Frequently Asked Questions
About Birth Injury

A birth injury is defined as any type of injury or trauma that a baby suffers before, during or immediately after childbirth. According to the National Vital Statistics Report definition, a birth injury is "an impairment of the (newborn baby’s) body function or structure due to an adverse event that occurred at birth."

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Birth injuries can range from minor (such as bruising or lacerations during delivery) to severe injuries (such as brain injury or spinal cord injury). Fractures and soft tissue injuries are among the most common non-life-threatening birth injuries, while brain injury and intracranial brain bleeds are among the most common severe or life-threatening birth injuries.

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Common Birth Injuries

The risk of birth injury in the US is as high as 6 to 8 birth injuries per 1,000 live births (or per 1,000 children). Up to 2% of all infant deaths also occur due to birth injuries. One of the most severe birth injuries is brain injury, which may result in hypoxic-ischemic encephalopathy (HIE), potentially leading to cerebral palsy.

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About Birth Injury Risks

No, birth defect and birth injury are not the same. Several factors distinguish a birth defect from a birth injury. Parents should be aware of the key differences between the two in order to ensure their child receives the appropriate medical care.

Birth defects are defined as structural or functional abnormalities in the developing baby, which occur during pregnancy. Birth defects can range from mild to severe, affecting any part of the baby’s body, such as heart, brain, spine, limbs, face, eyes, or ears. They may impact the baby’s appearance, function, or both.

Birth injuries are defined as any type of harm or damage that the baby may suffer around the time of labor or delivery. Birth injuries are often preventable, and may range from birth trauma (damage to the baby’s head or body during delivery) to birth asphyxia (oxygen deprivation) to contracting a maternal infection, or other injuries.

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About The differences
Between Birth Defects & Birth Injuries

A minor birth injury may cause temporary physical discomfort, pain and suffering to the baby, but no long-term damage may occur. A severe birth injury can have permanent consequences for the baby, including both lifelong physical and intellectual disabilities as well as emotional effects for their entire life.

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About Birth Injury Affects

Any birth injury that restricts the blood flow to the baby’s brain during pregnancy, labor or delivery or even shortly after birth can cause cerebral palsy. Disruption of blood flow reduces or cuts off the supply of oxygen to the baby’s brain. Severe or prolonged oxygen deprivation to the brain tissue causes brain injury and brain damage, such as hypoxic-ischemic encephalopathy (HIE), which can caused cerebral palsy.

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About Birth Injuries
that Cause Cerebral Palsy

Hypoxic-ischemic encephalopathy (HIE) is a serious birth injury occurring during pregnancy, labor or delivery, which can cause cerebral palsy. Restricted blood flow the baby’s brain can lead to severe or prolonged oxygen deprivation, resulting in HIE injury to the baby. Babies who have experienced an HIE insult may suffer from developmental delays, cognitive impairments, or cerebral palsy.

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About What Causes Cerebral Palsy
During Pregnancy

The “cerebral motor cortex” is generally the part of the brain that is damaged when a child has cerebral palsy. The cerebral motor cortex part of the brain controls and directs muscle movement. Damage to the cerebral motor cortex causes problems with the child’s movement, balance and posture, often resulting in cerebral palsy. This brain damage usually occurs when the baby suffers a hypoxic-ischemic encephalopathy (HIE) birth injury due to oxygen deprivation to the brain.

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About What Part of the Brain is Damaged
When a Child has Cerebral Palsy

When the baby experiences oxygen deprivation around the time of birth, it may cause a hypoxic-ischemic encephalopathy (HIE) injury, which could lead to cerebral palsy.

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Complications of Cerebral Palsy at Birth

The signs of cerebral palsy at birth may include breathing problems (including the need for neonatal resuscitation), slow or absent reflexes, movement abnormalities, pale or bluish skin and lips, weak cries, irritability, difficulties in feeding or taking milk/formula, inability to lift head, floppy muscles, low alertness, dilated pupils, excessive drooling, irregular heart rate, and/or seizures.

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Signs of Cerebral Palsy at Birth

Cerebral palsy usually results from brain damage to the baby that often occurs around childbirth. The most common cause of brain injury around birth is hypoxic-ischemic encephalopathy (HIE), which takes place when baby’s brain is deprived of oxygen during labor or delivery.

