Legal Defense for Residents Facing Academic or Disciplinary Action

Marek Health Law represents medical students, residents, and fellows who are confronting the risk of academic or disciplinary actions that can derail not just their current training—but their entire future in medicine.

Our clients live in a uniquely complex space: part student, part employee, and fully exposed to institutional processes that are often opaque, unbalanced, and unforgiving. Navigating that complexity—while defending your career and future—requires legal counsel with deep knowledge, relentless commitment, and a history of meaningful impact.

That history has deep roots. Mr. Marek was the originator and lead counsel in Jung v. AAMC, the groundbreaking antitrust class action that challenged the National Resident Matching Program (NRMP) and sought increased wages and safer work hours for medical residents. Though the case was ultimately derailed by a Congressional antitrust exemption pushed through by powerful hospital lobbies, it directly precipitated the “voluntary” duty hour limits that still protect residents today. That case, and the broader fight behind it, remains a cornerstone of our firm’s identity and mission: to stand with those whose voices are often marginalized in academic medicine.

Today, we continue that mission by defending medical students, residents, and fellows against all forms of academic and professional jeopardy—remediation, probation, suspension, non-renewal, or dismissal. These events can have catastrophic consequences, from the loss of board eligibility to the permanent end of a medical career. We treat each case as if it is career-defining—because it is.

We also know what institutions are required to do—and too often fail to do. Hospitals and training programs are responsible for providing fair and adequate remediation opportunities, ensuring strict compliance with non-discrimination laws, adhering to their own policies and procedures, protecting trainees from inaccurate or retaliatory evaluations, allowing medical and family leave when needed, and exercising real discretion before imposing potentially career-ending, reportable actions like probation, suspension, non-renewal, or termination. When they fall short, we hold them accountable.

Our work is tailored, strategic, and aggressive. We lead our clients through internal investigations, committee reviews, grievance procedures, and appeals. Where needed, we expand the fight to external agencies or litigation in state or federal court. Every move is grounded in your priorities and designed to protect your future.

We aim to resolve matters directly through negotiation and institutional appeals whenever possible. But we do not hesitate to escalate when necessary. Our opponents know we are ready—and able—to take the fight all the way.

At Marek Health Law, we don’t just understand the stakes—we’ve helped shape them.