Practice Areas
- Appellate Practice
- Business Litigation & Risk Management
- Damages Mitigation
- Long-Term & Elder Care Litigation
- Medical Malpractice Defense
- Premises Liability
- Products Liability
- Trucking & Transportation
P.K. is the Managing Partner of the firm’s Raleigh, North Carolina office and team leader of the firm's Damages Mitigation Team, which focuses on trial strategies for the mitigation of damages in catastrophic exposure cases. He is licensed to practice law in North Carolina, Georgia and the District of Columbia. He has dedicated the majority of his professional career to representing major academic centers, hospitals and healthcare providers in medical negligence and healthcare litigation.
P.K. is an invaluable strategic partner and fierce advocate for his clients having served as lead counsel and having tried cases to verdict. Given his trial experience and successful track record, P.K. is routinely retained also to defend clients in complex cases with potential catastrophic exposure. He is also frequently called upon by clients across the country during pretrial and trial phases to assist with evaluating, assessing, and mitigating damages in multi-million-dollar liability exposure cases.
P.K. has worked closely with internationally and nationally recognized expert witnesses in a variety of specialties to help formulate strategies and defenses relating to standards of care, causation issues and damages in complex medical negligence cases. With his proven history of litigation success, P.K. has earned the reputation as a top, go-to medical malpractice defense attorney. In addition to his trial practice, he is regularly invited to give lectures and presentations on trial strategies in high exposure cases.
In 2017, P.K. was selected for membership in the prestigious American Board of Trial Advocates (ABOTA), an exclusive organization of judges and civil trial lawyers. Membership constitutes peer recognition of the highest trial acumen and professionalism. He was also selected for inclusion in The Best Lawyers in America, Litigation Counsel of America, and is frequently recognized by his peer as a North Carolina Super Lawyers Rising Star. He is an AV rated lawyer with Martindale-Hubbell, a prestigious peer review rating which recognizes attorneys who have reached high levels of skill and integrity. P.K. is an active member of the American Society of Hospital Risk Managers (ASHRM) and its North Carolina chapter (NC ASHRM), and frequently gives presentations to its members.
- Defense verdict for obstetrician in a case alleging delay in delivery and alleged resulting neurological injuries including cerebral palsy with damages evidence exceeding $25 million
- Defense verdict for an obstetrician in a shoulder dystocia case alleging severe and permanent brachial plexus injury
- Defense verdict for emergency medicine physicians and staff in a case alleging delay in diagnosis of a spinal epidural abscess resulting in paralysis
- Defense verdict for general surgeon who performed an anterior exposure lumbar infusion procedure resulting in injury to the patient’s ureter
- Defense verdict for trauma surgeon in a case involving retroperitoneal bleed and death of a 17 year old female following a motor vehicle accident
- Defense verdict for a trauma surgeon in a case involving splenic bleed and death
- Defense verdict for emergency medicine physicians and mid-levels in an alleged failure to diagnose a bowel obstruction
- Served as lead counsel on management and enforcement of intellectual property rights for higher-education institution
- Trial counsel for software technology company in alleged patent infringement litigation
- Trial counsel for consumer retail manufacturer in alleged patent infringement litigation
- Outside general counsel for mobile technology company advising on intellectual property and corporate matters
- Lead counsel on negotiating, drafting, and closing seed and series funding for mobile technology, broadband, and telecommunication companies
- Counseled, advised, and negotiation asset purchase acquisition for retail furniture importer
- Advised and served as strategic counsel for data management company relating to funding, acquisitions, and intellectual property matters
- Reviewed, negotiated, and prepared consulting and product development agreements with medical device and pharmaceutical companies
- Represented and advised NC based venture capital and private equity groups on capital investments, recapitalization, and mergers and acquisition of privately held companies
- Served as lead counsel on federal action involving business ownership interest, trademark, and copyright dispute relating to software technology
- Trial counsel for furniture importer in federal copyright infringement matter
- Defended textile manufacturer and importer in federal copyright infringement matter
- Managed domain name and internal trademark infringement prosecution for international bank and pharmaceutical companies
- Advised and represented software companies on IP audits and infringement matters
- B.S., North Carolina State University
- J.D., University of Richmond
- Frequently recognized by his peers as a North Carolina Super Lawyer
- Appointed in 2017 to the prestigious American Board of Trial Advocates (A.B.O.T.A.)
- Also appointed for membership in the prestigious Litigation Counsel of America, an invitation only organization recognizing trial attorneys based on skill and integrity
- Frequently included in The Best Lawyers in America
- Best Law Firms, U.S. News & World Report | Best Lawyers, 2022
- AV rated lawyer with Martindale-Hubbell
- Active Member of ASHRM
- Active Member of NC ASHRM