Kathryn A. Stebner San Francisco, California
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Testimony
Senate Bill 2947, California Assembly and Senate, Elder and Dependent Adult Abuse: Waiver of Rights.
- Education:
- University of San Francisco School of Law, San Francisco, California,
1985
Juris Doctor - University of Oregon, Eugene, Oregon,
1982
Bachelor of Arts
Major: Political Science
- Published Works:
- "Practice and Procedure in Actions Against Residential Care Facilities", Chapter Five, California Elder Law Litigation: An Advocate's Guide (Co-Author with Peter Lomhoff), Continuing Education of the Bar, California, 2003 (Updated in 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007 and 2008)
- "Litigating Financial Abuse Actions Against Institutions, Agents and Fiduciaries", Chapter 6A, California Elder Law Litigation: An Advocate's Guide (Co-Author with Kirsten Fish), Continuing Education of the Bar
- "Drop That Negligence Claim for a Claim of Custodial Neglect", The Trial Lawyer, Spring, 2008
- "Elder Neglect Cases in Acute Care Facilities: It’s Not Just a Nursing Home Problem", Journal of Consumer Attorneys Associations for Southern California (Advocate), February, 2008
- "Elder Abuse and Medical Malpractice: Intersection with Parallel Roads?", Forum, January/February, 2006
- "Pressure Sore Cases in Acute Care Facilities: No Matter What the Defense Tries to Tell You, These Are Elder and Dependent Neglect Cases", Forum, January/February, 2006
- "Recent Decisions In Elder Abuse Law: 'Take Up The Cause'", Trial Lawyer, 2006
- "Pressure Ulcers in Residential Care Facilities for the Elderly - Look at the Regulations", California Advocates for Nursing Home Reform, Winter, 2005
- "Practice and Procedure in Actions Against Residential Care Facilities", Chapter Five, California Elder Law Litigation: An Advocate's Guide, Continuing Education of the Bar, California, 2003
- "Elder Abuse: Do You Know It When You See It?", The Trial Lawyer, Fall, 2003
- "Residential Care Facilities for the Elderly: The New Frontier in Litigation", Forum, June, 2002
- "'Transfer Trauma' Class Action Filed Against California Nursing Home Operator", Nursing Home Litigation Reporter, August 9, 2002
- "Discovery for the Motion to Amend for Punitive Damages in an Elder Abuse Case", Forum, July/August, 2000
- Classes/Seminars Taught:
- "Elder Abuse", University of San Francisco, 2010
- "Ten Tips to Minimize Litigation and the Costs of Litigation” "The Plaintiff Attorney's Perspective", Annual Conference Aging Services of California, Long Beach, California, May 4, 2010 - May 5, 2010
- "Kaiser Home Health – Discovery into Common Areas of Neglect", Consumer Attorneys of California, Oakland, California, April 20, 2010
- "Financial and Physical Abuse to the Elderly", Class Action and Individual Cases, San Francisco Trial Lawyers Association, April 13, 2010
- "Elder Abuse", University of San Francisco, 2009
- "Potential Strategies in Skilled Nursing Facility Cases", Consumer Attorneys of California, Live Webinar, December 10, 2009
- "Potential Strategies in Skilled Nursing Facility Cases", Consumer Attorneys of California, Live Webinar, December 10, 2009
- "Legal Nurse Consultant Developing Partnership with Elder Abuse Litigation Team", American Association of Legal Nurse Consultants, Phoenix, Arizona, April 24, 2009
- "Direct Examination of an Adverse Witness-Evidence Code section 776", Consumer Attorneys of California, Tahoe, California, March 21, 2009
- "Elder Abuse: Plaintiff and Defense Perspectives," Individual and Class Action Cases, San Francisco Trial Lawyers Association, San Francisco, California, March 10, 2009
- "Gender Bias in the Courtroom", Consumer Attorneys of California College of Trial Arts and San Joaquin County Trial Lawyers' Association Presents Masters Seminar-Stockton,CA, January 23, 2009