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Cerebral Palsy at Birth

Cerebral palsy is one of the most common types of preventable serious birth injuries in the United States. Decades of research have proven than the risk of cerebral palsy is greatly reduced when obstetrician and labor and delivery nurses exercise the prevailing standard of care (meaning they act in a reasonable manner to recognize and react to risks that can lead to brain injury causing cerebral palsy).

According to the CDC, cerebral palsy is the most common among all childhood disabilities. As many as three out of every 1,000 babies born in the US are affected by cerebral palsy.

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Common Cerebral Palsy Birth Injuries

If you suspect your baby has cerebral palsy, there may be early signs and symptoms which may be indicative of cerebral palsy. Keeping an eye out for these signs can help your child receive an early cerebral palsy diagnosis and appropriate care. Keep in mind that not all children that are eventually diagnosed with cerebral palsy show early signs and symptoms.

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Signs & Symptoms of Cerebral Palsy

Yes, an injury during pregnancy can cause a brain damage to the baby, which may eventually lead to cerebral palsy. Sometimes the brain damage takes place in-utero (while the baby is in the mother’s womb), while in other cases, brain damage in the form of hypoxic-ischemic encephalopathy (HIE) occurs during labor or delivery. The likelihood of cerebral palsy will increase depending on the severity of the HIE during pregnancy or around childbirth.

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Injuries During Prgnancy

The most reliable way to prevent cerebral palsy is provide the expectant mother and her baby with proper medical care and attention throughout the pregnancy, and especially during the period of labor and delivery. When the medical providers proactively monitor, diagnose, and treat conditions and risk factors that may lead to a lack of oxygen to the baby, it’s possible to prevent or minimize the risk of cerebral palsy.

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A number of birth issues can eventually lead to the development of cerebral palsy. In particular, birth trauma or birth complications occurring around labor and delivery can put the baby at a serious risk of cerebral palsy. A lack of oxygen (birth asphyxia) to the baby’s brain around childbirth can cause a brain injury called hypoxic-ischemic encephalopathy (HIE) injury that is the leading cause of cerebral palsy.

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Medical providers should be alert to a number of signs and risk factors of cerebral palsy during pregnancy. Rh disease (incompatible blood type between the mother and the baby), bacterial infections (such as Group B Strep), maternal bleeding in the later stages of pregnancy, preeclampsia (maternal high blood pressure), gestational diabetes, HELLP syndrome, fetal bradycardia (low heart rate of the baby), multiple pregnancy, and maternal history of birth complications are some of the signs to indicate a high risk pregnancy and increased chances of the baby developing cerebral palsy.

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Yes, trauma during delivery can cause cerebral palsy in some babies. Abnormal fetal presentation (such as breech baby), cephalopelvic disproportion (baby’s head size is mismatched with the maternal pelvis), macrosomia (baby is larger than average), and prolonged or arrested labor are some of the conditions that can result in trauma during delivery.

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Most babies with cerebral palsy will not kick their legs because their muscles are stiff, resulting in awkward movement. While children without CP will kick their legs and reach out with their arms at about three months, children with CP are likely to miss these developmental milestones.

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Hypoxic ischemic encephalopathy is a type of brain injury that occurs when the baby’s brain is deprived of oxygen. Hypoxic ischemic encephalopathy or HIE can occur prior to birth, during labor and delivery, or shortly after birth. The length and amount of oxygen deprivation to the brain will determine the severity of brain damage caused by the HIE.

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HIE (the abbreviation for “hypoxic ischemic encephalopathy”) is a birth injury to the brain that may occur in a baby during pregnancy, labor, or delivery. This birth injury takes place when the supply of oxygen to the baby’s brain is cut off or severely reduced for a period of time.

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Yes, a baby with a truly mild HIE injury can fully recover without experiencing any long-lasting or permanent damage. In case of very mild HIE, the oxygen supply to the baby’s brain is reduced or cut off for an extremely short period of time. The baby’s body can use its stored energy reserves to compensate for this brief period of oxygen deprivation.

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According to the Centers for Disease Control (CDC) data, about 40 to 50 percent of the children with HIE (“Hypoxic Ischemic Encephalopathy”) who develop cerebral palsy will not be able to walk independently. In general, mobility impairment, especially walking, is the most common long-term complication associated with HIE. Mobility impairment in children with Hypoxic Ischemic Encephalopathy can vary from a slightly abnormal gain to a complete inability to walk.

