Megan M. Millich

Megan focuses her practice on defense of medical malpractice and medical negligence matters for physicians, hospitals, and other medical providers.

Experience

• Secured a defense verdict for ambulatory surgery center on a Clark v. Southview Hosp. & Family Health Ctr. claim
• Secured a defense verdict for an internal medicine physician on claim involving management of anti-coagulation therapy
• Secured a defense verdict for a neurosurgeon in a claim involving rupture of an aneurysm
• Secured a defense verdict for a primary care physician in a claim involving delay of diagnosis of cancer
• Secured a defense verdict for a plastic surgeon in a claim involving a breast augmentation
• Secured a directed verdict for a neurosurgeon due to lack of expert testimony
• Secured a defense verdict for an general surgeon on claim involving bowel reconstruction
• Secured summary judgment on a claim for punitive damages for a nurse practitioner
• Secured findings of no or mitigated discipline for practitioners before the State Chiropractic Board and the Marriage and Family Therapist Boards
• Secured dismissals without payment for numerous physicians, nurses and paraprofessionals
• Secured several grants of summary judgment for physicians and practice groups regarding lack of sufficient expert testimony
• Served as solo trial counsel in six and second chair counsel in over twenty medical malpractice and insurance cases tried successfully to jury verdict
• Defended health care providers including physicians, nurses, and hospitals in professional and general liability matters

Services

• Medical Defense
• Liability Defense

Industries

• Health Care

1. The University of Akron School of Law, J.D.
2. Youngstown State University, B.A.
   • summa cum laude

Bar Admissions

1. Ohio

Court Admissions

1. U.S. Bankruptcy Court, Northern District of Ohio
2. U.S. Court of Appeals, Sixth Circuit
3. U.S. District Court, Northern District of Ohio

• Named to The Best Lawyers in America® for Medical Malpractice Law - Defendants (2024-2025) and Personal Injury Litigation-Defendants (2025)

Professional Affiliations

• Nathaniel R. Jones Inns of Court
• Mahoning County Bar Association, Board of Trustees (2011-2015)
• Defense Research Institute (DRI)

Community Affiliations

• Board of the Legal Creative, Member