Julie A. Rosenwinkel

Julie Rosenwinkel has over 30 years of providing legal counsel in the areas of health care and health care litigation. Throughout her career, she has focused her practice on defending hospitals, their employed staff and employed physicians in medical malpractice actions. She also advises health care clients on various matters including peer review privilege, medical records production requests, emergency detentions and medical consent issues. 

Ms. Rosenwinkel often represents clients in response to consumer complaints against their professional licensure before appropriate licensing boards, and has been involved in several guardianship issues surrounding incapacitated adults. She also prepares position statements to the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) on behalf of employers in response to claims and defends the claim if they move beyond the EEOC to state court. Additionally, she routinely defends premises liability cases pertaining to safety issues occurring at organizations of all sizes. 

Representative Experience

• Lead counsel through jury trial obtaining judgment on the evidence for hospital in a lawsuit alleging negligent credentialing of a physician
• Lead counsel through jury trial obtaining a defense verdict for physician in a lawsuit alleging failure to diagnose
• Lead counsel through jury trial obtaining a defense verdict for hospital in a lawsuit alleging medication error
• Efficiently and successfully represents both hospitals and physicians as lead counsel in numerous medical malpractice actions filed with the Indiana Department of Insurance 
• Secured dismissals, via summary judgment or voluntary dismissal, of numerous state court actions 

Professional Associations

• Board of Directors, Tradewinds Services
• Member, Indiana State Bar Association - Health Law Counsel
• Member, Lake County Bar Association
  • Past Vice President and Board Member

Awards & Recognitions

• 2018 Most Influential Woman in Law, Northwest Indiana Influential Women Association
• 20 Under 40 Award, Northwest Indiana/Chicagoland BusINess Magazine

Seminars & Presentations

• Co Presenter, "Malpractice & Mayhem: Decode the Lingo, Navigate Risk, and Real-Life Lessons in Provider Vetting," Indiana Association of Medical Staff Services Business Meeting and Education Conference, July 25, 2025
• Co-Presenter, "Emerging Issues in Compliance and Risk Management," Indiana Society of Medical Assistants Workshop, November 16, 2024
• Presenter, "Emerging Issues in Compliance and Risk Management," Butler University Physician Assistants Students, 2022 - 2024

Publications

• Co-Author, "Federal Court of Appeals Lifts Stay of Indiana’s Prohibition on Gender Transition Services to Minors," March 19, 2024
• Author, "Patient May Raise Vicarious Liability of Hospital for Unnamed Physicians in Medical Review Panel Submission," October 23, 2020
• Co-Author, "Anesthesiologist's Business Card Given to Patient on Morning of Surgery Probably Won't Absolve Hospital of Liability," October 19, 2020

Education

• J.D., cum laude, Indiana University Maurer School of Law, Bloomington, Indiana, 1994
  
  • Indiana Law Journal Board of Editors, Assistant Editor
• B.A. in Economics & Criminal Justice, Indiana University, Bloomington, Indiana, 1992

Bar & Court Admissions

• Indiana, 1995
• U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Indiana, 1995
• U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Indiana, 1995
• Illinois, 1995

Certifications

• Legal Lean Sigma® White Belt

Practices

• Litigation and Dispute Resolution
• Long-Term Care Providers
• Hospitals and Health Systems
• Labor and Employment

Industries

• Health Care