A former Deputy District Attorney for the Marin County District Attorney's Office, for four decades Mr. McCarthy defended cases involving professional liability, medical and dental malpractice, construction defects, personal injury, municipal entity liability, product liability, large loss and intellectual property. Mr. McCarthy is "AV Preeminent" Peer Review Rated by Martindale-Hubble, indicating the highest level of expertise, experience, and integrity. In the field of professional liability, Mr. McCarthy has successfully defended health care professionals, hospitals, and emergency rooms in cases including wrongful death, permanent brain injury, failure to diagnose cancer, surgical malpractice, and numerous other claims.In the field of intellectual property, Mr. McCarthy has represented companies and individuals in federal court cases involving copyright infringement, trade secret, and misappropriation issues.Mr. McCarthy has defended a wide variety of medical malpractice suits ranging from brain injury to wrongful death following surgery, failure to diagnose cancer, emergency room trauma treatment, and surgical team negligence. Mr. McCarthy has represented physicians, surgeons, anesthesiologists, nurses, physical therapists, hospitals, and other health care professionals.Mr. McCarthy also specialized in dental malpractice claims. On behalf of a wide variety of dental professionals, including specialists, he has handled cases involving virtually every phase of dental treatment, including oral surgery, prosthodontics, periodontics, and orthodontics. Mr. McCarthy has also handled cases arising from subacute bacterial endocarditis, squamous cell cancer, and discrimination based on HIV+ status. Mr. McCarthy has also successfully handled numerous cases involving Administrative Law actions against health care providers.Mr. McCarthy is now in the process of retiring.