Physician Defense Lawyer: Protecting Your Medical License and Career
A summary suspension or Medical Board Accusation are time sensitive and should be treated as an emergency. Inquiries from the MEC even if informal can trigger a cascade of consequences with only days for the physician to respond. Our medical defense lawyers move with great speed to protect your license and your career.
Physician defense is a specialized area of law and we have years of expertise focused on protecting doctors against medical board investigations, licensing actions, peer review challenges, summary suspensions, and other professional threats that can jeopardize a physician’s ability to practice medicine.
A skilled physician defense lawyer understands the complex medical-legal rules, hospital bylaws, and state licensing regulations that govern medical practice. At Horowitz Law Group, our medical license defense attorneys have deep expertise in:
Peer review and sham peer review defense
Medical board investigations and accusations
Summary suspension hearings
License defense and reinstatement
Criminal matters affecting medical licensure
Business disputes and hospital privilege issues
Disruptive Physician Allegations
FPPE's
Summary Suspensions
Peer Review/Summary Suspension and Medical Board Accusations have strict time limits which affect NPDB and Medical Board reporting and time frames to respond to Medical Board Accusations. We know these limits and can act quickly to protect your rights.
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Expertise Protecting Doctors
Daniel Horowitz delivers aggressive, strategic defense tailored to the unique challenges physicians encounter. Medical License attacks face tight time frames and reporting requirements. Daniel Horowitz and his legal team move quickly with time limits and career damage control in the forefront of our representation.
Daniel Horowitz has a proven record of success protecting medical licenses against hospital or medical group summary suspensions or peer review. If the Medical Board launches an investigation or files an Accusation, Daniel Horowitz has years of trial experience and experience interfacing with the Medical Board on behalf of his physician clients.
Daniel's national reputation as a trial lawyer and litigator brings strong credibility to your defense because his opponents know that if the case does not resolve, your lawyer has the ability to bring the case to trial on your behalf. It is the classic settlement through strength scenario.
His notable successes include front-page San Francisco Chronicle coverage of a major physician whistleblower case against John Muir Health, dismissals of Medical Board accusations, avoidance of NPDB reporting, favorable peer review outcomes, and protecting doctors in complex licensing and criminal matters that threaten their ability to practice. Backed by a specialized team that includes a physician-attorney and former Medical Board experience, Daniel Horowitz provides the depth of knowledge, rapid response, and relentless advocacy doctors need to protect their license and reputation.
Contact the Law Office of Daniel Horowitz today at (925) 291-5388 for experienced California physician defense.
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About Our Network of Medical Lawyers:
The Horowitz curated network of physician defense attorneys provides access to comprehensive defense for doctors facing licensing matters, peer review, sham peer review, Medical Board Investigations, Medical Board Accusations, and criminal charges.
Molly is passionate about protecting the careers and reputations of those who dedicate their lives to patient care. She understands the profound personal and professional toll these medical licensing matters can take and she approaches each case with empathy, strategic precision, and unwavering commitment to achieving the best possible outcome. Harnessing her years of experience working on high level healthcare cases, she now focuses her practice on defending physicians and other licensed healthcare providers against sham peer review, improper summary suspensions and license defense actions.
Physician defense lawyer Brookes Hammock is renowned for his technical skills and cutting edge legal analysis. Brookes was formerly with the medical board of Ohio.
Located in Lafayette, California (Contra Costa County), we serve doctors throughout the United States. Our associated physician lawyer Dr. Mark Ravis has his office in the Los Angeles area (Calabasas), while attorney Brookes Hammock is licensed in Pennsylvania and Ohio. We represent medical doctors anywhere in California and in most locations nationwide. We are licensed to practice in the United States Supreme Court, California Supreme Court, Federal Courts, Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals and the California Courts of Appeal.
Recent medical cases include the successful defense of a vaccine clinic whose doctor was investigated for directing extra doses to Seniors in need. Daniel went to trial on behalf of a urologist unfairly targeted by his medical group. He obtained a verdict of $ 1.7 million dollars. Daniel has obtained dismissals of filed Accusations, the termination of active Medical Board Investigations, and a “no file” of criminal charges when a medical office was raided and records seized.
Multiple DUI arrests were handled with the Medical Board declining to take further action. Domestic Violence arrests are handled internally by our criminal defense lawyers and our medical team fights to protect against medical board action. We work with Medical Board attorneys to tailor solutions that allow physicians to practice and maintain their license and dignity.
In cases involving sham peer review we have successfully negotiated separation agreements without National Practitioner Data Bank (NPDB) reporting and without Medical Board reporting. This has allowed our doctors to terminate professional relationships so that they leave a dysfunctional practice without negative license implications.
