Mr. Larsen is a seasoned trial attorney with 20 years dedicated to medical malpractice defense Routinely enlisted to try matters he did not work up, he has successfully persuaded juries in the Midwest, Northeast, South, Southeast and Southwest. In fact, for the past seven years, 91% of his trials ended in either a defense verdict or at a defense settlement figure predicted many months before.
His university-based molecular biology training helps him both adeptly navigate the medicine underlying litigation and skillfully challenge leading expert witnesses from academic institutions. For example, after cross-examining a Harvard-based expert, plaintiff accepted a settlement figure offered months before trial.
A strategic thinker, his skills also flourish outside the court room. Most recently, he served as National Strategic & Trial Counsel for a captive covering over 800 physicians with exposure in 33 states. In that capacity, he assembled a 12-attorney team and shepherded them through multiple “plaintiff-friendly” venues where both the audience and local rules posed unique challenges. Internally, he was also the principal architect of a captive strategy that helped thwart historical “stair-step” reserve increases, resulting in an improved credit rating while also auditing potential future corporate exposure.