Practice Areas
- Appellate Practice
- Automobile / Motor Vehicle Litigation
- Construction Law
- Commercial & Business Litigation
- Extra-contractual / Coverage Issues
- Financial Institution Law
- Fire & Casualty
- Governmental Liability
- Insurance Defense
- Healthcare Professional Liability
- Large Loss Subrogation
- Products Liability Defense
- Premises Liability
- Surety & Fidelity Law
- Trucking & Transportation Litigation
- Workers' Compensation


Healthcare Professional Liability
The Healthcare Professional Liability Practice Group at Ward, Hocker & Thornton, PLLC aggressively represents physicians, nurses, hospitals and other healthcare providers. The Practice Group attorneys have successfully defended cases involving most areas of medicine and nursing including cardiac thoracic surgery, cardiology, general surgery, orthopaedic surgery, neurosurgery, oncology, internal medicine, family practice, anesthesiology, ophthalmology, and obstetrics and gynocology. The Practice Group’s goal in each case is to seek prompt resolution in the best interest of our clients from Motion through Settlement or Trial. The Practice Group features an attorney with a Master’s Degree in Nursing with 20 years broad experience in a large tertiary healthcare center. Advice and counsel in risk management, confidentiality, medical records issues and policies and protocols is offered by the Practice Group who also has represented clients in key appellate cases. The attorneys in the Practice Group maintain an active involvement in the healthcare community including teaching and serving on Boards of healthcare corporations.
If you have a Healthcare Professional liability case and would like to discuss one or more of the aspects of litigation, please feel free to contact us.