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Yes, some babies born with HIE (the abbreviation for the medical diagnosis of hypoxic ischemic encephalopathy) will fully recover over time and lead a normal life. In the case of extremely mild HIE, about 95% of the babies will develop no long-term complications.

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HIE or hypoxic ischemic encephalopathy occurs when the blood flow to the baby’s brain is cut off or reduced, resulting in oxygen deprivation (birth asphyxia). The longer the baby’s brain remains without oxygen, the more severe the HIE is likely to be.

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The symptoms of HIE or hypoxic ischemic encephalopathy will vary depending on the severity of the baby’s brain injury. In general, HIE symptoms can be broadly classified into three groups:

• (a) HIE symptoms before and during birth
• (b) HIE symptoms shortly after birth, which is the neonatal phase
• (c) HIE symptoms appearing later as the baby grows.

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The three stages of HIE or Hypoxic Ischemic Encephalopathy are generally defined as:

• Stage I – mild HIE
• Stage II – moderate HIE
• Stage III – severe HIE

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Yes, eligible babies with HIE or hypoxic ischemic encephalopathy can and should be promptly treated with therapeutic hypothermia to minimize the potential brain damage and improve long-term outcomes.

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Life expectancy of HIE babies (babies diagnosed with hypoxic ischemic encephalopathy) will vary depending upon the severity of the brain injury. According to researchers, up to 60% of babies with HIE will suffer from long-term disabilities, including cerebral palsy, before the age of two. Research studies also show that, tragically, about 15 to 20% of the babies with HIE will die within the first week of birth.

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As a registered nurse, Linda practiced ICU nursing for 44 years while caring for a wide range of patient conditions. She has worked closely with founding partner Les Weisbrod for over 30 years, investigating and pursuing birth injury cases.

Along with DJ Weisbrod, Linda heads up the firm’s birth injury intake, screening, and medical literature research team. She personally screens all potential cases to ensure that medical issues have been addressed before we file lawsuits on behalf of birth-injured children and their families.

Before joining Miller Weisbrod, DJ practiced as a surgical nurse in various hospital and operative settings. She has been with the firm over 30 years.

DJ directs Miller Weisbrod’s birth injury intake and medical screening team. She has also served as firm founder Les Weisbrod’s trial nurse for all cases involving medical negligence and birth injury.

Linda Cuaderes is both a registered nurse and a licensed lawyer. Linda works exclusively in Miller Weisbrod’s Birth Injury and Medical Malpractice section. Linda acts as the firm’s patient advocate and liaison with our young clients and their parents.

Linda combines her legal and nursing experience along with her exceptional organizational talent and attention to detail to make sure each child we represent is provided the highest level of medical care and attendant care during the pendency of their case. Linda communicates with our parent clients regularly to monitor their birth injured child’s treatment, provide guidance as to additional care and therapies and when necessary assist them in obtaining specialized medical providers.

Linda was raised in Bartlesville, Oklahoma and completed her Bachelor of Science in Nursing with Honors at the University of Oklahoma. She started as an Oncology Nurse at Presbyterian Hospital in Oklahoma City, quickly becoming the Assistant Head Nurse of the Outpatient Endoscopy Unit. Linda then entered the University of Oklahoma College of Law.

Following graduation, Linda joined Les Weisbrod in the Medical Malpractice Section. After taking time off to raise her three lovely children, Linda returned to Miller Weisbrod and her passion of holding healthcare providers accountable for preventable errors. Linda is active in the American Association for Justice, Texas Trial Lawyers Association, Dallas Trial Lawyers Association, and the Texas Bar Association. Linda is an active member of the Birth Trauma Litigation Group and Medical Negligence Section of the American Association for Justice.

She is admitted to practice before the Texas Supreme Court and routinely works on cases pending throughout the United States. Linda has worked with child victims of birth injury, their parents and other victims of medical malpractice in Texas, New Mexico, Oklahoma, Arkansas, Louisiana, Iowa, Ohio, New York, Alabama, Georgia, Arizona, Utah and Missouri.

Kristin combines her medical and legal training to provide invaluable, passionate service to parents struggling to care for their birth-injured children.

Families often have questions as they go through the birth injury lawsuit process. Kristin diligently identifies and investigates all medical issues so the birth injury attorneys at Miller Weisbrod can answer those questions Kristin ensures that our birth injured children’s medical records are thoroughly reviewed and organized. Miller Weisbrod’s birth trauma litigation attorneys and medical experts retained by the firm need her services while pursuing justice for our clients.

