Attorneys
Mary K. Wolverton
- Milwaukee Office
Areas of Practice/Concentration
- Catastrophic Injury Defense
- Health Care Professional Liability
Education
- Marquette University Law School J.D., 1978
- Michigan State University B.A., 1971
Professional Achievements
- Selected for Inclusion in Wisconsin Super Lawyer 2007-2009, 2011, 2012
- Listed in "The Best Lawyers in America" (Medical Malpractice,
Personal Injury)
- Law Clerk to Justice Connor T. Hansen of Wisconsin Supreme Court, 1978-1979
- Sievert Outstanding Defense Bar Leader Award from Defense Research Institute,
1993
- Association of Women Lawyers, Mentoring Award, 1999
Professional Affiliations
- Wisconsin Supreme Court Planning and Policy Advisory Committee, 2008-Present
- Member, Civil Trial Counsel of Wisconsin, President, 1992-1993
- Defense Research Institute, State Chairman, 1993-1996
- International Association of Defense Counsel
- Wisconsin Society of Healthcare Risk Managers, Board of Directors, 1997-1999
- National Conference of Women's Bar Association, President, 2000
- Member, Speaker's Task Force on Medical Malpractice Reform, Wisconsin
Legislature, 2005
- Member, Joint Legislative Councils Special Committee on Discipline of
Health Care Professionals, 1998-1999
Admissions
- All Wisconsin State Courts
- United States Supreme Court
- United States District Court for the Eastern District of Wisconsin
- United States District Court for the Western District of Wisconsin
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Appellate Decisions
Wisconsin Supreme Court
Burks v. St. Joseph's Hospital, 227 Wis.2d 811, 596 N.W.2d 391 (Wis.
1999) (Established that when a hospital's violation of the federal Emergency
Medical Treatment and Active Labor Act (EMTALA) results from a negligent
medical act or from a decision made in the course of rendering professional
medical care, and not merely an economic decision, the Patient Compensation
Fund has an obligation to provide excess coverage.)
Court of Appeals
Korntved v. Advanced Healthcare, Inc., 2005 WI App 197, 286 Wis.2d
499, 704 N.W.2d 597 (Established that health care provider was not vicariously
liable for employee's act of disclosing information to her husband in violation
of patient confidentiality when the employee was acting outside the scope
of employment.)