The Surgeon Lawyer

Dr. Michael P. Estivo

Dr. Estivo, an orthopedic trauma and spine surgeon with expertise in injury law, pursued legal education after witnessing lawyers, especially those representing injured parties, struggle with questioning during trials. Recognizing the manipulation of facts by insurance defense lawyers to discredit injury claims, he observed the challenges even when plaintiff attorneys were knowledgeable. Drawing on over 25 years of treating similar injuries as a surgeon, Dr. Estivo brings unparalleled insight to his legal representation, ensuring a comprehensive understanding of both injury law and the physical injuries involved in your case.

Dr. Estivo has performed thousands of surgeries involving the neck, upper, middle and lower back, shoulders, arms, hands, pelvis, hips, upper and lower legs, and feet. As an orthopedic surgeon, he had years of intense training treating all types of musculoskeletal injuries. Following those years as an orthopedic surgery resident, Dr. Estivo was in practice as an orthopedic surgeon for over 25 years. As an orthopedic surgeon, he would be the doctor that the emergency room would call in to handle injuries they felt were too severe for them to treat in the emergency room. He would also be the doctor to whom emergency room physicians, family and other doctors would refer. Dr. Estivo does not just have a general basic knowledge of musculoskeletal injuries that anyone graduating medical school will have. He didnʼt just obtain a medical degree and then go on to law school to simply hold both degrees. He actually practiced treating only musculoskeletal injuries as an orthopedic surgeon for many years. As an orthopedic surgeon, musculoskeletal injuries are his specialty. Orthopedic surgeons are the specialists other doctors refer to when they feel a musculoskeletal injury is beyond their level of care.