What University Administrators, Coaches, Athletic Trainers and Athletes Need to Know

December 23, 2011

Types : Press Releases

 

A presentation by Steven Pachman, partner at Montgomery McCracken

On December 15th, Montgomery, McCracken, Walker & Rhoads, LLP partner Steven Pachman presented the webinar “The Athletic Trainer & the Law: Minimizing the Risk of Legal Liability for Athletic Injuries” before an audience of the National Athletic Trainers Association.

Pachman is a partner in the firm’s Litigation Department with a varied practice that includes complex commercial litigation, white collar criminal cases and investigations, contract disputes, appellate matters, and personal injury defense.  As part of his personal injury defense practice, he advises school officials and attorneys, risk managers, athletic trainers and athletic departments, physicians, and other health care professionals on institutional liability issues concerning sport-related concussions and other sports’ injuries.  Recently, Pachman represented a local university, an athletic trainer, and others in high-profile, nationally-publicized litigation involving a catastrophically-injured football player who allegedly sustained a concussion and Second Impact Syndrome.