Monica R. Merrill

Monica R. Merrill

Monica Risi Merrill has been with the firm since 1977. She is the attorney in charge of the Medical Malpractice Department, and has been involved in cases involving all specialty areas of medicine, including internal medicine, surgery, anesthesiology, orthopaedics and maternal and child health.

Mrs. Merrill is a registered nurse with clinical experience in critical care and coronary care nursing. Her educational and clinical preparation provide her with a high level of knowledge and expertise in medical malpractice cases. She has been responsible for hundreds of medical malpractice actions brought to successful financial conclusion, dozens of which have resulted in recoveries in excess of two million dollars, including: $2,750,000 for the death of a 17 year old for failure to diagnose brain bleed after childbirth; $3,000,000 for neurologic injury suffered by a young mother of 2 as a result of the failure to diagnose cerebral aneurysm; $3,900,000 for failure of an orthopedist to diagnose spinal cord bleed resulting in paraplegia of a young woman; $4,500,000 for the death of a young mother of 3 as a result of anesthesia mismanagement during a tubal ligation; $5,500,000 for permanent brain damage suffered by a young man as a result of the failure to provide proper respiratory care; $6,000,000 for brain damage suffered by a 17 year old during a gynecologic procedure; $17,000,000 for the wrongful death of a businessman as a result of a delay in intestinal surgery.

Mrs. Merrill has extensive expertise in case analysis, evaluation, research, preparation and discovery proceedings. She has taken sworn testimony from hundreds of physicians, nurses and medical workers. She is also experienced in all aspects of complex products liability litigation involving medical devices, equipment and pharmaceutical preparations.

Mrs. Merrill has taught and lectured on both the graduate and undergraduate levels in nursing and health law related issues. She has been an a member of the Adjunct Faculty Graduate Division - Hunter-Bellevue School of Nursing; a Lecturer at the Queensborough Community College-Department of Nursing; a Mentor Attorney in the Externship Program of New York Law School and an attorney panelist for the Medical Malpractice Mediation Panel for the First Department, Bronx County. She is a former Board member of the Metropolitan Chapter of the American Association of Nurse Attorneys.

Mrs. Merrill is a graduate of Hunter-Bellevue School of Nursing and New York Law School. She is admitted in the New York State Courts, United States Federal Courts of both the Eastern and Southern Districts of New York, the United States Supreme Court and is a member of the New York State Bar Association.