Deirdre graduated from University College Cork with an Honours B.C.L. Degree in 2007. She completed a postgraduate LLB Degree in 2011.
Deirdre is an experienced litigator who joined the firm in 2018. She gained extensive expertise in all aspects of litigation in her previous positions with a large law firm also based in the city.
Deirdre works in the Litigation and Dispute Resolution Department. She is a specialist in medical negligence defence litigation. She is instructed by global indemnifiers in large defence medical negligence matters.
She has a keen interest in psychological injury claims. She has been appointed to act in a number of the misdiagnosis Cervical Check screening controversy claims in recent years.
Deirdre also deals with general casualty and complex employers’ liability claims for large self insuring clients with whom she also assists with their health and safety training and risk assessments.
Deirdre can be contacted on 021 2390620 or by e-mail deirdre.rafferty@mdmsolicitors.ie