Charmaine A. Ferguson

Associate - Houston , Texas

South Texas College of Law (J.D., 1999)
University of Texas School of Nursing at Houston (B.S.N., 1991)

Practice Areas

• Premises Liability
  
• Personal Injury Trial Law
  
• Medical Malpractice
  
• Products Liability

Admissions

• State Bar of Texas
  
• United States District Court for the Southern, Eastern, Northern and Western Districts of Texas

Legal Memberships

• State Bar of Texas
  
• Texas State Board of Nurse Examiners

Honors and Awards

• Order of the Lytae
  
• Assistant Articles Editor of South Texas Law Review

Ms. Ferguson is an associate attorney in the firm's products liability and medical malpractice sections.  Her experience includes representation of clients in professional liability, healthcare law, products liability, and general negligence claims, and representation of nurses before the Board of Nurse Examiners for the State of Texas.  Her medical malpractice experience has included hospital, independent practice associations, allied health care professionals, nurses and physicians.  Her products liability experience has included alleged defects in pharmaceuticals and medical devices.

Ms. Ferguson has been licensed as a registered nurse since 1992.  She has been employed as a registered nurse in the Medical Intensive Care Unit at Memorial Hermann Hospital since 1991.  As a registered nurse, she has served on the Nursing Peer Review Committee and has participated in the drafting and implementation of unit specific nurse policies and procedures.

Representative Experience

Professional Liability:

• Assisted in the successful defense of physician defendants in mass tort pharmaceutical litigation involving diabetic drug.
  
• Assisted in the successful defense of physician defendants in mass tort pharmaceutical litigation involving weight loss medications.
  
• Successfully represented hospitals, independent practice associations, allied health care professionals, nurses and physicians in medical malpractice liability actions.
  
• Successfully represented nurses before the Board of Nurse Examiners for the State of Texas.

Premises Liability:

• Successfully defended premises lawsuits against hospitals.
  
• Represented hospitals in slip-and-fall cases.
  
• Defended premises lawsuit alleging elevator defects.

Products Liability:

• Successfully managed defense of component part manufacturer involved in heart valve device mass tort litigation proceeding.
  
• Assisted in successful defense of pharmaceutical cases involving allegations of severe physical injuries.