Kelly Kunkel was born and raised in Dallas, Texas. She has 15 years’ experience in hospital based High Risk Obstetrics and Labor and Delivery bedside nursing care. Kelly graduated with an Associate’s Degree in Nursing from El Centro College in December of 1990 and received her Bachelor’s Degree in Nursing from West Texas A & M University in 2008; graduating with honors.

In addition, Kelly has over 25 years’ experience in medical malpractice case management and litigation and has worked with David Olesky for over 22 years. After many years of assisting in defending healthcare providers and hospital systems in medical malpractice cases involving complex litigation matters related to birth injury, catastrophic injury and death, Kelly has proudly joined David Olesky in the national birth injury and medical negligence practice at Miller Weisbrod Olesky.

Les Weisbrod has been on the cutting edge of the national birth injury litigation scene for almost 40 years.

As a national birth injury attorney, Les has settled over 204 medical negligence cases for more than $1,000,000. He also obtained settlements in 75 birth injury cases for over $1,000,000 each.

His $31 million verdict against Baylor University Medical Center in Dallas was one of the top 100 verdicts in the United States that given year.

Les is recognized nationally and internationally as one of the top plaintiff’s medical malpractice trial lawyers in the United States. But the recoveries for the clients and the differences made in the lives of the children and families Les has represented tell only part of the story.

Les has worked with his law partner Clay Miller for years to build a one-of-a-kind law firm.

Miller Weisbrod Olesky provides unique and unparalleled services to families of birth-injured and brain-injured children from the moment the firm decides to take the case.

The registered nurses and registered nurse-attorneys on staff are valuable team members who assist Miller Weisbrod birth-injury clients. Les has designed a system where each birth injured child is assigned a nurse-attorney liaison to guide them through the process of medical treatment/evaluation, therapies, home assistance, and quality of life improvement.

Miller Weisbrod’s unmatched service allows families to better cope with the immediate challenges facing our young clients.

Birth-injured children and their families are Les and Miller Weisbrod’s priority.

Les and the attorneys at Miller Weisbrod fight for the justice their clients are entitled to under our nation’s system of justice.

This fighting spirit has taken Les across the United States to represent clients in birth injury and medical negligence cases. In fact, he has personally handled cases not only in Texas but also in Arkansas, Arizona, Colorado, Oklahoma, Louisiana, Utah, Iowa, Ohio, Oregon, Montana, Alabama, Georgia, Florida, and New York.

Les and Miller Weisbrod continue to expand their reach of helping brain-injured children to new states each year as we strive to bring a sense of justice to each affected family. And Les is not the only one who notices he fights for his clients.

Michael Rustad, a Professor of Law at Suffolk University Law School in Boston who has done extensive research on punitive damage awards, says,

“Les Weisbrod has obtained more medical malpractice punitive damage jury verdicts for his clients than any other attorney in the United States.”

Also, a well-known defense medical malpractice attorney dubbed Les Weisbrod the “pitbull” of the Texas medical malpractice bar in a media profile of Les published by a major newspaper.

Les shares his experience and knowledge to improve the representation of all birth-injured children and their families.

In the early 1990s, Les recognized that a more focused effort needed to be made to educate attorneys who handle birth injury cases. As a result, Les was the founding Co-Chair of the American Association for Justice (AAJ) Birth Trauma Litigation Group in 1991. He also was a founding Co-Chair of AAJ’s Medical Negligence Litigation Group in 1999 and served as Chair of AAJ’s Professional Negligence Section in 1996.

Combined, these groups have put on more than a hundred continuing education seminars across the United States. helping to educate other attorneys by bringing in world-renowned experts in the fields of:

• labor and delivery
• neonatal care
• the care and treatment of birth-injured children, including those suffering from cerebral palsy and hypoxic-ischemic encephalopathy (HIE)

Education and professional experiences back up his dedication to helping children and families harmed by medical malpractice.

Les received his B.A. magna cum laude in 1975 from Claremont Men’s College and his J.D. in 1978 from Southern Methodist University Law School.

He is Board Certified by the Texas Board of Legal Specialization in Personal Injury Trial Law and Civil Trial Law.

Les was a past president of the Dallas Trial Lawyers Association in 1993. He has been a member of the Texas Trial Lawyers Association Board of Directors since 1990.

