Monica A. Frois Named to CityBusiness 2012 Leadership in Law

Baker, Donelson, Bearman, Caldwell & Berkowitz, PC, is pleased to announce that Monica A. Frois has been selected for inclusion in the New Orleans CityBusiness Leadership in Law class of 2012. Leadership in Law is an annual listing that recognizes 50 legal professionals who help move the legal community forward with energy, innovative ideas, achievements and a commitment to excellence.

A shareholder in the Firm's New Orleans office, Ms. Frois has 22 years of experience in health care matters as well as complex litigation, insurance issues, legal ethics and professional responsibility litigation. She represents health care systems, hospital service districts, hospitals, physicians, nursing homes and numerous other health care providers in operational, compliance, regulatory and transactional issues as well as a wide variety of litigation. She has served on the Medical/Legal Interprofessional Committee of the Louisiana State Medical Society and the Louisiana State Bar Association and was appointed vice chair of membership for the Medical Defense & Health Law Committee of the International Association of Defense Counsel. Ms. Frois has been recognized as a leading attorney in her field by The Best Lawyers in America® and was named the Best Lawyers' 2012 New Orleans Medical Malpractice Law - Defendants Lawyer of the Year. She has also been recognized by Louisiana Super Lawyers, has been named to the list of "Top Lawyers" by New Orleans magazine since 2007, and holds an AV® Peer Review Rating from Martindale-Hubbell, the highest possible recognition for legal ability and ethical standards. In 2010, she was named to the New Orleans CityBusiness annual list of Women of the Year. Ms. Frois recently began a three-year term on the board of Save Our Cemeteries.

Ms. Frois will be recognized along with the other Leadership in Law honorees at an awards reception on March 20 at the New Orleans Museum of Art and will be profiled in a special section of the March 23 issue of CityBusiness.