claims, as well as litigated and non-litigated professional negligence claims.
Commenting on the launch of the Medical Negligence practice, Adam said:
“The firm’s expansion into medical negligence is enormously exciting and I feel privileged to be entrusted with this opportunity.”
Prior to joining Rigby Cooke Lawyers, Adam held the position of Legal Team Manager at Avant Law – VIC Civil, where he exclusively specialised in medical negligence litigation.
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