Not Your Typical Elder Law Firm

Kathryn A. Stebner

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San Francisco, CA

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415-362-9801
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Testimony
  • Bill AB 859, California Assembly and Senate, Elders and dependent adults: abuse or neglect. – 5/02/17.
  • Senate Bill 1065, Federal Arbitration Act, Appeal process for denial of petitions to compel arbitration in Elder Abuse Cases, 3/01/16.
  • Senate Bill 2947, California Assembly and Senate, Elder and Dependent Adult Abuse: Waiver of Rights.
  • Senate Bill 558- Standard of Proof for Physical Elder Abuse Cases.
  • Senate Bill 2171 – Residential Care Facilities for the Elderly – Bill of Rights.
  • Senate Bill 314- Elder and Dependent Adults- Abandonment.

Kathryn Stebner’s profile in the February 2013 edition of Plaintiff’s Magazine.

Presentations/Speaking Engagements

  • The Truth Behind ALF Point Systems as part of the American Association for Justice’s Insider Look at Your Nursing Home Cases Webinar Series, April 6, 2022
  • “RCFE Point Systems: Experience form Class Cases” November 22, 2019, CANHR’s 23rd Annual Elder Law Conference, Monterrey, CA
  • “Breaking Banks that are Breaking Bad” November 22, 2019, CANHR’s 23rd Annual Elder Law Conference, Monterrey, CA
  • “A Cluster What? Tips for Navigating Expedited Multi-Plaintiff Suits When Class and Mass Don’t Apply” November 13, 2019, CAOC
  • “Preferential Trial: Justice Delayed is Justice Denied” November 5, 2019,  SFTLA 120 Days Before Trial, San Francisco, CA
  • “Sonoma Fire Case: A Case Study in Preferential Cluster Cases.” October 4, 2019, SCTLA Beyli Seminar, Santa Clara, CA
  • “Head Injuries and the Aging Brain”, May 17, 2019, CAOC Masters Seminar on Traumatic Brain Injuries, Stockton, CA
  • “Elder Class Actions: Notes from the Long and Winding Road”, May 3, 2019, CAOC Palm Springs Seminar, Palm Springs, CA 
  • “The RCFE Point System Charade”, March 9, 2019, The Donald L. Galine Sonoma Travel Seminar by CAOC, Sonoma, CA
  • “Elder Abuse: Quick Hits from the Masters, Tubbs Fire Cases” March 16, 2018, The Donald L. Galine Sonoma Travel Seminar CAOC, Sonoma, CA
  • “Rolling with the Punches,” November 17, 2018, CANHR Annual Convention, Monterey, CA
  • “Head Injuries and the Aging Brain”, November 16, 2018, CAOC Convention, San Francisco, CA
  • “Brain Injuries,” November 16, 2018, CAOC Annual Convention, San Francisco, CA. 
  • “Fear of Death and Loss –Ask It Now or Fear the Reaper”, June 23, 2017, CAOC the Donald L. Galine Lake Tahoe Seminar, Lake Tahoe, CA.
  • “Litigating Elder Abuse/ Neglect in Assisted Living Facilities”, June 21, 2017, National Webinar
  • “Opening Your Own Firm”, March 1, 2017, CAOC Women’s Caucus Brain Trust Speaker, San Francisco, CA
  • “Elder Care Facility Abuse –Litigation and Estate Planning for the Protection of Elder Residents in Elder Care Facilities”, December 7, 2016, Chuck Finney’s “Your Legal Rights” Philip & Sala Burton High School, San Francisco, CA
  • “The Truth Behind RCFE Point Systems”, November 18, 2016, CANHR Elder Law Conference, Monterey, CA
  • “Fall Cases: The Good the Bad and the Ugly”, November 12, 2016, CAOC Convention, San Francisco, CA.
  • “Assisted Living Facility Point Systems: What Happens Behind the Scenes”, October 21, 2016, WRC- ALCCA Monterey Conference, Monterey, CA
  • “Investigating, Trying, and Winning Elder Abuse Cases (Roundtable re: Discovery, Themes, Trial Strategies and Legal Developments to Help You Fight on Behalf of California’s Seniors”, April 2, 2016, CAOC the Donald L. Galine Travel Seminar, Sonoma, CA
  • “Litigating Long Term Sexual Assault Cases”, November 21, 2015, CANHR Elder Law Convention, Monterey, CA
  • “Cases against residential care facilities”, November 20, 2015, CANHR Elder Law Convention, Monterey, CA
  • “Ditching the One Size Fits all Approach – Strategizing with your client in mind.“, November, 7, 2015, CAOC Convention- Elder Abuse Panel. , San Francisco, CA
  • “Rape and Molestation in Long Term Care Facilities”, May 19, 2015, 10th Annual Elder Abuse Conference, UC Hastings College of the Law, San Francisco, CA
  • “Cases Against Assisted Living Facilities”, September 30, 2015 CAOC Practice Pointers –Webinar
  • “Civil Attorneys: Your Friends in the Fight Against Elder Financial Abuse”, January 23, 2015, Institute on Aging: Swindles, Scams and Schemes Conference, San Francisco, CA
  • “RCFEs and Class Action Lawsuits”, CANHR’s 18th Annual Elder Law Conference, November 22, 2014, Monterey, CA
  • CAOC 53rd Annual Convention, November 15th, 2014, San Francisco, CA
  • “Elder Abuse: Having the Newest Tools Will Build the Best Case,” Sponsor and Moderator, Consumer Attorneys of California Annual Convention, November 15, 2014, San Francisco, California. 
  • “APS and Civil Litigators: Allies in the Fight against Financial Elder Abuse”, October 31, 2014, NAPSA 5th Annual Summit on Elder Financial Exploitation, Portland, OR
  • “Proving a Rape or Molestation Case with an Unknown Perpetrator”  October 10, 2014, Santa Clara County Trial Lawyers Association (SCCTLA) Belli Seminar, San Jose, California
  • “Cluster Cases and Staffing to Acuity”, November 16, 2013, CAOC Convention, San Francisco, CA
  • “Is It Working?”, 11/23/13, CANHR Elder Law Convention, Monterey, CA 
  • “Elder Neglect Under Kaiser Watchful Eye,” Consumer Attorneys of California Kaiser Seminar, October 15, 2013, San Francisco, California.
  • “New Models for Nursing Home Cases”, November 17, 2012, CANHR Elder Law Conference, Monterey, CA
  • “Money Not Medicine: Proving Corporate Recklessness”, November 10, 2012, CAOC 51st Annual Convention, San Francisco, CA
  • “Medical School for Lawyers Series: Bedsores and Hospital Infections.” National Web Seminar, March 3, 2011.
  • “Resident Rights Litigation: A Tool for Quality Care”, November 19, 2011, CANHR Elder Law Conference, Monterey, CA
  • “Elder Abuse: Focus on the Corporation”, November 12th, 2011, CAOC 50th Annual Convention, San Francisco, CA

