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Lisa Dagostino - Philadelphia, PA
1525 Locust StreetFloor 19 Philadelphia, PA 19102- 3719
Kline & Specter PC
Philadelphia Medical Malpractice Lawyer
Overview
Lisa Dagostino, M.D., J.D., M.Be., LL.M., F.A.C.L.M., is a doctor and award-winning medical researcher who has earned dual degrees in law and bioethics from the University of Pennsylvania while at Kline & Specter. She has worked on a number of important cases in recent years.
A partner at Kline & Specter, she teamed with Shanin Specter in a trial that resulted in a record-setting $7...
Lisa Dagostino, M.D., J.D., M.Be., LL.M., F.A.C.L.M., is a doctor and award-winning medical researcher who has earned dual degrees in law and bioethics from the University of Pennsylvania while at Kline & Specter. She has worked on a number of important cases in recent years.
A partner at Kline & Specter, she teamed with Shanin Specter in a trial that resulted in a record-setting $7...
Lisa Dagostino, M.D., J.D., M.Be., LL.M., F.A.C.L.M., is a doctor and award-winning medical researcher who has earned dual degrees in law and bioethics from the University of Pennsylvania while at Kline & Specter. She has worked on a number of important cases in recent years.
A partner at Kline & Specter, she teamed with Shanin Specter in a trial that resulted in a record-setting $7.8 million award by a Pittsburgh jury to the family of a boy who suffered cerebral palsy as a result of medical negligence immediately after childbirth. The Briggs case malpractice verdict, handed down in June 2004, was the largest in Allegheny County history.
Almost immediately after joining Kline & Specter as a law clerk while earning her J.D., Dr. Dagostino was thrust into the case of David Caruso, a young man who entered a hospital with a treatable malady but who suffered severe brain damage after a tube was placed improperly in his throat and slipped out of place, depriving him of oxygen for six minutes. The case, headed by Specter, resulted in a $49.6 million jury verdict, a record at the time for a Pennsylvania medical malpractice case.
Dr. Dagostino has had a distinguished academic career, earning her bachelor’s degree in 1991 at Princeton University, where she majored in English Literature. She received her M.D. at the UMDNJ Robert Wood Johnson Medical School in 1995 and completed her residency training through the school’s Department of Obstetrics, Gynecology, and Reproductive Sciences. During her career as a doctor, she helped deliver some 1,500 babies, most of them at a care facility that was a referral center for high-risk pregnancies.
In May 2002, Dr. Dagostino earned her dual degrees in law and bioethics at the University of Pennsylvania. In 2010, while a practicing attorney, she graduated from the LL.M. Program in Trial Advocacy at Temple University Beasley School of Law.
She was managing editor of the inaugural volume of The American Journal of Bioethics, a peer-reviewed publication produced by Penn's Center for Bioethics. Her research interests include critical care obstetrics, clinical ethics, and legal and ethical issues surrounding assisted reproduction.
Dr. Dagostino continues to do research in the complex medical field of bioethics - including topics such as medical errors, reproductive ethics, women’s health and the law, and transplant ethics. She has a special interest in women’s issues as they pertain to health care law.
Dr. Dagostino is a fellow of the American College of Legal Medicine and a member of the American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists. She is also a member of the Philadelphia Bar Association, the Pennsylvania Association for Justice, the Philadelphia Trial Lawyers Association and the American Association for Justice.
About Lisa Dagostino
Practice Areas
- Medical Malpractice
- Catastrophic Personal Injury
- Pharmaceutical Litigation
- Mass Tort
Current Employment Position(s)
- Partner
Qualifications
Bar Admissions
- Pennsylvania
Other Affiliations
- Philadelphia Bar Association (Member)
- Pennsylvania Association for Justice (Member)
Education
- University of Pennsylvania Law School, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, 2002
J.D.
Major: Law and Bioethics
Law Journal: The American Journal of Bioethics, Managing Editor - Temple University James E. Beasley School of Law, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, 2010
LL.M.
Major: Trial Advocacy - Princeton University, 1991
Bachelor Degree
Major: English Literature - UMDNJ Robert Wood Johnson Medical School, 1995
M.D.
Past Positions
- Kline & Specter, A Professional Corporation, Law Clerk
Office Information
Address
1525 Locust StreetFloor 19 Philadelphia, PA 19102- 3719
Phone
Fax
- (215) 772-1359
Accepts Credit Cards
Yes
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