Rachel E. Giroux is a trial attorney and associate at Waranch & Brown. Ms. Giroux focuses on defending against claims of medical malpractice, as well as representing health care providers in professional licensing matters. Ms. Giroux has successfully litigated and tried cases in the Circuit Courts of Maryland.
Prior to joining the Firm, Ms. Giroux served as a Law Clerk for the Honorable Colleen A. Cavanaugh in the Circuit Court for Baltimore County. Ms. Giroux graduated cum laude from the University of Maryland Francis King Carey School of Law. She served as Articles Editor of the Journal of Health Care Law & Policy and as a Teaching Fellow for the Academic Achievement Program, mentoring new law students. Ms. Giroux was awarded The Joseph Bernstein Award for her 2018 Note, Balancing Privacy and Proof: Discovery of Nonparty Medical Records, published in Maryland Law’s Journal of Health Care Law and Policy.
Ms. Giroux previously served as an intern to the Honorable Clayton Greene, Jr., of the Court of Appeals of Maryland and the Honorable Judith C. Ensor of the Circuit Court for Baltimore County. Prior to law school, Ms. Giroux graduated with honors from the University of Maryland, College Park, Robert H. Smith School of Business.
Ms. Giroux is licensed in Maryland and the District of Columbia. She is a member of the Maryland State Bar Association, the DC Bar Association, the Baltimore County Bar Association, the Maryland Defense Counsel, and the MD-DC Society for Healthcare Risk Management.
Ms. Giroux was published in The Defense Line for her articles, Telemedicine: Welcome to the Future, and Telemedicine Liability: A Blended Standard of Care for the Modern World.
Ms. Giroux was selected as a 2024 and 2025 “Rising Star” by Maryland Super Lawyers.