- "Elder Abuse", University of San Francisco, 2008
- Elder Abuse and Long Term Healthcare Litigation (Plaintiff vs. Defense Perspective-Debate), Consumer Attorneys of California, 47th Annual Convention, November 8, 2008
- "Remedies for Financial Abuse", Class Action Cases in Financial Elder Abuse, Continuing Education of the Bar - California, August 14, 2008
- "Mock Trial" – Plaintiff and Defense Day-Long Mock Trial, California Association for Healthcare Quality, June 25, 2008
- "Update on Long-Term Care Litigation," "Point/Counterpoint: Plaintiff and Defense Perspective,” “Common Ground: Estate Planners and Litigators Working Together", 12th Annual Elder Law Conference, California Advocates for Nursing Home Reform, May 9, 2008 - May 10, 2008
- "Assisted Living: Three Different Perspectives", West Legal Education Center, April 24, 2008
- "Using the Elder Abuse Statute To Its Fullest", Business and Professions Code section 17200 and Financial Elder Abuse Cases, San Francisco Trial Lawyer and Litigation Practice, April 22, 2008
- "Elder Abuse", University of San Francisco, 2007
- "One Stop Shop - Ethics", Consumer Attorneys of California 46th Annual Convention, San Francisco, California, November 11, 2007
- "Medical Malpractice vs. Elder Abuse", Consumer Attorneys Association of Los Angeles Las Vegas, Nevada, September 8, 2007
- "Ways of Helping Your Jury Get to Know Decedent", San Francisco Trial Lawyers Association San Francisco Trial Lawyers Association San Francisco, CA, June 12, 2007
- "Financial Elder Abuse" Class Action and Individual Cases, California Advocates for Nursing Home Reform Elder Law Conference, Berkeley, CA, May 5, 2007
- "Elder Abuse", University of San Francisco, 2006
- "Elder Law Seminar", New College of California, School of Law, 2006
- "Elder Abuse: Point/Counterpoint with John Supple", California Regional TLA Conference, Santa Barbara, CA, June 9, 2006
- "The Many Faces of EADACPA", California Advocates for Nursing Home Reform, Los Angeles, CA, May 13, 2006
- "Using EADACPA in Actions Against Hospitals", California Advocates for Nursing Home Reform, Manhattan Beach, CA, May 12, 2006
- "Elder Abuse", Golden Gate School of Law, 2005
- "Can The Expert Be Destroyed? Live Prep and Unrehearsed Cross of Real Experts", San Francisco Trial Lawyers Association, December 13, 2005
- "Long-Term Care Litigation and EADACPA Issues", California Advocates for Nursing Home Reform, San Francisco, CA, November 19, 2005
- "The Home Brewed Multi Media Trial: Presenting High Tech and Old School Demonstrative Evidence", San Francisco Trial Lawyers Association, November 15, 2005
- "Who Are These Plaintiff Attorneys and Why Are They Saying These Awful Things About Us?", QCHF Institute 2005 & CAHF August Quarterly Conference, San Diego, CA, August 15, 2005
- "Elder Abuse in Acute Care;" "Elder Financial Abuse: Relevance, Representation and Remedies;" "Elder Abuse Litigation: Ethical Advocacy", California Advocates for Nursing Home Reform's Elder Law Conference, Monterey, CA, 2005
- "When You Least Expect It-Elder and Dependent Neglect in Hospitals", California Regional Trial Lawyers Association Conference, MCLE Program, June 3, 2005
- "Gender and The Law", San Francisco Trial Lawyers Association, March 7, 2005
- "Elder Abuse", University of San Francisco, 2004 - 2005
- "Elder Abuse: Cases and Controversies;" "Elder Abuse Litigation: Point/Counterpoint-A Panel of Defense and Plaintiff Litigators;" "The Role of Experts in Elder Abuse Litigation;" "Scams, Scandals and Elder Fiduciary Abuse;" "Elder Abuse Litigation: New Directions", California Advocates for Nursing Home Reform's Elder Law, Pasadena, CA, 2004
- "How to Produce a Film of the Incompetent Plaintiff-Let The Jury Get to Know the Plaintiff" Maximizing the Value of Your Case Through Its Greatest Asset-The Plaintiff-Litigation Practice, San Francisco Trial Lawyers Association, San Francisco, CA, September 7, 2004
