Rich Cahill is currently Vice President and Associate General Counsel with The Doctors Company and provides legal support to the Claims and Patient Safety Departments, oversees company appellate litigation, and also lectures frequently on topics related to health care.
Mr. Cahill received his undergraduate degree (summa cum laude) from UCLA in 1975 and his Juris Doctorate from Notre Dame Law School. He served as a deputy district attorney in California at the outset of his career and was subsequently appointed as counsel on the Central Legal Staff of the Nevada Supreme Court before entering private practice in California.
Mr. Cahill has specialized in various facets of health care litigation for 39 years, including the defense of hospital and physician professional liability claims, managed care contract disputes, network privileges issues and related business torts. He has completed in excess of 185 trials and binding arbitrations with a combined win-rate of 92%. He has a preeminent rating with Martindale-Hubbell, the premiere peer-reviewed attorney rating service in the United States.
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