Ralph F. Holmes
Director & Co-Chair of Litigation Department
Ralph is Co-Chair of the Litigation Department of New Hampshire's largest law firm, McLane, Graf, Raulerson & Middleton. His expertise is in complex, challenging litigation and he has substantial experience handling medical malpractice, death and catastrophic injury claims, commercial disputes, trust and will contests, and other lawsuits. Ralph represents clients in New Hampshire and Massachusetts and practices before federal and state courts.
Department
Litigation
Areas of Practice
- Business and commercial disputes
- Contested probate matters
- Medical malpractice cases
- Catastrophic injury and death claims
Representative Clients & Work
Ralph has participated as counsel in some of our firm's most significant and successful medical malpractice and personal injury cases. He is regarded as having also one of the most active Probate Court litigation practices, handling a wide variety of contested matters for and against administrators, executors, trustees, and other fiduciaries
Representative Medical Malpractice Law:
- Obstetric and birth injuries due to a failure to diagnose or treat conditions leading to cerebral palsy, including fetal distress, gestational diabetes, uterine rupture, abnormal labor, chorioamnionitis, and meconium aspiration;
- Failure to diagnose and/or treat cancer;
- Failure to provide proper nursing care or supervision in a nursing home and hospital settings;
- Failure to properly perform surgery and treat post-surgical infections;
- Failure to diagnose and treat developing life threatening conditions, such as a heart attack, intestinal blockage, blood disorders, metabolic disease, or other disorders;
- Failure to interpret correctly x-ray, CT, MRI, ultrasound, and other radiology studies;
- Failure to properly perform joint replacement, arthroscopic, and other orthopedic surgeries;
- Failure to interpret histology and other pathology studies; and
- Cases involving other medical conditions and disciplines, including pathology, radiology, anesthesiology, and emergency medicine
Representative Probate Litigation:
- Will and trust contests;
- Accounting claims against fiduciaries;
- Claims for fiduciary misconduct, removal and surcharge;
- Guardianships and conservatorships;
- Power of attorney disputes;
- Elder abuse and exploitation claims;
- Pretermitted heir claims;
- Fiduciary and attorney fee disputes;
- Breach of duty claims against executors, administrators, and trustees;
- Other trust and estate litigation
Representative Personal Injury:
- Automobile and truck accidents;
- Product liability claims; and
- Workplace and other accidents
Admissions
Federal and State Courts in New Hampshire and Massachusetts
Professional & Association Memberships
- New Hampshire Bar Association
- Governor and Secretary, New Hampshire Trial Lawyers Association
Recognition
- Recognized in The Best Lawyers in America.
Community Involvement
Ralph's community activities have included service as legal counsel to the Greater Manchester Chamber of Commerce, President of the Moore Disabilities Foundation, Governor of the New Hampshire Trial Lawyers, and a variety of other professional and charitable activities.
Career
- J.D., Boston College, 1984
- B.A., Lafayette College, 1980
Recent Publications and Lectures
Ralph routinely publishes articles in the legal professional press and is a panelist in seminars for other lawyers on substantive and procedural aspects of trial practice.
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