His work with the American Association for Justice (AAJ) (formerly ATLA) includes serving as President, President-Elect, Vice President, Secretary, Treasurer, and Parliamentarian. Mr. Weisbrod has also served on the AAJ Board of Governors since 1998 and the 17-member Executive Committee of AAJ since 2001. In 1990, he was chosen as a Rising Star of the ATLA and presented a paper entitled “Dirt and Greed: A New Look at Medical Malpractice Cases.”

Les has written and lectured extensively on birth injury litigation, medical malpractice, and medical product topics.

Les is a contributing author to the 1996 text Operative Obstetrics published by Williams & Wilkins. He also co-authored the “Drugs & Medical Devices” chapter in AAJ’s Litigating Tort Cases.

He also has lectured to lawyer groups across the U.S., Canada, England, and Australia.

Clay is Board Certified in Personal Injury Trial Law by the Texas Board of Legal Specialization. Clay has practiced solely in the field of catastrophic injury and wrongful death since graduating from law school. His practice has been limited to the representation of victims. Over the past twenty-four years, Clay has successfully settled or tried to verdict cases in the areas of vehicular negligence, medical malpractice, construction site accidents, workplace injury, premises liability, and commercial trucking and a nationwide business loss case (suits filed in a dozen different states) involving defective truck engines sold to trucking companies.

Clay represented dozens of trucking companies in lost profit and diminished value claims against Caterpillar in 2010 through 2012. These cases were filed in over a dozen states with the bellwhether trial set in Federal Court in Davenport, Iowa. After intense litigation and trial preparation, a global confidential settlement was reached for all the clients.

Clay's most recent 2017 victories are a $30,800,000 jury verdict in Tennessee arising from fraud claims in the sale of heavy-duty truck engines and a $26,500,000 jury verdict in a construction accident, obtained within 60 days of each other.

Clay was raised in Lewisville, Texas and completed his undergraduate degree in Finance at
Texas A & M University. Following graduation from Southern Methodist University School of law, Clay worked for two Dallas firms representing victims. In 1998, Clay began his own practice before forming his current partnership. In addition to his law practice, Clay has lectured at seminars and published in the areas of construction accidents, jury selection techniques, medical negligence, trucking accidents and settlement tactics.

He is active in local and statewide trial lawyers' associations including serving as the Chair of the Advocates for the Texas Trial Lawyers' Association in 2002 and remains on the Board of Directors. Clay served as President of the Dallas Trial Lawyers Association from 2008-2009. He has also been a member of the American Board of Trial Advocates (ABOTA) since 2014.

David Olesky is Vice Chair of the Health Care Professional Liability practice. David is a trial lawyer focusing his practice on complex litigation matters that involve defending and protecting clients in all types of cases related to catastrophic injuries or death, but with a special focus on birth injury cases. David regularly advises his health care clients on the issues and challenges that they face on a daily basis. Clients repeatedly look to him for guidance to handle such high stakes cases and matters in Texas and jurisdictions outside of Texas.

David has earned the trust and reliance of clients he has worked with by consistently getting the results that matter most to them, whether that is a win at trial or a favorable outcome through alternative dispute resolution outside the courthouse. Through his representation, David demonstrates a true loyalty and hardworking commitment to the clients that he serves.

David believes the foundation of any client relationship is to act as a trusted advisor instead of simply as a litigator. Clients value his earnest representation of their business interests, accompanied by a devotion to understanding their businesses, prompt attention to their immediate needs and the challenges they face in their individual roles.

Alexandra Boone is a partner in Miller Weisbrod. She concentrates her legal practice in the area of birth injury, medical malpractice and mass tort products liability. Alex currently works directly with firm partner Les Weisbrod in managing the birth injury docket and working with the firm’s highly qualified expert witnesses in the review of potential cases. Alex also litigates her own docket of medical negligence cases.

Over the course of her 17 years with the firm, Alex has focused on the administration and prosecution of mass tort litigation, originally focusing on occupational toxins, but more recently in the area of pharmaceuticals and medical devices. In the past, she has actively pursed cases involving hormone therapy, Vioxx, Fosamax, and Reglan. Alex was also instrumental in our firm successfully resolving thousands of cases transvaginal mesh, hip prosthetics, and the blood thinner Xarelto. She is actively prosecuting over 1,000 cases.

In addition to being a member of the Texas bar, she is also licensed in Oklahoma and is a member of the American Association of Justice, Texas Trial Lawyers Association, Oklahoma Association of Justice and the Dallas Trial Lawyers Association.

