Professional Liability
Judge Westerfield has settled and arbitrated over 2,000 cases including commercial, environmental, real estate, insurance coverage, personal injury, product liability, professional malpractice, and employment matters throughout the U.S. Her sensitivity and tenacity in managing cases with high emotional content is particularly effective. She is widely respected for her ability to grasp legal and factual issues quickly. Judge Westerfield has experience in a wide variety of professional malpractice claims including realtors and financial advisors and stockbrokers.
Representative Matters
- Accounting Malpractice
- Failure to advise properly on Alternative Minimum Tax effect
- Failure to discern fraud upon independent audit
- Failure to file proper tax returns for multi-million dollar estate
- Failure to provide appropriate advice on exercise of stock options
- Legal Malpractice
- Underlying cases have involved antitrust matters, probate and estate issues, personal injury claims, contract disputes, business transactions, financial restrictions, closing documents
- Medical and Dental Malpractice
- Cases involving elderly with attendant elder abuse statutory claims
- Chiropractic and acupuncture malpractice
- Death of child resulting from extubation
- Failure to diagnose
- Permanent brain injury to child during delivery
- Surgical procedures resulting in death and permanent injuries
- Understaffing
- Psychiatric Malpractice
- Inappropriate treatment
- Sexual assault claims
- Violation of boundaries between health care provider and patient