Gail N. Friend

Gail Friend is a masters prepared RN who realized how progressive infiltration of the law was altering clinical practice, and health care delivery. She entered South Texas College of Law, graduated cum laude with Order of Lyte honors and was offered employment with an internationally recognized law firm, (currently Rose Norton Fulbright). Eventually she became a partner in Friend & Associates where she continues to successfully practice health care risk management consulting, medical malpractice and administrative health law in Texas. She has represented nurses, physicians, facilities/entities in medical malpractice, OIG investigations, peer review proceedings, before licensing boards and agencies.

She has successfully represented injured patients, during a time that research data substantiates increasing patient injuries due to health care system errors. Her underlying goal is to preserve and protect nurses and practitioners’ ability to competently practice in a convoluted system that is legally evaluated by its ability to prevent errors, patient complications and injures.

• Governing Body Peer Review Process
• Healthcare Quality Risk Management
• Licensing Board Representation-Nurse, Ancillary Practitioner
• Management Legal Consulting

• Microsoft Teams

• Free Consultation
  Initial Consultation Free
• Contingent Fees

Arkansas

Arkansas Judiciary

ID Number: (inactive)

Certification American Board Professional Liability Attorneys

Colorado

Colorado Supreme Court

ID Number: (inactive)

Florida

The Florida Bar

ID Number: (pro hac vice)

Missouri

The Missouri Bar

ID Number: (inactive)

Missouri

The Missouri Bar

ID Number: (pro hac vice)

Oklahoma

Oklahoma Bar Association

ID Number: (pro hac vice)

Texas

State Bar of Texas

ID Number: 07474700

Since 1983

U.S. District, Northern, Western and Southern Districts of Texas

Wisconsin

Wisconsin Court System

ID Number: (inactive)

Friend & Associates

Current

University of Texas - Austin

M.S. Nursing-Healthcare Administration

South Texas College of Law

Doctor of Jurisprudence/Juris Doctor (J.D.)

1983

Honored Listee

Who's Who

2024

State Bar of Texas  # 07474700

Member

1983 - Current

A Litigator's Perspective

Confidentiality of Health Care Information in the Computer Age

Firm case citations in O'Connor's, Texas Rules and Civil Trials, And Texas Civil Appeals, 2002–. present

Identifying and Protecting the Peer Review and Medical Committee Privileges,

The New Rules of Show and Tell

Q. I need someone to represent me for medical malpractice in ohio

April 26, 2024

A: If "everyone/attorney" is willing to handle your case under worker's comp -- if your case occurred because you were injured while you were in the scope of your employment, then you need to ask more questions. employee compensation for injuries is covered by law that is different than medical malpractice law, and worker's comp law applies when injuries are within the scope of your employment - not medical malpractice law. Further, based on your question -- if you were injured outside the scope of your employment - and the answers related to the attorneys' cost for underwriting a medical malpractice case - there are valid reasons for not taking a claim which include:

1. the facts involved in the injury you claim may not meet the legal elements which must be proved.

2. medical malpractice cases are usually contingency cases -- means you are asking an attorney to pay for your lawsuit up front so that he is not paid for expenses and his fees unless he can secure enough money to do so - i.e. your case may cost more to bring than he will be able to collect -- Which today, is very common. (e.g. the law may limit the amount of money he can find and collect; the defendants' insurance, local judiciary, and potential jury pool -- may limit his ability to discover/collect or secure a sufficient amount of money;

3. Expert witnesses must prove liability, and expenses, and may not support a claim for you

4. The expenses of expert witnesses, investigation/discovery (pretrial), trial preparation are huge in these cases ... Read More