Health & Medical Law

Fonseca Moreti Ito Stefano Advogados offers absolutely differentiated tailor fit services with high level of excellence and solutions for highly complex cases. Fonseca, Moreti, Ito & Stefano Advogados harbors a specialized Medical, Hospital and Health Law department with almost two decades of experience in this field – working for physicians, clinics and hospitals. Our team of lawyers is nationally and internationally recognized for the excellent work carried out over the years. Our firm also has the support of a multidisciplinary medical team that reinforces the development and preparation of our clients’ defenses in court and before the Regional and Federal Boards of Medicine.

Fonseca Moreti Ito Stefano Advogados offers the following solutions:

– Preparation of defenses and monitoring of malpractice and medical error cases;

– Preparation of actions to annul undue convictions in judgments passed by the Federal Board of Medicine;

– Preparation legal-medical opinions;

– Preparation of appeals to the Courts of Appeal and Superior Courts in Brasília, submitting briefs and presenting oral statements.

– Preparation of defenses in inquiries arising from malpractice, medical error, ethical failures, and undue medical advertising;

– Preparation of defenses in professional ethical proceedings arising from malpractice, medical error, ethical failures, and undue medical advertising;

– Hearings at the Regional Board of Medicine;

– Preparation of appeals to the Federal Board of Medicine, submitting briefs and presenting oral statements.

– Analysis, formulation, and revision of medical, hospital, and patient documentation;

– Study of and adjustment to records of physicians, clinics, and hospitals;

– Implementation of Electronic Medical Records;

– Analysis, formulation, and revision of Free and Informed Consent Forms as per to the Medical Ethics Code and the Consumer Defense Code;

– Preparation of expert reports jointly with our multidisciplinary medical team to be used in legal cases, inquiries, and ethical and professional cases;

– Training and lectures to physicians and associates of Clinics, Hospitals, Laboratories to prevent legal damages;

– Analysis of and adjustments to medical advertising in social media and institutional pages of medical offices, clinics, hospitals in light of the Medical Ethics Code and the Consumer Protection Code.