

Julie A. Rosenwinkel
Partner
Offices: Merrillville, Chicago
jrosenwinkel@kdlegal.com
p: 219-227-6106
f: 219-227-6101
Julie Rosenwinkel has over 23 years of litigation experience and concentrates 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.
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
- Wellness Council of Indiana (Board of Directors)
- Lake County Bar Association (Board of Directors, Vice President)
- Indiana State Bar Association (Member)
- American Bar Association (Member)
- Schererville Rotary Club
- Lake Central Education Foundation (Board of Directors)
- Girl Scouts of Greater Chicago and Northwest Indiana (Co-leader)
Awards & Recognitions
- 2018 Most Influential Woman in Law, Northwest Indiana Influential Women Association
- 20 Under 40 Award, Northwest Indiana/Chicagoland BusINess Magazine
Publications
- Co-Author, "Patient May Raise Vicarious Liability of Hospital for Unnamed Physicians in Medical Review Panel Submission," Krieg DeVault Health Care Newsletter, October 2020
- Co-Author, "Anesthesiologist's Business Card Given to Patient on Morning of Surgery Probably Won't Absolve Hospital of Liability," Krieg DeVault Health Care Newsletter, October 2020
Certifications
- Legal Lean Sigma® White Belt
Education
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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)
Practices
Industries

Photography

Puzzles

Fitness
Health Care

Patient May Raise Vicarious Liability of Hospital for Unnamed Physicians in Medical Review Panel Submission
October 23, 2020
Health Care

Anesthesiologist's Business Card Given to Patient on Morning of Surgery Probably Won't Absolve Hospital of Liability
October 19, 2020
Julie Rosenwinkel has over 23 years of litigation experience and concentrates 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.
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
- Wellness Council of Indiana (Board of Directors)
- Lake County Bar Association (Board of Directors, Vice President)
- Indiana State Bar Association (Member)
- American Bar Association (Member)
- Schererville Rotary Club
- Lake Central Education Foundation (Board of Directors)
- Girl Scouts of Greater Chicago and Northwest Indiana (Co-leader)
Awards & Recognitions
- 2018 Most Influential Woman in Law, Northwest Indiana Influential Women Association
- 20 Under 40 Award, Northwest Indiana/Chicagoland BusINess Magazine
Publications
- Co-Author, "Patient May Raise Vicarious Liability of Hospital for Unnamed Physicians in Medical Review Panel Submission," Krieg DeVault Health Care Newsletter, October 2020
- Co-Author, "Anesthesiologist's Business Card Given to Patient on Morning of Surgery Probably Won't Absolve Hospital of Liability," Krieg DeVault Health Care Newsletter, October 2020
Certifications
- Legal Lean Sigma® White Belt
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)
Practices
Industries
Insights
Health Care

Patient May Raise Vicarious Liability of Hospital for Unnamed Physicians in Medical Review Panel Submission
October 23, 2020
Health Care

Anesthesiologist's Business Card Given to Patient on Morning of Surgery Probably Won't Absolve Hospital of Liability
October 19, 2020