O'Hagan Spencer

Professional Overview

Kevin C. Rasp joins the firm’s Chicago office as an associate. He began his career at a medical malpractice defense firm in Fort Wayne, Indiana, where he defended healthcare providers in Indiana’s unique Medical Review Panel system. He worked closely with client physicians, nursing homes, health clinics, and hospitals to learn the applicable medicine or medical procedure and prepare submissions to the Medical Review Panel. These submissions discussed the relevant treatment, demonstrated his client’s adherance to the applicable standard of care, and contested the medical causation of the patient’s injuries. When cases were not resolved at the Medical Review Panel stage, Kevin defended his healthcare clients as their cases continued in state court.

While in Indiana, Kevin litigated medical malpractice, products liability, and personal injury cases from the initial stages of investigation through discovery, mediation, trial, and the appeal process. He second chaired several medical malpractice trials and represented clients in courtrooms across the state.

When Kevin returned to Chicago, his practice focused on the defense of products liability, wrongful death, and mass tort cases in Illinois, Indiana and around the country. He managed a varied and challenging caseload where he had the opportunity to depose expert witnesses, lead trial teams, and brief a successful appeal.

At O’Hagan Spencer, Kevin defends clients in cases involving medical malpractice, products liability, and professional liability. He is one of the firm’s appellate advocates and briefs appeals.

Education

Kevin graduated cum laude from Loyola University Chicago School of Law in 2007 where he served as an executive editor of the Annals of Health Law and as a health law legal writing tutor. He earned two CALI awards for the highest grades in Conflicts of Law and Remedies. Kevin completed externships at the American Dental Association and for Magistrate Judge Jeffrey Cole of United States District Court for the Northern District of Illinois. He clerked for a commerical litigation firm where he drafted several chapters of Handling the Business Emergency, which was published by the American Bar Association.

Kevin studied writing at DePauw University and graduated from its Honor Scholar Program.

Professional Organization Memberships

State Bar Admissions: Indiana, Illinois
Federal Bar Admissions: United States District Courts - Northern District of Indiana, Southern District of Indiana and Northern District of Illinois.

News, Publications, & Speeches

• Author - The Expertise of Medical Experts: Assessing Medical Education and Specialization When Experts Opine Across Specialties, Indiana Civil Litigation Review, Vol. 7, No. 1 (2010)
• Author - The Legal Ramifications of Best Practices in Health Care, 15 Annals Health L. 361 (Summer 2006)
• Presenter - The Medical Review Panel Process in Indiana, lecture to local paralegal students, (September 2008)
• Reported Case - Carlson v. Glueckert Funeral Home, Ltd., 943 N.E.2d 237 (Ill. Ct. App. 2011)

Support Staff

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Practice Areas

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