Rob Hoisington
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Rob Hoisington
As a farm kid from rural Oklahoma, I had the perfect upbringing to represent hospitals and healthcare providers in complex medical malpractice cases — I knew nothing about medicine, or about hospitals for that matter.
When I was hired as a law clerk by a medical malpractice defense firm during law school, I spent more time in the medical library at the OU Health Sciences Center than the law library at the OU Law School. Through this experience, I discovered that I was not only interested in medicine, but had some facility in understanding the medical issues and translating these concepts for non-healthcare providers.
Over the past several decades, I have been privileged to represent many Oklahoma hospitals and healthcare providers across the State. During that time, I have defended countless lawsuits involving allegations of professional negligence brought by patients, as well as other types of healthcare litigation, including class action lawsuits, mass torts, and premises liability matters. My practice has included the representation of healthcare entities of all types and sizes, from the smallest municipal facilities to the largest healthcare systems, whether privately owned or operated by a political subdivision of the State of Oklahoma.
One of the significant changes I have observed during my practice has been the evolution of mediation. As the use of mediation increased, becoming a more common and more effective tool, I expanded my practice by attending the Straus Institute for Dispute Resolution at Pepperdine. This training has been immeasurably beneficial to me when representing clients in mediations over the years, despite that I only occasionally have sufficient available time to practice as a mediator rather than an advocate.
The decline of trial practice is another significant change in the practice of law over the past three decades, owing in no small part to the increased effectiveness of mediation. Despite the fact that jury trials have become the exception rather than the rule, the prospect of going to trial continues to be the siren’s song that brings me to the office.