- "Defendants Gone Wild! What To Do When Discovery Issues Are Taking Over Your Case (And Your Life)." Roundtable Discussion, San Francisco Trial Lawyers Association, November 18, 2003
- "Representing Elders, Minors and Sexual and Racial Minorities", San Francisco Trial Lawyers Association, San Francisco, CA, September 9, 2003
- "Relevant Code Sections and Causes of Action-Scams, Scandals and Elder Fiduciary Abuse", California Advocates for Nursing Home Reform's Elder Law, 2003
- "Remedies for Physical Abuse and Neglect", Education of the Bar, Elder Law Litigation, May 10, 2003
- "Current Elder Abuse Law-Physical and Financial", California College of Trial Arts/Consumer Attorneys of California's 42nd Annual Convention, 2003
- "Elder Abuse", Golden Gate School of Law, 2002
- "Residential Care Facilities-The New Frontier in Litigation", Consumer Attorneys of California's 41st Annual Convention, 2002
- "Trial Advocacy", Hastings College of the Law, 2002
- "Transfer Trauma-The Perfect Psychological Injury Tort", San Francisco Trial Lawyer's Association, July 11, 2002
- "Long Term Care and Medi-Cal and Long Term Care Litigation", California Advocates for Nursing Home Reform, December 1, 2001
- "Elder Abuse Litigation: Early Investigation and Discovery;""Trial Preparation", California Advocates for Nursing Home Reform, 2001
- "What is Elder Abuse and Why is it Not Med-Mal?", San Francisco Trial Lawyers Association-Elder Abuse Litigation, 2000
- "SNF Litigation", California Advocates for Nursing Home Reform's Workshop, November 4, 2000
- "Investigating Elder Abuse", Alameda County District Attorney's Office, 2000
- "Elder Abuse Litigation", California Advocates for Nursing Home Reform's 4th Annual Elder Law Conference, 2000
- "Issues and Advocacy", California Advocates for Nursing Home Reform's 3rd Annual Elder Law Conference, April 30, 1999 - May 1, 1999
- "Elder Abuse & Long Term Litigation Workshop", California Advocates for Nursing Home Reform, November 14, 1998
- "Law Practice Management: Elder Abuse Litigation;" "The Outer Limits: Elder Abuse Litigation.", California Advocates for Nursing Home Reform's First Annual Elder Law Conference, 1997
- "Toxic Torts", Willamette University School of Law, 1995
- Honors and Awards:
- "Super Lawyer," Elder Abuse, 2009 - 2010
- "Presidential Award of Merit," Consumer Attorneys of California, 2008
- "Legal Advocate of the Year," California Advocates for Nursing Home Reform, 2002
- "Trial Lawyer of the Year", San Francisco Trial Lawyers Association, 2000
- "Volunteer of the Year" San Francisco Bar Association, 1990
- Professional Associations and Memberships:
- Consumer Attorneys of California
- Board of Governors
- San Francisco Trial lawyers Association
- Treasurer
- Past Employment Positions:
- Lopez, Hodes, Restiano, Milman, Skikos & Polos, San Francisco, California, 2000 - 2003
- Law Offices of Edward J. Nevin, San Francisco, California, 1998 - 2000
- Law Offices of Dan Bolton, San Francisco, California, 1997 - 1998
- Williams and Troutwine, Portland, Oregon, 1993 - 1996
- McTernan, Stender & Walsh, San Francisco, California, 1990 - 1992
- Hoberg, Finger, Brown, Cox & Molligan, San Francisco, California, 1986 - 1990
- Lewis & Lewis, San Francisco, California, 1986
- Law Offices of Jesus M. Maldonado, Oakland, California, 1986
- Law Offices of Kathleen Lucas-Wallace, San Francisco, California, 1986
- Public Advocates, San Francisco, California, Law Clerk, 1985
- US Department of Justice, Civil Rights Division, Employment and Voting Sections, Washington, D.C., Law Clerk, 1984
- Oregon Department of Justice, Oregon State Attorney General, Trial Division, Salem, Oregon, Law Clerk, 1984
- Paul Cominskey, Attorney at Law, San Francisco, California, Law Clerk, 1984
