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Partner Erika Amarante Appointed to Chair of DRI’s Medical Liability and Health Law Committee
Partner and Co-Chair of Wiggin and Dana’s Medical Malpractice Defense Practice Group, Erika Amarante was recently appointed Chair of DRI’s Medical Liability and Health Care Law Committee for the 2023-2025 term. As Chair, Erika will assist in planning and organizing activities for the Committee, including educational seminars, publications, membership, networking and other professional development opportunities.
Erika has held many positions within DRI and the Medical Liability Committee, including serving as Vice Chair for the 2021-2022 year. In December 2022, Erika co-presented a webinar on “Defending the Labor Curve.” Erika previously served as the Committee’s Inaugural Chair of its Diversity & Inclusion Subcommittee (2019-2021). Erika also served as Program Chair for the three-day Medical Liability and Health Care Law seminar in Nashville in 2019.
DRI is the leading organization of civil defense attorneys and in-house counsel. It has 29 substantive committees whose focus is to develop ongoing and critical dialogue about areas of practice. The Medical Liability and Health Care Law Committee is one of DRI’s most active and engaged committees, producing two annual three-day seminars, the Medical Liability and Health Care Law Seminar and the Nursing Home/ALF Seminar, at varying locations nationwide.
Erika represents hospitals, physicians, and other health care providers in cases alleging professional negligence, lack of informed consent, or negligent credentialing. She has extensive experience in defending claims of wrongful death, birth trauma, delayed diagnosis of cancer, and brain injuries, as well as the catastrophic injuries that often arise in such claims.