Robert E. Wolf was born in Dallas, Texas and graduated Magna Cum Laude as a proud horned frog from Texas Christian University in 1997, with Bachelor of Science degree in Political Science and was inducted into Phi Beta Kappa and Mortar Board. He obtained his law degree from Southern Methodist University in 2000 while serving as an Articles Editor for the International Law Review and winning awards at Mock Trial and Appellate competitions.

Robert has been named a Thomson Reuters | Texas Super Lawyers Rising Star (less than 2.5% of attorneys in Texas receive this distinction) in 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, and 2015. Further, Robert was recognized as a National Trial Lawyers Top 40 Under 40 attorney for Texas in 2012 (no more than 40 attorneys in Texas are eligible for this award annually).

Robert brought his passion for and over 14 years of experience of representing seriously injured individuals and their families to Miller Weisbrod in January 2015, and has concentrated his legal practice in the area of medical malpractice, products liability, and pharmaceutical/mass tort litigation. He is a member of the State Bar of Texas, American Association for Justice, Texas Trial Lawyers Association, and Dallas Trial Lawyers Association.

In addition to many successful jury verdicts and settlements across Texas, Oklahoma, Iowa, Wisconsin, and Idaho, Robert’s role as an attorney representing victims and their families has led to numerous changes to key safety practices and policies and procedures at corporations and medical facilities.

Robert and his wife Suzy also get plenty of exercise trying to keep up with their precious and very active daughter.

Carrie Lynn Vine has over 15 years of experience in medical malpractice litigation, with a particular focus in representing children and families who have suffered birth injuries as a result of the negligence of either doctors, nurses or hospitals.

She is a passionate advocate for her clients and has handled hundreds of birth injury and birth trauma cases throughout the United States. As part of Carrie’s national birth injury legal practice, she has handled cases in Texas, Arkansas, California, Nevada, Kentucky, Georgia, Illinois, Wisconsin, Ohio, Pennsylvania, North Carolina, South Carolina, Florida, and North Dakota. She is determined to seek justice and works to obtain fair compensation for the children and families she represents.

Carrie earned her law degree from Northern Illinois University where she tutored other law students. Prior to law school, she received her undergraduate degree from the University of Notre Dame in Biomedical and Biological Science, and earned both a Master’s Degree and a Ph.D. from The Pennsylvania State University in Anthropological Genetics. She then conducted post-doctoral research at the University of Michigan Medical School before deciding to attend law school. She applies an academic mindset and love of science and medicine to mastering the medical principles and literature relevant to the cases she pursues.

Carrie is an active member of the American Association of Justice as well as the Birth Trauma Litigation Group (BLTG).

Lawrence R. Lassiter is an AV-rated attorney with more than twenty years of experience in appellate and trial advocacy. He has been consulted by attorneys across the country to conduct research, evaluate cases, prepare appellate and trial briefs, and formulate litigation strategy. He has prepared hundreds of appellate briefs in federal and state appellate courts, including the highest courts of Texas, West Virginia, Georgia, Oklahoma, Ohio, Nebraska and Tennessee, and he is member of the Bar of the United States Supreme Court. Larry has a national appellate and legal briefing practice. Larry has filed extensive briefs and/or argued before either state or federal courts in 30 out of 50 states in his career.

Larry assists the Birth Injury team in all aspects of legal briefing. Unlike many other birth injury firms across the United States, Miller Weisbrod has an attorney dedicated to handling legal briefing on behalf of our clients across the country. Larry has handled extensive briefing in birth injury and other medical malpractice cases in Texas, New Mexico, Arkansas, Oklahoma, Iowa, Ohio, Alabama, Georgia, New York, Utah, Arizona, Louisiana and West Virginia.

Since joining Miller Weisbrod in 2010, Larry has won a number of important victories vindicating the rights of our clients in both state and federal appellate courts, including Vitacost.com, Inc. v. McCants, 210 So.3d 761 (Fla. Ct. App. 2017); TTHR Ltd. Partnership v. Moreno, 401 S.W.3d 41 (Tex. 2013); In re E.B., 729 S.E.2d 271 (W. Va. 2012); Mid-Continent Cas. Co. v. Davis, 683 F.3d 651 (5th Cir. 2012); Rouhani v. Morgan, 2017 WL 3526719 (Tex. App. – Houston [1st Dist.] 2017, no pet.); Mid-Continent Cas. Co. v. Andregg Contracting, Inc., 391 S.W.3d 573 (Tex. App. – Dallas 2012).