Areas of Practice

  • Class Action
  • Medication Errors
  • Physical Elder Abuse
  • Bedsores
  • Falls
  • Wandering
  • Actions Against Skilled Nursing Facilities
  • Residential Care Facilities and Assisted Living Facilities
  • Hospitals
  • Fraud, Mishandling Finances and Unfair Business Practices
  • Actions Against Insurance Companies & Financial Advisors
  • Sexual Abuse
  • Dehydration
  • Malnutrition
  • Home Health Agencies
  • Physicians
  • Estate Planning

Bar Admissions

  • California
  • Oregon

Education

  • University of San Francisco School of Law, San Francisco, California
    • J.D. - 1985
  • University of Oregon, Eugene, Oregon
    • B.A. - 1982
    • Major: Political Science

Published Works

  • “Letting elders down: Falls and traumatic brain injuries at long-term care facilities,” Forum, July/August 2019.
  • “Elder Abuse Class Actions: Notes from the Long and Winding Road,” Kathryn Stebner and George Kawamoto, Orange County Trial Lawyers Association The Gavel, Summer 2019.
  • “What’s the Point? Use of point systems at Residential Care Facilities for the Elderly”, Kathryn Stebner, Brian Umpierre, and Karman Guadagni, Forum Magazine, May/ June 2019, Vol. 49 No. 3
  • "Know the Score", Trial Magazine, December, 2017
  • "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
  • "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
  • “Proving Low Staffing Against Long Term Care Facilities.” CAALA, November 2014 (with George Kawamoto).
  • “Inside the Minds- Elder Law Litigation Strategies.” Chapter One, The Deceptive Complexity of Elder Law Litigation. West Publishing Co., 2012
  • "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

