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Effective malpractice attorney after an injury that is the result of negligence or intentional harm may take some research and time. The attorney that you select must have certain characteristics that will assure you receive the best representation possible to achieve the goals that are being sought.

Medical malpractice is defined in the law as a departure from accepted medical practice. That is, a doctor did (or did not do) that which a reasonable doctor would have done under similar circumstances. A mere error in judgment is not medical malpractice. These cases usually require a medical expert along with medical malpractice lawyers, in the same field of specialty as the doctor being sued, to testify in Court that a doctor's treatment fell below the accepted standards of practice.