Deerfield Beach, FL (PRWEB) January 06, 2014

Roig Lawyers (http://www.roiglawyers.com) today announces the launch of a medical malpractice defense group, based in the firms new Tampa office. Edward J. Carbone, formerly a shareholder in the Tampa office of Carlton Fields, will lead the new medical malpractice defense team.

Mr. Carbone represents a wide variety of healthcare providers, including hospitals, physicians, and hospice services, in federal, state, and appellate courts. His litigation experience includes the defense of claims involving medical malpractice, birth injury, catastrophic brain injury, wrongful death, and the collection of medical debt.

The Florida Neurological Injury Compensation Association (NICA) no-fault compensation program for birth-related neurological injuries is of particular interest to Mr. Carbone, who has written on the topic and handled NICA-related claims.

Ed Carbone is known to many Florida healthcare providers for his high-profile litigation record in defending hospitals and doctors, said founding partner Fernando Roig. Expanding our roster of legal defense services to include medical malpractice reinforces our commitment to serve the entire state of Florida, adds managing partner Michael Rosenberg.

Mr. Carbone is licensed in Florida and Massachusetts, and admitted to practice in Florida state courts, the U.S. District Court for the Middle District of Florida, and the U.S. Court of Appeals, Eleventh Circuit. Earlier in his career he served as a judicial law clerk for The Honorable Arthur Minuskin of the Superior Court of New Jersey. He earned his J.D. in 1994 from Boston College Law School, and a B.A., cum laude, in 1991 from Boston College. Mr. Carbone is AV