Practice Areas

Navigating professional liability requires expert legal representation. Luckily, we specialize in protecting professionals from a wide range of liability issues, from allegations of malpractice to guidance on risk management.

When disputes escalate, expert legal representation in civil litigation and appeals is crucial. Our seasoned attorneys are adept at handling complex cases across various sectors, so we know how to advocate for your interests — and we will.

Our firm provides comprehensive legal counsel across all areas of construction law, helping clients navigate complex projects and disputes with confidence. We handle matters involving additional insured coverage, construction contracts, construction defect claims, indemnity provisions, and job site injury cases. With deep industry knowledge and a practical, solutions-driven approach, we protect our clients’ interests at every stage of a project—from contract negotiation and risk management to claims defense and resolution.

Our firm provides comprehensive legal counsel in Errors and Omissions matters, helping professionals and organizations manage risk and resolve disputes effectively. We represent clients in administrative and licensing defense, accounting, cyber liability, design professional claims, escrow issues, home inspections, insurance agents, TPAs, MGAs, legal malpractice, property management, real estate, and technology-related matters. With a practical, solutions-driven approach and deep industry knowledge, we work to protect our clients’ interests, reputations, and businesses across the full spectrum of professional liability issues.

Our team provides a suite of comprehensive legal support, ensuring your interests are protected and advocated for effectively. Trust us to handle your general liability matters with the expertise and dedication they require.

Our Medical Malpractice Defense team has vast experience defending complex allegations against healthcare clients including hospitals, physician practices, individual licensed healthcare professionals and medical facilities. We also regularly consult and advise on preventative practices as well as pre-suit strategy, appellate issues, and punitive damages.

We have significant expertise defending catastrophic wrongful death, medical malpractice, and professional liability claims, as well as in state licensing investigations and litigation for physicians, nurses, pharmacists, and other healthcare professionals. We handle a wide variety of matters including birth-related ranging from prenatal, labor and delivery, and neonate. We have complex litigated surgical cases, alleged missed diagnoses cases, emergency medicine cases, in-patient hospital settings and outpatient settings cases. We represent both large institutional, multi-care tertiary care hospitals and clinics as well as individual physician and provider offices.

Our team is comprised of lawyers who are recognized locally, statewide, and nationally, all who possess a thorough understanding of the legal relationship between a hospital and its staff, physicians, and the individual healthcare provider practices.

Our insurance coverage team works closely with insurance carriers to provide coverage opinions and evaluations, advise on policy language and regulations, and assist carriers in bad faith defense. We apply our collective experience in various lines of practice, together with the team’s familiarity in different types of policies, to assist our clients on both first party and third-party claims. Our firm also assists businesses in obtaining indemnity and additional insured coverage. The members of the team are from diverse insurance related backgrounds, and they all keep abreast with novel and emerging insurance issues

Zelms Erlich Lenkov has a diverse Labor and Employment practice. Our labor and employment practitioners litigate and offer strategic support and effective solutions in many different areas of Labor and Employment law. We place a strong emphasis on quality service, attention and client relationships. Our employment attorneys not only provide full-time legal representation but are also trusted advisors who are available to our clients any time they need us.

Key Representations

• Successfully represent business entity clients in connection with employment actions and administrative proceedings.
• Regularly assist clients with EPLI insurance matters, including claims and litigation.
• Counsel clients on risk management, including performance improvement plans, termination issues, wage and hour, and related employment issues.
• Develop and prepare employment policies and manuals.

Zelms Erlich Lenkov is dedicated to ensuring your real estate ventures are successful and legally sound. From handling complex transactions to resolving disputes, our experienced attorneys provide expert counsel on all aspects of real estate law.

Our firm provides comprehensive legal services in transportation law, guiding clients through complex regulatory, contractual, and liability matters across multiple modes of transit. We represent clients in admiralty and maritime law, automotive liability, aviation law, and trucking-related claims. With extensive industry knowledge and a solutions-focused approach, we work to safeguard our clients’ interests, ensure compliance, and resolve disputes efficiently within the highly regulated transportation sector.