Rodney H. Lawson
Partner

Business Litigation, Health Care, Products Liability

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Phone: 214-855-3054
Direct Fax: 214-758-3754
Email: rlawson@ccsb.com
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“I enjoy what I do.  Practicing law is a very big part of who I am.  I like the challenge of solving problems.  It is flattering when people seek my help.”

Mr. Lawson is a partner at Carrington Coleman whose practice focuses primarily on healthcare litigation, but also includes products liability, toxic tort and a wide range of commercial litigation.

Mr. Lawson's healthcare practice involves advising healthcare facilities, physician networks and individual physicians on nonlitigation matters, such as physician credentialing, physician and nursing peer review, hospital and medical staff bylaws, EMTALA, HIPAA and medical ethics, as well as handling litigation arising out of a variety of circumstances. Some of these are medical malpractice defense; general personal injury defense; and occasional commercial litigation, typically involving hospital contractual disputes. Mr. Lawson's medical malpractice defense practice has included not only the more traditional medical-surgical areas, but also mental health/psychiatric malpractice.

Mr. Lawson also has extensive personal injury litigation experience in representing defendants in products liability and toxic tort litigation of various types.

Mr. Lawson's general commercial litigation practice has included matters involving partnerships and closely held companies, franchise litigation, real estate (including condemnation) and oil and gas.

“I am very grateful for the long-term relationships I have enjoyed with many clients.  However, the Firm is fully invested in and committed to every client, whether the relationship continues for decades or for only one discrete legal matter.”

 

 

Education

University of Texas
J.D., with honors, December 1980
Order of the Coif

Baylor University
B.A., summa cum laude, 1977
Phi Beta Kappa

Admittances

Texas 1981

Associations/Affiliations

Member: Board of Directors, Mental Health Association of Greater Dallas.

Speeches/Publications

Co-Author, American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009.  A Perspective for the Health Care Industry (March 2009).

The Peer Review and Self-Evaluation Privileges and Immunities - Has The Pendulum Swung Too Far?, The Sedona Conference Journal, Vol. 3, with Charles Josef Blanchard, Fall 2002.

Physician Credentialing Presents Unique Challenge, Texas Healthcare Metroplex, Vol. 2, Issue 7, August 2000.

Co Author, Medical Malpractice and Physician Credentialing For General Practitioners, 1998.