He was as a judicial clerk for the Honorable Harlington Wood Jr., Circuit Judge, United States Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit. Larry was a University of Iowa Presidential Scholar and served as Editor in Chief of the Iowa Law Review.

Larry is an active member of the American Association for Justice. He is a member of AAJ’s Birth Injury Litigation Group and Medical Negligence Sections.

Laurie draws upon extensive experience in state and federal courts with a focus on complex claims involving medical malpractice cases. After many years of defending health care providers and hospital systems in medical malpractice cases, Laurie joined David Olesky in the national birth injury and medical negligence practice at Miller Weisbrod Olesky.

Laurie’s focus is to understand not only the facts and circumstances of the matter at hand, but to understand the specific needs and goals of the client and their unique business considerations. Her extensive background in commercial litigation provides a foundation that enhances her health care litigation practice. She works with clients that require more than a strong trial lawyer; they expect an attorney who understands the relationship between law and their specific business and who will work tirelessly to protect their rights, interests and bottom line.

Linda Cuaderes is both a registered nurse and a licensed lawyer. Linda works exclusively in Miller Weisbrod’s Birth Injury and Medical Malpractice section. Linda acts as the firm’s patient advocate and liaison with our young clients and their parents.

Linda combines her legal and nursing experience along with her exceptional organizational talent and attention to detail to make sure each child we represent is provided the highest level of medical care and attendant care during the pendency of their case. Linda communicates with our parent clients regularly to monitor their birth injured child’s treatment, provide guidance as to additional care and therapies and when necessary assist them in obtaining specialized medical providers.

Linda was raised in Bartlesville, Oklahoma and completed her Bachelor of Science in Nursing with Honors at the University of Oklahoma. She started as an Oncology Nurse at Presbyterian Hospital in Oklahoma City, quickly becoming the Assistant Head Nurse of the Outpatient Endoscopy Unit. Linda then entered the University of Oklahoma College of Law.

Following graduation, Linda joined Les Weisbrod in the Medical Malpractice Section. After taking time off to raise her three lovely children, Linda returned to Miller Weisbrod and her passion of holding healthcare providers accountable for preventable errors. Linda is active in the American Association for Justice, Texas Trial Lawyers Association, Dallas Trial Lawyers Association, and the Texas Bar Association. Linda is an active member of the Birth Trauma Litigation Group and Medical Negligence Section of the American Association for Justice.

She is admitted to practice before the Texas Supreme Court and routinely works on cases pending throughout the United States. Linda has worked with child victims of birth injury, their parents and other victims of medical malpractice in Texas, New Mexico, Oklahoma, Arkansas, Louisiana, Iowa, Ohio, New York, Alabama, Georgia, Arizona, Utah and Missouri.

Kristin combines her medical and legal training to provide invaluable, passionate service to parents struggling to care for their birth-injured children. Families often have questions as they go through the birth injury lawsuit process. Kristin diligently identifies and investigates all medical issues so the birth injury attorneys at Miller Weisbrod can answer those questions. Kristin ensures that our birth injured children’s medical records are thoroughly reviewed and organized. Miller Weisbrod’s birth trauma litigation attorneys and medical experts retained by the firm need her services while pursuing justice for our clients.

Matt Adair is an attorney specializing in medical malpractice, products liability, and pharmaceutical litigation. He received his bachelor’s degree in Philosophy from the University of Notre Dame. During his time there, he studied abroad at the New College at Oxford University in Oxford, England.

Matt is a member of the State Bar of Texas, American Association for Justice, Texas Trial Lawyers Association, and Dallas Trial Lawyers Association.

Garrett Stanford was born in Dallas, Texas and graduated from Southern Methodist University in 2017 with a B.A. in Political Science. After graduation, he attended Baylor University School of Law. During his time at Baylor, he was a member of the Order of the Barristers and he won the Judge W.C. Davis Endowed Criminal Practice Professional Track Award. He obtained his law degree and license to practice law in 2020.

Garrett joined Miller Weisbrod in August 2021. His legal practice is concentrated in the area of birth injury and medical malpractice. Garret is actively involved in handling birth injury and medical malpractice cases in Texas, Ohio, Utah, Arkansas and Oklahoma.