Dirk E. Riemenschneider

Partner

I am a health and medicine lawyer, and serve as chair of the Health & Medicine Practice Group at Buckingham. For more than 30 years I have focused my practice on defending physicians, hospitals and long-term care facilities in medical malpractice actions.

I have extensive experience trying cases throughout Ohio. I provide hospital and physician defense for numerous hospitals, individual physicians and medical liability insurance carriers, and long-term care facilities throughout the region.

I handle very sensitive cases for my clients who are facing difficult circumstances. It is my job to protect them, ensure they are confident in the legal process, vigorously protect their interest at trial, and help them find closure and resolution so they can get back to focusing on their practice.

AWARDS & HONORS

Recognized in The Best Lawyers in America^® (2007-2026)
Recognized in Best Lawyers Business Edition® for Medical Malpractice Law (2015 – 2023)
Selected for inclusion in Ohio’s Super Lawyers® (2004-2024), as voted by his peers
Recognized in Ohio Super Lawyers® Top 100 (2014-2017)
Recognized in Cleveland Super Lawyers® Top 50 (2014-2017)
Recognized in Super Lawyers Corporate Counsel Edition® and the Super Lawyers Business Edition® for Personal Injury Defense: Medical Malpractice (2009-2015, 2017)
Martindale-Hubbell Peer Review Rating of AV® Preeminent™, which is the highest possible rating in both legal and ethical standards as established by confidential opinions from members of the Bar

PROFESSIONAL & CIVIC INVOLVEMENT

Litigation Counsel of America
International Society of Barristers
Eighth Judicial District, Life Member
The Three-Deuce-Five Marine Foundation, Advisory Board
Defense Research Institute, Medical Legal Committee

Presentations & Publications

Presentations:

“Running Multiple Rooms – Legal and Ethical Implications,” panelist, North American Skull Base Society 31^st Annual Meeting (2022)
Three-part annual conference series on topics related to unexpected patient outcomes and professional litigation (2017-2018)
“Experience is Treacherous: An Intimate View of the Physician’s Experience of Adverse Patient Outcomes and Malpractice Litigation,” co-presented, The Elena and Miles Zaremski Law-Medicine Forum, Case Western Reserve University School of Law (2018)
“When the Waves Wash Over Us: Responding and Recovering after Medical Mistakes and Unexpected Patient Outcomes and What We Talk about When We Talk about Litigation,” co-presenter, National Risk Management Week, MetroHealth Medical Center (2017)
“From Barely Surviving to Thriving: Finding Our Way Through Professional Litigation,” co-presenter, Akron Children’s Hospital Continuing Education Presentation (2016)
Frequently lectures on issues regarding medical legal issues
“Public Health and Jurisprudence,” Ohio College of Podiatric Medicine (2006)

Publications:

What is Personal Asset Protection and Why do I Need it?, ThrivePhysician.com (June 18, 2018)