Note: No ethical lawyer can “guarantee” a result. We can “guarantee” that we care deeply about our clients and we will honestly and vigorously defend you.
Court Admissions
Daniel Horowitz is admitted to practice in the State of California and is admitted to the United States Supreme Court, California Supreme Court, Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals and United States District Courts in numerous jurisdictions. He appears in administrative law courts and at peer review hearings throughout the United States. We have established relationships with high level attorneys in many states including Texas, New York, Washington, Pennsylvania and Washington D.C.
Daniel Horowitz has appeared in federal courts nationwide and is admitted to the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals and the United States Supreme Court.
Daniel Horowitz has appeared in courtrooms in The Netherlands, Israel, Canada, and Cyprus. He has taken depositions in China and Ukraine. His international cases include representation of former Prime Minister of Ukraine, Pavel Lazarenko, an American businessman charged with crimes committed in China, representation of a U.S. corporation in Ukraine and Russia. These cases had Horowitz traveling internationally and negotiating resolutions with high ranking government officials, mobsters and business people in these countries.
Academic – Publishing
Daniel Horowitz is a teacher to both lawyers and law students. He regularly lectures to attorney groups and publishes in legal journals. He is a continuing education instructor and a prior law school and college instructor. Horowitz is a lecturer to criminal defense lawyers who are preparing for the criminal specialist examination in California. He has lectured at the CPDA/CACJ death penalty college in Monterey. Publications include the CEB Real Property Reporter, Alameda-Contra Costa County Trial Lawyers Journal, CPDA Magazine and other national and local bar journals.
Top National Ratings
Daniel Horowitz is nationally known as a Top 100 Trial Lawyer. He is recognized as a California “Super Lawyer”. Few attorneys in the nation have taken as many high complexity cases to jury trial. Daniel has been lead counsel in 1000’s of contested hearings and lead counsel in over 200 jury trials. If you need surgery, you select an experienced surgeon. No amount of paper experience compensates for inexperience in the OR. Daniel’s trial experience and national recognition make all the difference when you are in a courtroom. Objections in court must be made within 1/2 a second or it is often too late. Years of trials allows Daniel to anticipate issues and problems so that the solution is at his fingertips. Trial experience for a medical board case translates into negotiation power. Opponents can understand your position and Daniel can meet, confer and negotiate a fair resolution. You can negotiate without “losing face” because Daniel’s trial reputation precedes him. You have the assurance that if negotiation fails you are not bluffing. Daniel can still make your case in court. Daniel’s trials include defense of medical fraud, medical employment law, personal injury and wrongful death. His criminal cases include 8 death penalty trials and over 40 murder trials.
One final comment. Disbelief or hope are not your friends. While you are inactive, hoping for the best, your opponents are active. They are preparing their case. Medical board, peer review and criminal cases do not go away on their own. They get worse even though you may be unaware of the progression of the problem. We phrased that last sentence to deliberately mirror a medical situation so that you understand the severity of these situations. We understand that money spent on attorneys is a waste in the sense that it does not feed your family or build your practice. However, choosing to delay with false hope only makes matters worse. Medical malpractice policies often provide some coverage for medical board matters. We can help you with these coverage requests.
Get in touch online or at (925) 291-5388 for help from our Physician Defense lawyer.
Tough, humble, has integrity - simply THE best. With Dan it is not so much about the money but about doing what is right. A very rare breed. He has honesty and integrity and the jurys see it. If he doesn't believe in the case or the client he won't waste your time or his. But you better listen to him!...Believe an trust in him. I did and I am totally indebted to him. He is "The best of the best." Thank you Dan for all you have done and continue to do. Carole~ Arbuckle v. Board of Chiropractic Examiners
Carole A.
“Despite his kindness, I have never once doubted his ability to provide me with THE BEST representation in court.”
He is approachable but serious. Mr. Horowitz is the perfect balance of what someone wants in a lawyer. Not only is he approachable enough to gain and value your trust, but he's a bulldog in the courtroom. Despite his kindness, I have never once doubted his ability to provide me with THE BEST representation in court. I'm so thankful to have found a lawyer capable of such a delicate balancing act.
Molly A.
“The Best Attorney I Could Have Asked For”
Dan Horowitz was the best attorney I could have asked for during a difficult time in my career. From the moment I met him, I felt believed, respected, and safe. He and his team were endlessly responsive and empathetic to me and my family. He fought for my case day and night, always keeping my best interests at the forefront of his mind. As I learned from Dan, it is never a good time in one’s life to need legal representation - but if you need it, Dan is your person, your advocate, and your best friend. We are forever grateful for his tireless commitment to justice for the people.
