Professional Liability

Ohrenstein & Brown, LLP's professional liability group regularly represents a wide array of professionals, including:

Accountants, representing large and small accounting firms, providing a wide variety of services including defense of claims ranging from simple to complex (including fraud and securities claims) and loss prevention;

Agents and Brokers, providing representation of insurance agents and brokers, securities brokers and financial services consultants and analysts, including appearances at NASD arbitrations;

Attorneys, representing firms of all sizes against a wide variety of claims, ranging from underlying general liability cases to complex securities transactions, some of which involve claims under the Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt Organizations Act (RICO), and including medical malpractice, trusts and estates, landlord/tenant matters, real estate and commercial transactions, tax matters, and matrimonial proceedings;

Directors and Officers, representing and consulting with a wide variety of insurers, directors, officers and corporations concerning directors and officers issues;

Health Care Professionals, developing a broad range of services representing health professionals and institutions in the defense of medical and dental liability claims; and

Miscellaneous Professionals, subject to errors and omissions claims, including computer installers, software programmers and installers, creators and purveyors of financial products, process servers, travel agents, litigation experts and entities sued under the Fair Debt Collection Act.

Cognizant of the fact that our professional clients would prefer to spend their time servicing their own clients and not litigating claims, Ohrenstein & Brown also provides counseling and advice on practices and procedures that can be implemented to avoid claims and disputes, and otherwise lay the groundwork for the successful defense of potential or anticipated claims. Combining our understanding of the practical concerns of our clients, and the legal issues, we avoid traps and pitfalls which can befall even the most conscientious professional.