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Archuleta Law Firm
Dr. Michael Archuleta, J.D., M.D., M.B.A.
Founding Attorney & Medical Doctor

Dr. Michael Archuleta

J.D., M.D., M.B.A.

Doctor-attorney with 25+ years winning record-setting FTCA medical malpractice verdicts and settlements for veterans and military families.

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About Dr.

Dr. Michael Archuleta is an experienced military and VA medical malpractice attorney and a licensed medical doctor. For more than 25 years he has helped veterans, service members, and military families recover compensation for injuries and wrongful death caused by negligent care at VA hospitals and military treatment facilities.

He has achieved some of the largest medical malpractice judgments and settlements in the history of the Federal Tort Claims Act (FTCA), including $44.7M, $32.6M, and $18.7M recoveries. Dr. Archuleta is a founding member of the Federal Tort Litigation Group.

“Becoming a medical doctor has been one of the most important decisions in my life and in my career. It helps tremendously when handling veterans administration medical malpractice cases.”

— Dr. Michael Archuleta

Credentials & Education

  • Juris Doctor (J.D.)
  • Doctor of Medicine (M.D.)
  • Master of Business Administration (M.B.A.)

Practice Focus

  • Federal Tort Claims Act
  • VA Medical Malpractice
  • Military Medical Malpractice
  • FTCA Claims
  • Veterans Medical Negligence
  • Birth Injury Litigation
  • Wrongful Death Litigation

Other Attorneys at Archuleta Law Firm

Michael "EJ" Archuleta, II
Michael "EJ" Archuleta, II
J.D.
Attorney
Douglas A. "Doug" Dribben
Douglas A. "Doug" Dribben
J.D., LL.M., M.E.A.
Of Counsel

Understanding the review

Medical context. Legal perspective.

Understanding a potential medical malpractice claim means connecting the details of care with the legal questions they raise.

The review pathway
Editorial illustration of medical records examined through a lens alongside complementary review perspectives.
An illustrated guide to the questions behind a review.

Explore the questions

Understand the careFrame the medical questions.

Medical experience helps inform questions about the treatment, the sequence of events, and what the available records may help explain.

Useful to knowThe purpose is to understand the care and identify the details that need closer examination.

Connect the issuesBring the legal requirements into view.

Legal experience helps frame the issues of duty, causation, eligibility, and the procedures that may apply to the circumstances.

Useful to knowThe medical account and the legal requirements need to be considered together.

Discuss next stepsClarify what needs further review.

The information available, the gaps that remain, and the potential claim routes help shape a discussion of possible next steps.

Useful to knowAn initial review is a starting point for questions, not a prediction of an outcome.

Every potential claim depends on its own facts. A poor outcome alone does not establish malpractice.