Plymouth, Massachusetts - Accused killer Lindsay Clancy's murder trial may have ended in a mistrial due to a hung jury, but the public was introduced to the lead attorney in her civil suit against health care providers following the judge's ruling, begging the question: Who is Rosemary Curran Scapicchio?

"We would not be here today but for the negligence of her doctors and medical providers,” Scapicchio told members of the media and the public outside of the courthouse following Judge William Sullivan's declaration of a mistrial.

This wasn't the last time people will hear Scapicchio's name or her scathing words directed at the health care industry, which she believes failed Clancy leading up to the strangulation deaths of her three young children.

Though many are still hung up on the lone holdout juror breaking his silence after Florida Governor Ron DeSantis offered him "asylum," others have turned their attention to Clancy's medical malpractice case. Scapicchio was present throughout Clancy's murder trial, and she certainly stood out after the mistrial declaration. But what is her track record with medical malpractice cases, and what happens next in Clancy's civil case?

Unlike her ex-husband Patrick Clancy's civil medical malpractice suit – which was filed in January 2026 and has an initial hearing set for October 2026 – Lindsay Clancy's civil suit (which was filed shortly after Patrick's) does not have an initial hearing. Patrick appeared in an episode of 60 Minutes on Sunday, where he spoke candidly on camera about the trial, his grief, and the public scrutiny he's faced.

Here's what to know about Lindsay's attorney for her civil suit, Rosemary Scapicchio, and the claims in the suit itself.

The medical malpractice suit was filed by Scapicchio on behalf of Clancy on January 27 in Norfolk Superior Court. Per the suit, Scapicchio is an attorney with an office in Boston, Massachusetts.

The lawsuit names several of Clancy's doctors as defendants — some of whom testified during her murder trial – such as Dr. Jennifer A. Tufts, M.D., Dr. Alia Goodheart, M.D., Dr. Zobeida M. Diaz, M.D., and Rebecca H. Jollotta, C.N., along with numerous medical facilities like Aster Mental Health Inc., South Shore Health System, Inc., McLean Hospital, and Women & Infants Hospital of Rhode Island.

Though Scapicchio doesn't typically handle civil cases, she has been involved in high-profile cases as a defense attorney. She graduated from Suffolk University Law School and passed the Massachusetts bar in 1991. She then immediately opened her own self-titled independent law practice in Boston, where she still works today.

According to her law firm's website, "Scapicchio is no stranger to high-profile cases, at least on the local level: she represented Shawn Drumgold in his successful bid to overturn his murder conviction in 2003."

She later (in 2014) secured a $5 million settlement from the City of Boston for Drumgold, according to the Boston Herald, which – at the time – was the city's largest-ever wrongful conviction payout.

As for Clancy's civil suit, which doesn't yet have an initial hearing set, Scapicchio argues that the case "arises from the catastrophic failure of multiple medical providers to properly diagnose, treat, and monitor Lindsay's severe postpartum psychiatric condition, despite her repeated, desperate pleas for help and her family's persistent efforts to obtain adequate care."

The civil suit also claims that Lindsay "did everything a mother in her situation could do." Despite this, "The Defendants ... each failed to properly diagnose Lindsay's bipolar disorder with postpartum onset and instead subjected her to a disorganized, uncoordinated course of polypharmacy that exacerbated her condition and precipitated a severe psychotic break."

Though it's now legally required for the criminal case to be closed for the civil case to move forward, Clancy's medical malpractice suit will likely be on hold until prosecutors decide whether they'll retry the case or drop the charges completely.

The next hearing for the criminal case will take place on September 29, where the prosecution and defense will consider next steps.