Susan Friery, M.D.

Associate

Litigation, Negligence, Medical Malpractice, Personal Injury, Products Liability

Susan Friery joined the firm of Kreindler & Kreindler LLP in 1987 as a medical consultant and is now a senior associate at the firm. She focuses in general tort, medical malpractice, product liability and aviation litigation.

Dr. Friery is a 1983 cum laude graduate of Canisius College, where she received the National Bios award for research in benzene toxicity while simultaneously pursuing her career as a principal dancer and soloist with the New York City Ballet and as guest soloist for the Canadian National Ballet and the American Ballet Theater. She received her medical degree from the College of Physicians and Surgeons of Columbia University in 1988 where she graduated in the top one percent of her class. She has special training in forensic pathology and has worked at Children's Hospital in Buffalo, New York, Babies Hospital at Columbia Presbyterian in New York City, and the New York City's Medical Examiner's Office. She has served as an advisor and worked for the American Red Cross, The National Kidney Foundation and the National Disaster Medical Response Teams. She also served as an editor for numerous medical journals, including the Pediatric Pathology and the Journal of Pediatrics.

Dr. Friery graduated from New York Law School in 1993. Since then she has been able employ her unique skill set – medical and legal – to benefit Kreindler and Kreindler LLP clients.

At Kreindler, Dr. Friery has been involved in litigating medical malpractice, negligence, aviation, negligence and product liability cases. Recently, she had an important role in obtaining the highest state verdict in a non-dependent personal injury case, Ruby v. Budget Rent a Car, which was upheld on appeal.

Dr. Friery is committed to community work. She volunteers as a patient advocate, intensivist and doctor of Internal Medicine in the free clinics at Columbia Presbyterian Hospital, New York Presbyterian Hospital, Massachusetts General Hospital, and the Veteran's Hospital in Boston. She frequently is a guest speaker at medical conventions and hospital training programs regarding patient advocacy and legal-medical ramifications of patient care. She guest lectured at Harvard Medical School on The Power of Apology: Evolving Concepts in Handling Medical Errors and the Aftermath.

Additionally, Dr. Friery is active in several bar associations including American Trial Lawyers Association, where she is a member of the aviation, product liability and medical malpractice sections, and assists the finance committee in raising funds for public education and awareness. She is also a member of the American Bar Association, the Massachusetts Bar Association and the Massachusetts Academy of Trial Attorneys, where she serves as Non-Regional Governor.

Dr. Friery is admitted to the bars of Massachusetts and Washington, DC, the U.S. District Court for Massachusetts and has been admitted pro hoc vice in numerous state and federal Courts throughout the United States.