Frank
Spector
Frank Spector is the founder of Frank Spector Law, a Baltimore medical malpractice and birth injury practice serving families across Maryland and Washington DC. For 35 years he has represented patients harmed by medical procedures or ignored by negligent healthcare providers, recovering more than $190 million for the families he represents. Frank Spector focuses exclusively on medical negligence — birth injury, surgical error, emergency room malpractice, misdiagnosis, medication errors, and nursing home neglect. The practice is built on listening, attention, and personalized advocacy: when you call Frank Spector Law, you speak to Frank personally.
Thirty-five years representing patients and families harmed by medical negligence across Maryland and Washington DC, with more than $190 million recovered.
A Maryland Super Lawyers listing for medical malpractice and a 150+ review record across Google, Avvo, and Yelp.
Recovered for the families Frank Spector represents in birth injury, surgical error, emergency room, and nursing home neglect claims. Call 443-845-1456 and you will speak to Frank personally.
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Frank Spector
Frank Spector is the founder of Frank Spector Law, a Baltimore medical malpractice and birth injury attorney representing individuals harmed by medical procedures or ignored by negligent healthcare providers across Maryland and Washington DC. He has 35 years of experience and has recovered more than $190 million for his clients.
Frank Spector focuses his practice exclusively on medical malpractice, which means the standard of care — what a reasonably competent provider should have done — is the question he works every day. That focus covers birth injuries including cerebral palsy, Erb's palsy, birth asphyxia and developmental delay; surgical and emergency room errors; misdiagnosis; medication and IV errors; and nursing home neglect.
He runs the practice as a solo advocate by design. Clients reach Frank directly rather than an intake screen, and he offers a free consultation and will discuss a case at the client's convenience. He holds a Maryland Super Lawyers listing for medical malpractice and carries a 150+ review record across Google, Avvo, and Yelp.
What Inspired Frank?
Frank Spector's practice is built around a specific moment families describe again and again: being brushed off by a provider who would not listen, or leaving an appointment feeling like no one cared. That is the moment he built the firm to answer. Medical negligence cases are difficult, expensive, and procedurally hostile in Maryland, and most families have no way to tell whether what happened to them was a bad outcome or a breach of the standard of care. Frank Spector's answer is to take the call himself and give a straight answer.
Mission & Vision
The mission of Frank Spector Law is to give Maryland and Washington DC families a direct, honest path to answers after a medical injury. Frank Spector takes the call personally, explains what the standard of care actually required, and tells a family plainly whether they have a claim — including when they do not. The firm exists for patients harmed in delivery rooms, operating rooms, emergency departments, and nursing homes, and for families who were never told what really happened.
Frank Spector has represented Maryland and Washington DC patients and families for 35 years, building a practice devoted entirely to medical negligence. Over that career he has recovered more than $190 million for the families he represents and earned a Maryland Super Lawyers listing for medical malpractice. He is known regionally from television, radio, and online — but the practice itself stays deliberately small so that the attorney whose name is on the door is the one handling the case.
Duke University
B.A. in Political Science, 1988
University of Baltimore School of Law
J.D., 1991 — With Honors
Guiding Principles
Frank Spector's approach starts with listening. Families who have been hurt by medical care usually arrive having already been dismissed once, so the first job is to take the account seriously and then explain what Maryland law actually requires to prove it. He tells clients candidly when a case is not viable — and when it is, he explains the Certificate of Qualified Expert requirement, the filing deadline, and the damages cap before the family commits to anything.
Take the Call Yourself
When you call Frank Spector Law, you speak to Frank personally. Clients get the attorney, not an intake screen.
Listen First
Most families arrive having already been brushed off once. The first job is to take the account seriously, then explain what Maryland law actually requires.
Straight Answers, Including No
Frank Spector tells families candidly when a case is not viable. An honest no early is worth more than an expensive maybe.
Focus Beats Breadth
The practice is medical negligence only. That focus is what makes the standard-of-care fight winnable.
“When you call Frank Spector Law, you will speak to Frank personally.”
Practice Areas
Frank Spector and Frank Spector Law focus on Medical Malpractice, Birth Injury, Cerebral Palsy, Erbs Palsy, and more.
Medical Malpractice
Frank Spector holds healthcare providers accountable for negligent care that causes injury or death across Maryland and Washington DC. Every claim turns on the standard of care — what a reasonably competent provider should have done — and on Maryland's Certificate of Qualified Expert requirement.
Birth Injury
Cerebral palsy, Erb's palsy, birth asphyxia, kernicterus, vacuum delivery injuries, and developmental delays caused by medical negligence during labor and delivery.
Cerebral Palsy
Cerebral palsy caused by oxygen deprivation, untreated jaundice, or delayed intervention during labor and delivery, and the lifetime cost of care those claims have to account for.
Erbs Palsy
Brachial plexus injuries from shoulder dystocia and excessive traction during delivery, which can leave an arm permanently weakened without proper management.
Surgical Errors
Mistakes during surgery that result in serious injury or complications, including wrong-site procedures, retained instruments, and anesthesia errors.
Emergency Room Errors
Misdiagnosis and treatment failures in emergency departments, where delay and triage error can turn a survivable condition into a catastrophic one.
Medical Misdiagnosis
Missed, delayed, or wrong diagnoses that allow a treatable condition to progress.
Medication Errors
Wrong medications, wrong dosages, and IV infiltration injuries that cause serious harm to patients.
Nursing Home Neglect
Protecting elderly residents from abuse and neglect in Maryland and Washington DC care facilities.
Wrongful Death
Claims brought by families when medical negligence causes a death, including the damages Maryland law makes available to survivors.
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Call For Free ConsultationFrequently Asked Questions
Maryland requires a Certificate of Qualified Expert in most medical malpractice claims. A qualifying expert must attest that the provider breached the standard of care and that the breach caused the injury. Without it, a case can be dismissed before it ever reaches a jury — which is why Frank Spector builds claims around expert review from the start.
Maryland sets a filing deadline for medical malpractice claims, and it is unforgiving once it passes. Because the clock and its exceptions depend on when the injury was or should have been discovered, the safest step is to call as early as possible — even if you are not sure yet whether what happened was negligence.
Yes. When you call Frank Spector Law you speak to Frank directly about your case. He is committed to answering questions about medical malpractice and personal injury claims, and consultations are free.
Nothing. Frank Spector offers a free consultation and will discuss your case at your convenience. Call 443-845-1456.
Frank Spector Law serves Baltimore City, Baltimore County, and communities across Maryland — including Towson, Catonsville, Randallstown, Milford Mill, Dundalk, Middle River, Essex, White Marsh, and Glen Burnie — as well as Washington DC.
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Serving clients across Maryland from our Baltimore office.
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1340 Smith Avenue, Suite 300Baltimore, MD 21209
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