Serious Cases Require Serious Resources
Storms Dworak represents people and families in complex medical-malpractice, civil-rights, catastrophic-injury, sexual-assault, and wrongful-death cases.
Our medical-malpractice work has drawn national and international media attention, and we have resolved numerous multi-million-dollar claims on behalf of people catastrophically harmed by medical negligence.
These cases are rarely won by simply reading the medical records.
They require investigation.
They require the resources to understand what happened, to identify what is missing, and to pursue evidence that may never appear in the ordinary medical chart.
That is how we approach them.
A Deeper Investigation of Medical Negligence
Storms Dworak is staffed to rigorously investigate and litigate complex medical-malpractice claims.
With a growing number of attorneys and additional physician-lawyers working on our cases, we have the ability to devote substantial attorney time, medical expertise, and financial resources to cases that demand it.
Our investigation frequently goes far beyond the traditional medical record.
We focus extensively on electronic and forensic discovery, including evidence that can be overlooked if a case is evaluated only through the documents initially produced by a hospital or healthcare provider.
Depending on the case, that can include:
- Electronic medical-record audit trails showing who accessed, reviewed, entered, changed, or deleted information—and when;
- Metadata and other electronic evidence surrounding clinical documentation;
- Text messages, emails, and other communications among physicians and healthcare providers;
- Hospital policies, internal procedures, scheduling and staffing information, and credentialing materials;
- Device, imaging, monitoring, and other electronically generated data;
- Forensic examination of electronic evidence when there is reason to believe relevant information may be incomplete, altered, missing, or deleted.
That work takes time. It takes lawyers. It takes experts. And it takes a willingness to invest significant resources before anyone knows whether a case will ultimately succeed.
We believe our clients deserve that effort.
Medicine Is at the Center of Every Medical-Malpractice Case
Storms Dworak’s medical-malpractice team includes two attorneys who are also physicians.
That gives our firm an unusual ability to evaluate complicated medicine from the beginning of a case—not simply as lawyers reading medical records, but with the perspective of doctors who understand how medicine is actually practiced.
James G. Lowe, M.D., J.D.
James Lowe, who is of counsel to the firm, brings decades of highly specialized medical experience to Storms Dworak’s medical-malpractice practice.
Dr. Lowe graduated cum laude from Harvard University, earned his medical degree from Temple University School of Medicine, and completed both a Neurosurgical Residency and an Orthopedic Spinal Surgery Fellowship at Thomas Jefferson University Hospital.
He achieved permanent board certification from the American Board of Neurological Surgery and went on to serve as Chief of Neurosurgery, Chief of the Spinal Trauma Program, and Chief of Spinal Surgery at AtlantiCare Regional Medical Center.
After decades practicing neurosurgery and spine surgery, Dr. Lowe earned his J.D. summa cum laude from Mitchell Hamline School of Law.
Today, he exclusively represents plaintiffs in medical-negligence cases and brings particular expertise to cases involving the brain, spinal cord, neurosurgery, and spine surgery.
Susan Craig, M.D., J.D.
Partner Susan Craig practiced Family Medicine for many years before becoming an attorney.
She earned her M.D. from the UCLA School of Medicine and completed her Family Practice residency at the University of California, Davis Medical Center, where she served as chief resident. She later served as an Assistant Clinical Professor of Family Medicine.
Susan subsequently earned her J.D. cum laude from the University of Minnesota Law School and built a plaintiff-side practice representing people harmed by medical malpractice, wrongful death, nursing-home negligence, and birth injuries.
Her medical background allows her to evaluate cases with an understanding of how physicians make decisions, how patient care is supposed to unfold, and where a breakdown in medical care may have occurred.
Built for Complex Cases
Medical-malpractice cases often pit an injured patient or family against some of the largest healthcare institutions, insurance companies, and defense firms in the country.
Those institutions have substantial resources.
Our clients should have them too.
Storms Dworak deliberately built a law firm capable of taking on difficult, expensive, expert-intensive litigation. Our lawyers collaborate across cases. We retain leading medical and technical experts. We pursue electronic evidence aggressively. And when a case requires months or years of investigation and litigation, we are prepared to make that investment.
The average person cannot afford the funds necessary to take on doctors or major medical systems. We understand that which is why we do not charge clients any upfront fees to pursue their medical malpractice case. We cover case expenses and receive a portion of the recovery if we are successful.
The lawyers at Storms Dworak care and have the experience and expertise necessary to help malpractice victims recover the compensation they need and deserve. If you believe you were the victim of malpractice, call Storms Dworak at 1.855.BWOLVES for a free consultation.
Our lawyers are licensed in Minnesota, South Dakota, and Wisconsin, in addition to various federal courts throughout the Midwest.