Credentials
Education
Clerkships
Summer Laws Clerk, U.S. Attorney Office, District of New Mexico
Recognition
The Best Lawyers in America
Product Liability Litigation - Defendants, 2022-2027
Southwest Super Lawyers
“Rising Star,” 2015-2017
Legal Memberships
American Bar Association
New Mexico Women’s Bar Association
Albuquerque Bar Association
Bar and Admissions
Colorado
Iowa
New Mexico
Other Experience
Rodey, Dickason, Sloan, Akin & Rodd P.A.
Partner
Margot Heflick represents healthcare industry clients in high-risk healthcare professional liability litigation and trials. She has extensive experience winning for clients early in litigation, having won walk-away dismissals and favorable settlements in dozens of challenging matters. Margot also has focused experience representing medical professionals facing board complaints and inquiries, as well as healthcare providers and facilities serving incarcerated individuals.
Cases
Successfully defended a physician against a contemplated action by the New Mexico Medical Board following a patient death resulting from an undiagnosed bowel obstruction.
Obtained dismissal with no money paid for a physician accused of negligence that contributed to a woman's death following severe sepsis and multi-organ failure.
Won dismissal with prejudice for two employees of a New Mexico detention center who were accused of civil rights violations that led to an inmate's suicide.
Successfully defended an emergency room physician accused of negligence following a pediatric patient death resulting from epileptic seizures and brain damage.
Successfully defended a physician against a contemplated action by the New Mexico Medical Board following a patient death resulting from an undiagnosed bowel obstruction.
Obtained dismissal with no money paid for a physician accused of negligence that contributed to a woman's death following severe sepsis and multi-organ failure.
Won dismissal with prejudice for two employees of a New Mexico detention center who were accused of civil rights violations that led to an inmate's suicide.
Successfully defended an emergency room physician accused of negligence following a pediatric patient death resulting from epileptic seizures and brain damage.
Represented an emergency room physician accused of negligence following a pediatric patient death resulting from a rare lung complication.
Represented an obstetrician facing allegations of mismanaged care. The plaintiffs claimed that the care following an emergency C-section resulted in the mother sustaining a hypoxic brain injury.
Represented two emergency room physicians against negligence claims following pediatric patient deaths as a result of pneumonia/Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome.
Defended a radiologist against negligence claims related to a misplaced catheter that allegedly caused the plaintiff to suffer extensive damages and to require prolonged hospitalization.
Successfully settled two wrongful death medical malpractice cases for a company providing healthcare services in a prison.
Favorably settled or handled multiple medical malpractice cases involving allegations of missed cancer diagnoses.
Favorably settled a wrongful death case filed against a drug and alcohol rehabilitation center following the death of a patient who left the premises.
Margot Heflick represents healthcare industry clients in high-risk healthcare professional liability litigation and trials. She has extensive experience winning for clients early in litigation, having won walk-away dismissals and favorable settlements in dozens of challenging matters. Margot also has focused experience representing medical professionals facing board complaints and inquiries, as well as healthcare providers and facilities serving incarcerated individuals.
Credentials
Education
Clerkships
Summer Laws Clerk, U.S. Attorney Office, District of New Mexico
Recognition
The Best Lawyers in America
Product Liability Litigation - Defendants, 2022-2027
Southwest Super Lawyers
“Rising Star,” 2015-2017
Legal Memberships
American Bar Association
New Mexico Women’s Bar Association
Albuquerque Bar Association
Bar and Admissions
Colorado
Iowa
New Mexico
Other Experience
Rodey, Dickason, Sloan, Akin & Rodd P.A.
Partner
Cases
Successfully defended a physician against a contemplated action by the New Mexico Medical Board following a patient death resulting from an undiagnosed bowel obstruction.
Obtained dismissal with no money paid for a physician accused of negligence that contributed to a woman's death following severe sepsis and multi-organ failure.
Won dismissal with prejudice for two employees of a New Mexico detention center who were accused of civil rights violations that led to an inmate's suicide.
Successfully defended an emergency room physician accused of negligence following a pediatric patient death resulting from epileptic seizures and brain damage.
Successfully defended a physician against a contemplated action by the New Mexico Medical Board following a patient death resulting from an undiagnosed bowel obstruction.
Obtained dismissal with no money paid for a physician accused of negligence that contributed to a woman's death following severe sepsis and multi-organ failure.
Won dismissal with prejudice for two employees of a New Mexico detention center who were accused of civil rights violations that led to an inmate's suicide.
Successfully defended an emergency room physician accused of negligence following a pediatric patient death resulting from epileptic seizures and brain damage.
Represented an emergency room physician accused of negligence following a pediatric patient death resulting from a rare lung complication.
Represented an obstetrician facing allegations of mismanaged care. The plaintiffs claimed that the care following an emergency C-section resulted in the mother sustaining a hypoxic brain injury.
Represented two emergency room physicians against negligence claims following pediatric patient deaths as a result of pneumonia/Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome.
Defended a radiologist against negligence claims related to a misplaced catheter that allegedly caused the plaintiff to suffer extensive damages and to require prolonged hospitalization.
Successfully settled two wrongful death medical malpractice cases for a company providing healthcare services in a prison.
Favorably settled or handled multiple medical malpractice cases involving allegations of missed cancer diagnoses.
Favorably settled a wrongful death case filed against a drug and alcohol rehabilitation center following the death of a patient who left the premises.