Overview
In the ever changing health care environment, litigation is volatile and expensive, and the need for exceptional litigation counsel has never been greater. Those in the health care industry know Carmel Cosgrave is the attorney to call for the high profile, high exposure case.
Carmel has been resolving complex litigation matters for health care clients for more than 30 years. She works with her clients to collaborate on a successful resolution strategy. When that strategy is to proceed to trial, Carmel is a fierce advocate and formidable adversary. When litigation is not the most prudent route, Carmel advises her clients honestly and thoughtfully on the best resolution for their interests. Carmel represents hospital systems, long term care operators, assisted living facilities, religious and nonprofit institutions, medical device manufacturers, physicians, nurses, dentists, and other medical professionals, in all forms of litigation, including administrative proceedings, mediation and trials.
As a member of the firm’s Committee for Diversity and Inclusion, Carmel works to advance firm-wide diversity initiatives. Carmel also organized the firm’s first Women’s Affinity Group in late 2018 to empower, encourage and support the female attorneys of Amundsen Davis to become better lawyers and leaders in the legal community. As the first woman on the firm’s Executive Committee, Carmel influenced the strategic direction of the firm, ensuring each of our attorneys is working to exceed client expectations in every area of practice.
Experience
Membership & Involvement
- Member: Committee for Diversity and Inclusion
- Chicago Bar Association's Judicial Evaluation Committee: Appellate Review Panel; Former Member of Executive Committee of CBA JEC; General Chair from 2015-2016
- Chicago Hospital Risk Managers Society (CHRMS): Member; President, April 2008-2009; President-Elect, April 2007-2008; Past President 2009-2010 and Executive Board, 2005-2010
- Member: Society of Trial Lawyers
- Former Member: Amundsen Davis Executive Committee
- Former Faculty Member: National Institute for Trial Advocacy – Midwest Region
- Loyola University of Chicago School of Law: Former Legal Writing Instructor; Volunteer Trial Team Coach
Honors
- Martindale-Hubbell AV® Preeminent™ rated
- Received the 2016 Cook County Jury Verdict Reporter Trial Lawyer Excellence Award
- Selected by the Leading Lawyers Network as a "Leading Lawyer" in medical malpractice defense law
- Selected to the Illinois Super Lawyers list: 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010
Resources & Insights
Alerts
Speaking Engagements
Firm News
- Happy Public Domain Day!Happy Public Domain Day!
Public Domain Day is one of the lesser known winter holidays celebrated by the elite few – artists of all sorts and copyright attorneys. We either mourn the passing of works into the public domain after decades of keeping them safe and warm or hail the expiration of long-held copyrights in anticipation of new, insightful, adaptive, and creative uses of these works and characters.
- The Challenge of Serving in Black Robes, Not White Coats: The Second District Affirms the Denial of Patients’ Requests for IvermectinThe Challenge of Serving in Black Robes, Not White Coats: The Second District Affirms the Denial of Patients’ Requests for Ivermectin
Read Edna McLain’s recent article, “The Challenge of Serving in Black Robes, Not White Coats: The Second District Affirms the Denial of Patients’ Requests for Ivermectin” in IDC Quarterly!
- Keeping an Eye on PHI: OCR Guidance Concerning Permissible Disclosures of Reproductive Health PHI following DobbsKeeping an Eye on PHI: OCR Guidance Concerning Permissible Disclosures of Reproductive Health PHI following Dobbs
Learn the new guidance post-Dobbs for patient’s health information concerning abortion and other sexual and reproductive health services.
- Hold the Phones: State-level Telemarketing Laws In EffectHold the Phones: State-level Telemarketing Laws In Effect
Keep up to date with both the federal TCPA requirements and several state-level statutes!
Services
Education
Loyola University Chicago School of Law, J.D., 1980, with honors
Roosevelt University, B.S., 1977, summa cum laude
Loyola Alumni Academic Scholarship Recipient
Admissions
- Illinois