The Injured Workers Litigation
Doctor/Lawyer Team in Philadelphia
Kline & Specter possesses something rare among law firms that makes it especially able to litigate cases that involve work related accidents and medical issues. It is their team of lawyers who are also doctors. But not just any doctors, they are skilled and highly educated physicians who share decades of quality experience.
Their expertise spans a gamut of fields, from pediatrics to bioethics, from anesthesiology to organ transplant surgery. These doctors have teamed with other attorneys to produce major victories for the firm, including jury verdicts of $18.5 million, $25 million and $49.6 million for Kline & Specter clients.
Leon Aussprung, M.D., J.D., earned his B.A. degree from the University of Virginia in 1987, his M.D. degree from Jefferson Medical College in 1991, and his J.D. from the University of Pennsylvania Law School in 1997. Dr. Aussprung received residency training in pediatrics at the Medical Center of Delaware and Thomas Jefferson University and was board certified in pediatrics in 1994. Before becoming a practicing attorney, Dr. Aussprung was a pediatrician at duPont Hospital for Children and Thomas Jefferson University. Dr. Aussprung’s areas of interest include complex pediatric health law issues, health care fraud and abuse litigation, and the federal False Claims Act. He has written and lectured on the topic of federal civil health care fraud and abuse.
Lisa Dagostino, M.D., J.D., MBE is a doctor and
award-winning medical researcher who holds dual degrees
in law and bioethics from the University of Pennsylvania.
She has had a distinguished academic career, earning her
bachelor’s degree in 1991 at Princeton University
and her M.D. in 1995 at the UMDNJ Robert Wood Johnson
Medical School, where she completed her residency training
through the Department of Obstetrics, Gynecology, and
Reproductive Sciences. Dr. Dagostino was managing editor
of the inaugural volume of The American Journal of Bioethics
produced by Penn's Center for Bioethics. She continues
to do research in the complex medical field of bioethics
– including topics such as medical errors. She has
a special interest in women’s issues as they pertain
to health care law.
Mark A. Hoffman, M.S., M.D., J.D., LL.M. received his undergraduate
degree from Amherst College, an M.S. degree in biology
and biochemistry from Tulane University, and an M.D. from
Columbia University. He then completed general surgery
residency at Harvard University, followed by a two-year
fellowship in pediatric surgery at the Hospital for Sick
Children and the University of Toronto. Dr. Hoffman then
went on to complete a solid organ transplantation fellowship
at Cambridge University in Cambridge, England. Dr. Hoffman
practiced as an academic liver and kidney transplant surgeon
and general pediatric surgeon at Tufts University in Boston,
and more recently, the University of Pennsylvania. Dr.
Hoffman also served in the United States Army Medical
Corps during Desert Shield and Storm and rose to the rank
of Colonel prior to leaving the Army. Dr. Hoffman received
his J.D. degree from the University of Pennsylvania, where
he is presently completing a masters in bioethics degree.
He subsequently completed the LL.M. Program in Trial Advocacy,
graduating with honors, at Temple University’s Beasley
School of Law. He has authored or co-authored more than
50 journal articles, 11 book chapters, and one book on
congenital liver disease titled Current Controversies
in Biliary Atresia. He has presented his laboratory and
clinical research at national and international medical
conferences and society meetings.
Garabet “Gary” M. Zakeosian, M.D., J.D.
received his undergraduate degree from Franklin &
Marshall College, earning a B.A. in physics in 1973. He
then attended the Milton S. Hershey College of Medicine
of the Pennsylvania State University, graduating with
an M.D. in 1977. Dr. Zakeosian completed an internship
at the Bryn Mawr Hospital and did residency training in
anesthesiology at the Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania.
He completed post-residency fellowships in pediatric anesthesia
and intensive care medicine and in cardiac anesthesia
at Children's Hospital of Philadelphia and the Hospital
of the University of Pennsylvania. Dr. Zakeosian obtained
his board certification in anesthesiology in 1981. He
has practiced at Bryn Mawr Hospital, Frankford Hospital
and Paoli Memorial Hospital. He has extensive experience
with pain management and was co-director of the Frankford
Hospital Pain Management Clinic. Dr. Zakeosian earned
his J.D. from the University of Pennsylvania, where he
has also completed course work toward a master’s
degree in bioethics.
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