D. Jennifer Andreou

D. Jennifer Andreou currently serves as Plunkett Cooney's Medical Liability Practice Group Leader. An aggressive and accomplished trial attorney, she has more than 30 jury trials to her credit.  

Ms. Andreou specializes in the defense of physicians and hospitals in claims alleging medical malpractice. Other areas of expertise include representation of physicians before the Michigan Bureau of Health Services Board of Medicine and issues associated with hospital ethics and health care law.

Representative Client Work

• Successfully defended to no cause for action many claims relating to ectopic pregnancies against emergency medicine physicians, family practice physicians and obstetricians/gynecologists. 
• Successfully defended a cardiologist in a wrongful death action where plaintiff alleged improper work up of heart disease resulting in a myocardial infarction while driving an automobile causing the plaintiff’s death and the death of the individual whom plaintiff hit.  A no cause for action was obtained on all counts.
• Successfully defended to no cause for action several claims alleging wrongful death (stillborn) as a result of claimed improper management during labor and delivery.
• Successfully defended to no cause for action many claims alleging improper surgical technique against general surgeons, orthopedic surgeons, interventional cardiologists and interventional radiologists. 
• Successfully defended to no cause for action several claims against nursing homes and nursing home personnel, alleging improper Coumadin management, decubitus ulcers and fractures due to falls. 
• Daubert Hearings:  In an era when the Michigan Court of Appeals and the Michigan Supreme Court have instructed trial courts to assert their gatekeeper role, Ms. Andreou has been successful in convincing trial courts to hold Daubert hearings (evidentiary hearings which test the scientific reliability of a proffered theory) and has prevailed at such hearings.
• Dispositive Motions:  An aggressive litigator, Ms. Andreou constantly looks for ways to obtain early dismissal of a case and has prevailed in having dozens of cases dismissed based on successful challenges to the statute of limitations, expert qualifications and proximate cause.

Publications and Lectures

• Mock Trial Presentation, Detroit Medical Center, 2006
• Mock Trial Presentation, Meadowbrook Insurance Company, 2006
• “A Legal Primer for the Physician Assistant,” Speaker, The Michigan Academy of Physician Assistants, 2006
• Mock Trial Presentation, St. John Medical Center, 2005
• “HIPAA and its Impact on Meeting with Treating Physicians,” Speaker, Plunkett & Cooney client seminar, 2004
• Mock Trial Presentation, Detroit Medical Center, 2004
• “Deposition Preparation:  Knowledge is Power,” Speaker, Grand Rounds, General Surgery, Detroit Medical Center, 2003
• “Deposition Preparation:  Knowledge is Power,” Speaker, Grand Rounds, Orthopedics, Detroit Medical Center, 2002
• “What can we Learn from Tobin?,” Tobin v Providence Hospital, Mich App (2001), Healthcare Law Summary, 2001
• “Deposition Preparation:  Knowledge is Power,” Speaker, Grand Rounds, Internal Medicine, Detroit Medical Center, 2000
• “An Overview of the top Medical Malpractice Decisions of 2000,” Healthcare Law Summary, 2000
• “Anatomy of a Lawsuit,” Speaker, Detroit Medical Center, 1998 & 1999
• “Nursing Home Liability: Ordinary or Professional Negligence,” Legal Panelist, Port Huron Hospital, 1996
• “Practice Guidelines - Risk or Risk Reduction,” Panelist, Michigan Defense Trial Counsel, 1996
• “Ethical Considerations with DNR Codes and Patient Advocate Designation,” Legal Panelist, Port Huron Hospital, 1995
• “Deposition Preparation: Knowledge is Power,” Legal Panelist, Bon Secours Hospital, 1990

Speaking Engagements

• Extended Care Seminar - Oct. 24 - Register Here

News

• Seminar to slash trail through extended care industry legal jungle
• Firm Names Andreou Medical Liability Practice Group Leader