Phone: (410) 230-3815
Fax: (410) 230-3801

E. Philip Franke, III, an owner and partner in the firm, specializes in defending physicians and other health care providers against malpractice claims. His experience in this area includes defending healthcare professionals before juries in Maryland Circuit and Federal Courts. Mr. Franke also regularly represents healthcare providers before state licensing agencies and peer review boards.

Mr. Franke was selected to appear in the 2007 and 2008 editions of The Best Lawyers in America in the specialty of medical malpractice law, and he was listed in the 2008 issue of Maryland Super Lawyers ® magazine. Elected by his peers, he is a member of the American Board of Trial Advocates. He is also a member of the Maryland Defense Counsel, Inc., having served on its Executive Committee as chairman of both the Negligence and Insurance Committee and the Professional Liability Committee.

Mr. Franke has been invited to testify on numerous occasions before the Maryland legislature on proposed legislation affecting civil litigation generally and medical malpractice claims specifically. He also has appeared before numerous groups of healthcare professionals to discuss liability issues and risk management.

Areas of Practice: Defense of Professional Malpractice Claims; Medical, Dental, Hospital/nursing home, Representation of physicians and other professionals before licensing agencies and peer review boards, Product liability defense, Appellate Practice, Insurance Coverage

Bar Admissions:
Maryland, 1983 United States District Court for the District of Maryland, 1984

Education:
University of Maryland School of Law (J.D., 1983), University of Virginia (B.A., 1977)

Representative Clients:
Medical Mutual Insurance Society of Maryland, Johns Hopkins Health System Corporation

Representative Cases: Successfully defended physicians in over forty trials claiming wrongful death or serious injury, including claims of malpractice involving: Missed/delayed cancer diagnosis, Obstetrics, General surgery, Orthopedic surgery, Neurosurgery, Internal medicine, Urology, Cardiology, Family practice, Gynecology, Psychiatry

Successfully defended individuals and corporations in numerous jury trials involving claims of:
Product liability, Premises liability, Assault and battery, Professional negligence

Past Employment Positions:
Anderson, Coe & King, LLP, Associate and Partner, 1984-2008

Birth Information:
1951, Baltimore, Maryland