Mr. Bruce D. Gehle This is Me

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1. 1. Hancock, Daniel, Johnson & Nagle, P.C.

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   Published on: 11/1/2005   Last Visited: 11/1/2005

   Bruce D. Gehle
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   Bruce D. Gehle.
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   Bruce Gehle is a senior associate at Hancock, Daniel, Johnson & Nagle, P.C. licensed in Virginia, Kentucky and North Carolina. Since graduation from law school, Mr. Gehle has worked as trial counsel on behalf of healthcare providers. Prior to joining the firm, he was trial counsel for the University of Kentucky Medical Center, a Level 1 Trauma Center, in Lexington, Kentucky. He defended the University hospital and its clinics, administrators, attending physicians, residents, interns, medical students, nurses and other staff in state court, federal court and administrative procedures. He also worked for the University as a consultant for implementation of HIPAA protocols and as an adviser on JCAHO issues. He coordinated the drafting and preparation of a comprehensive pre-emption analysis of HIPAA with respect to Kentucky statutory, regulatory and common law that is available on-line.
   
   The great variety of malpractice claims defended by Mr. Gehle include opthalmic surgery, subarachnoid hemorrhage, patient suicide, pituitary surgery, pharmaceutical errors, stroke, transient ischemic attacks, cerebral palsy, alleged drug overdose, failure to diagnose spinal fractures, laparoscopic injuries, infection, retained foreign objects, hypovolemic shock, nasal septoplasty, radical neck dissection, compartment syndrome, and plastic surgery. He has defended all manner of specialties including attending and resident neurosurgeons, neurologists, orthopedic surgeons, general surgeons, urologists, radiologists, neuro-radiologists, ophthalmologists, pediatricians, pediatric neurosurgeons, obstetrician/gynecologists, oncologists, emergency department physicians, psychiatrists, social workers, otolaryngologists, plastic surgeons, vascular surgeons, internal medicine, family practice, cardiologists, and pathologists.
   
   Mr. Gehle also has trial experience in areas outside of medical malpractice. He has defended commercial carriers in personal injury and wrongful death suits in the state and federal courts of Kentucky. He has defended bad faith insurance claims based upon both automobile and life insurance policies. Outside of trial experience he has participated in multiple mediations, arbitrations (both binding and non-binding) and summary jury trials.
   
   He also has experience as general counsel for a large non-profit corporation, the Kentucky Association for Community Action, representing it in everything from employment matters to non-profit corporate issues.
   
   Mr. Gehle has significant appellate experience and has argued cases before the United States Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit, the Kentucky Supreme Court, and the Kentucky Court of Appeals. Published opinions include: Schneider v. Moran Foods, 291 F.3d 392 (6th Cir. 2002), and he authored the successful brief in Withers v. University of Kentucky, 939 S.W.2d 340 (Ky. 1997), which established the sovereign immunity defense for the University of Kentucky.
   
   Mr. Gehle is a graduate of the University of Kentucky College of Law, where he served as assistant editor of the Kentucky Law Journal from 1994-1996. He received his undergraduate degree from the University of Virginia in 1989. In addition to Virginia, Kentucky and North Carolina state courts, Mr. Gehle is admitted to the U. S. District Courts for Eastern and Western Districts of Kentucky, and the U.S. Court of Appeals, Sixth Circuit.