Ms. Iverson is a partner in the firm whose practice is devoted to the defense of claims for products liability and professional malpractice. She represents numerous community hospitals, academic medical centers and individual health care practitioners in a wide array of medical and nursing specialties in professional malpractice claims. Ms. Iverson also represents manufacturers in claims alleging injury from defective products and environmental clients in claims alleging toxic exposure to lead and mold.
Ms. Iverson appears regularly before the Circuit Courts of Maryland, the Superior Court of the District of Columbia and the United States District Courts for the District of Columbia and Maryland. She is responsible for all aspects of case management, including development of case strategy, and trial. She has tried several jury trials to defense verdicts and is also responsible for appellate practice, including both written appellate briefs and the presentation of oral argument to the appellate courts. Ms. Iverson regularly presents to health care providers and hospitals on the topics of avoiding medical malpractice.
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PROFESSIONAL AFFILIATIONS
2001 - present - Goodell, DeVries, Leech & Dann, LLP - partner in litigation law firm devoted to representation of clients in complex litigation and litigation management
1994 - 2000 - Goodell, DeVries, Leech & Dann, LLP - associate in litigation law firm
1993 - 1994 - Court of Appeals of Maryland, Hon. Robert L. Karwacki - Judicial Law Clerk
1987 - 1993 - Hon. Bill Emerson, U.S. House of Representatives (MO-8), - legislative staff and legislative director for member of U.S. Congress
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The College of William and Mary (B.A., English, 1987)
Alpha Lamda Delta, Phi Eta Sigma
Academic All-American, 1987
The University of Maryland (J.D., with honors, 1992)
Order of the Coif
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- Maryland State Bar Association Committee on Pattern Jury Instructions
- MSBA Committee on Laws
- American Bar Association
- Maryland State Bar Association
- Baltimore City Bar Association
- Baltimore County Bar Association
- Women's Bar Association
- Defense Research Institute
- Maryland Defense Counsel
- Maryland Society for Healthcare Risk Management
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REPORTED CASES
Lemon v. Stewart, 111 Md. App. 511, 682A.2d 1177, cert. denied 344 Md. 329, 686 A.2d 635 (1996) (refusing to recognize a cause of action by third-party non-patients against a health care provider for failure to diagnose HIV/AIDS in a family member).
Anderson v. USAA Ins. Co., 221 F.R.D 250 (D.D.C. 2004) (dismissing a claim of negligent misrepresentation for failure to plead sufficiently)
Johnson v. District of Columbia, 728 A.2d 70 (D.C. 1999) (affirming summary judgment on strict liability claims and jury verdict for the defendant on negligence claims against manufacturer of water heater control)
SELECTED JURY VERDICTS
Edwards v. Yousaf
Crossley v. Turkewitz
Seiser v. Franklin Square Hospital
Disney v. McClain
Graves v. Harbor Hospital
