Firm News

Pacific Medical Law is pleased to announce that Susanne Raab has once again been recognized as a leader in Medical Negligence law, through selection by her peers for inclusion in The Best Lawyers in Canada 2020.  Susanne is a Partner at Pacific Medical Law, and an advocate for people living with disabilities.

Susanne’s practice focuses on representing individuals and families who have suffered injuries as a result of medical malpractice, with a focus on birth injuries and catastrophic brain and spinal cord injuries. Prior to joining Pacific Medical Law, Susanne spent much of her legal career representing physicians in complex medical malpractice actions. This has given her unique insight into the potential risks and legal hurdles involved in medical malpractice actions. It also helps her to be proactive in overcoming or minimizing those risks.

Congratulations to Paul McGivern  for having once again been recognized by his peers for inclusion in Best Lawyers in Canada 2020 in the fields of Medical Negligence and Personal Injury litigation.  Paul was included in the inaugural Canadian issue in 2007, and has been named every year since.

Paul McGivern has also been named the Best Lawyers 2020 Personal Injury Litigation “Lawyer of the Year” for Vancouver.  This is the third time in five years that Paul’s accomplishments and expertise have earned him recognition as Lawyer of the Year. Best Lawyers is regarded by both the profession and the public as the definitive guide to legal excellence.  It is the oldest and most highly-respected peer review guide to the legal profession worldwide.

Paul’s full Best Lawyers bio can be viewed here.

We are very pleased to announce that both partners at Pacific Medical Law have been recognized as “Leading Practitioners” in the 2019 Canadian Legal Lexpert® Directory in medical malpractice. This designation is a significant acknowledgment of their expertise in this very specialized and complex area of law.

Paul McGivern  has been selected as a leader in medical malpractice litigation by The Canadian Legal Lexpert® Directory. Paul is a senior litigator acting exclusively on behalf of plaintiffs in medical negligence cases, with an emphasis on complex catastrophic cases such as birth trauma, spinal cord and brain injury cases. He is frequently consulted by counsel throughout Canada for his expertise in this area. He has a unique background of 17 years as medical malpractice defence counsel and a reputation for understanding the medical and legal issues of complex malpractice actions. Paul has been lead counsel in hundreds of medical malpractice cases, has litigated legal precedent setting cases and has appeared as lead counsel before every level of court, including the Supreme Court of Canada (most recently in Ediger v. Johnston 2013 SCC 18 and Cojocaru v. British Columbia Women’s Hospital 2013 SCC 30).

In addition to being an advocate for the clients of Pacific Medical Law, Paul has been an adjunct legal professor at the University of British Columbia where he has taught civil procedure for 18 years. He is a sought after speaker and has organized and chaired a number of continuing education programs focusing on medical legal issues. Paul was a Director of the Medical Legal Society of B.C. and is a member of the Trial Lawyers Association of BC. In addition, Paul is a founding member of BILA, the Birth Injury Lawyers Alliance.

We are very pleased to announce that both partners at Pacific Medical Law have been recognized as “Leading Practitioners” in the 2019 Canadian Legal Lexpert® Directory in medical malpractice. This designation is a significant acknowledgment of their expertise in this very specialized and complex area of law.

Susanne Raab has been selected as a leader in medical malpractice litigation by The Canadian Legal Lexpert® Directory. Susanne’s practice focuses on representing individuals and families who have suffered injuries as a result of medical malpractice, with a focus on birth injuries and catastrophic brain and spinal cord injuries. Susanne has appeared before the Supreme Court of BC, the BC Court of Appeal and the Supreme Court of Canada. Prior to joining Pacific Medical Law, Susanne represented physicians in complex medical malpractice actions.

Susanne is actively involved in advocating for individuals living with disabilities, and serves as the President of the Board of Directors as well as Chair of the Advisory Committee of the Cerebral Palsy Association of British Columbia.  She is also on the Board of Governors of the Trial Lawyers Association of BC which is committed to improving access to justice for all British Columbians. She is a member of BILA, the Birth Injury Lawyers Alliance and a Fellow of the Litigation Counsel of America, an honorary trial lawyer society whose membership is limited to less than one-half of one percent of North American lawyers, judges and scholars. Susanne is also an adjunct professor at the UBC Allard School of Law where she teaches the medical negligence course to 2^nd and 3^rd year law students.