Michael Kevin Wiggins 

P.O. Box 551
104 West Street
Annapolis, Maryland 21404-0551

 

Communication Center
Phone: (410) 263-5900
E-mail: mkw@wlekn.com
Fax: (410) 280-2230

Mr. Wiggins is a shareholder in the Firm whose practice is devoted to the defense of claims for professional malpractice. He represents physicians, medical institutions and laboratory companies throughout the State of Maryland and the District of Columbia in a wide array of complex professional malpractice claims. The majority of these cases are high exposure cases involving birth trauma, wrongful death and other large loss claims. Mr. Wiggins regularly appears in the Circuit Courts throughout Maryland and in the District of Columbia on behalf of these clients and has tried in excess of 75 jury trials. Mr. Wiggins also regularly appears before the Maryland and District of Columbia Boards of Professional Responsibility representing physicians and health care providers in administrative actions. He is an elected member of the American Board of Trial Advocates.

Repeatedly voted by his peers for inclusion in Maryland SuperLawyers (12 consecutive years) and Best Lawyers in America (10 consecutive years) Mr. Wiggins has been counsel of record on a number of leading judicial opinions in the District of Columbia and Maryland on issues relevant to health care law. Such matters have involved precedent setting cases on the Statute of Limitations for health care providers in Maryland and the District of Columbia, as well as the immunities afforded certain health care providers.

Mr. Wiggins is AV® Preeminent Peer Review Rated in Martindale-Hubbell.

Current Employment Position(s):

Shareholder

Bar Admissions:

Maryland, 1994

District of Columbia, 1996

U.S. District Court District of Maryland, 1995

U.S. Court of Appeals District of Columbia Circuit, 1997

U.S. Court of Appeals Fourth Circuit, 1997

Education:

University of Baltimore School of Law, Baltimore, Maryland, 1994 J.D.

St. Mary's College, 1990 B.S.

Honors and Awards:

Best Lawyers in D.C., 2010

Maryland SuperLawyer Medical Malpractice Defense, 2007 - Present

Best Lawyers in America Medical Malpractice Defense, 2009 - Present

Professional Associations and Memberships:

American Board of Trial Advocates

Maryland State Bar Association

The District of Columbia Bar

Maryland Defense Counsel