Rawle and Henderson LLP is pleased to announce that Elaine Ross has joined the Firm to continue her Professional Liability and Complex Litigation Practice along with Traci Hovis. 

With nearly thirty years of jury trial experience in professional liability and complex civil litigation matters, Elaine Ross has defended each of Philadelphia’s major tertiary care hospitals as well as nine community hospitals in Southeastern and South Central Pennsylvania against corporate negligence, medical professional liability and general liability claims.  Ross has defended hundreds of cases against hospitals, long term care facilities, nurses, physicians and other acute care medical providers.  

Karen Tucci joins the Firm as Rawle as an experienced trial lawyer that includes defending  hospitals, nursing homes, physicians, long-term care facilities  in professional liability cases, representing homebuilders and contractors in construction defect lawsuits and handling automotive, trucking, premise, and personal liability cases.   Tucci’s experience also includes successfully mediating and arbitrating cases through alternative dispute resolution.  

Ross and Tucci are joined and supported at Rawle by Tracy Hovis, a paralegal/registered nurse who  regularly analyses  medical records drawing upon her clinical nursing and related professional experience, which includes serving as a staff nurse, nurse coordinator and hospital risk manage