  • Elder Abuse, University of San Francisco, 2006 to Present
  • Ten Tips to Minimize Litigation and the Costs of Litigation - The Plaintiff Attorney's Perspective, Annual Conference Aging Services of California, Long Beach, California, 05/04/2010 to 05/05/2010
  • Kaiser Home Health - Discovery into Common Areas of Neglect, Consumer Attorneys of California, Oakland, California, 04/20/2010 to 04/20/2010
  • Financial and Physical Abuse to the Elderly, Class Action and Individual Cases, San Francisco Trial Lawyers Association, 04/13/2010 to 04/13/2010
  • Potential Strategies in Skilled Nursing Facility Cases, Consumer Attorneys of California, Live Webinar, 12/10/2009 to 12/10/2009
  • Legal Nurse Consultant Developing Partnership with Elder Abuse Litigation Team, American Association of Legal Nurse Consultants, Phoenix, Arizona, 04/24/2009 to 04/24/2009
  • Direct Examination of an Adverse Witness-Evidence Code section 776, Consumer Attorneys of California, Tahoe, California, 03/21/2009 to 03/21/2009
  • Elder Abuse: Plaintiff and Defense Perspectives, Individual and Class Action Cases, San Francisco Trial Lawyers Association, San Francisco, California, 03/10/2009 to 03/10/2009
  • 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, 01/23/2009 to 01/23/2009
  • Elder Abuse and Long Term Healthcare Litigation (Plaintiff vs. Defense Perspective-Debate), Consumer Attorneys of California, 47th Annual Convention, 11/08/2008 to 11/08/2008
  • Remedies for Financial Abuse, Class Action Cases in Financial Elder Abuse, Continuing Education of the Bar - California, 08/14/2008 to 08/14/2008
  • Mock Trial - Plaintiff and Defense Day-Long Mock Trial, California Association for Healthcare Quality, 06/25/2008 to 06/25/2008
  • 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, 05/09/2008 to 05/10/2008
  • Assisted Living: Three Different Perspectives, West Legal Education Center, 04/24/2008 to 04/24/2008
  • 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, 04/22/2008 to 04/22/2008
  • One Stop Shop - Ethics, Consumer Attorneys of California 46th Annual Convention, San Francisco, California, 11/11/2007 to 11/11/2007
  • Medical Malpractice vs. Elder Abuse, Consumer Attorneys Association of Los Angeles Las Vegas, Nevada, 09/08/2007 to 09/08/2007
  • Ways of Helping Your Jury Get to Know Decedent, San Francisco Trial Lawyers Association San Francisco Trial Lawyers Association San Francisco, CA, 06/12/2007 to 06/12/2007
  • Financial Elder Abuse Class Action and Individual Cases, California Advocates for Nursing Home Reform Elder Law Conference, Berkeley, CA, 05/05/2007 to 05/05/2007
  • Elder Law Seminar, New College of California, School of Law, 2006 to 2006
  • Elder Abuse: Point/Counterpoint with John Supple, California Regional TLA Conference, Santa Barbara, CA, 06/09/2006 to 06/09/2006
  • The Many Faces of EADACPA, California Advocates for Nursing Home Reform, Los Angeles, CA, 05/13/2006 to 05/13/2006
  • Using EADACPA in Actions Against Hospitals, California Advocates for Nursing Home Reform, Manhattan Beach, CA, 05/12/2006 to 05/12/2006
  • Elder Abuse, Golden Gate School of Law, 2005 to 2005
  • Can The Expert Be Destroyed? Live Prep and Unrehearsed Cross of Real Experts, San Francisco Trial Lawyers Association, 12/13/2005 to 12/13/2005
  • Long-Term Care Litigation and EADACPA Issues, California Advocates for Nursing Home Reform, San Francisco, CA, 11/19/2005 to 11/19/2005
  • The Home Brewed Multi Media Trial: Presenting High Tech and Old School Demonstrative Evidence, San Francisco Trial Lawyers Association, 11/15/2005 to 11/15/2005
  • 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, 08/15/2005 to 08/15/2005
  • 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 to 2005
  • When You Least Expect It-Elder and Dependent Neglect in Hospitals, California Regional Trial Lawyers Association Conference, MCLE Program, 06/03/2005 to 06/03/2005
  • Gender and The Law, San Francisco Trial Lawyers Association, 03/07/2005 to 03/07/2005
  • Elder Abuse, University of San Francisco, 2004 to 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 to 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, 09/07/2004 to 09/07/2004
  • Defendants Gone Wild! What To Do When Discovery Issues Are Taking Over Your Case (And Your Life). Roundtable Discussion, San Francisco Trial Lawyers Association, 11/18/2003 to 11/18/2003
  • Representing Elders, Minors and Sexual and Racial Minorities, San Francisco Trial Lawyers Association, San Francisco, CA, 09/09/2003 to 09/09/2003
  • Relevant Code Sections and Causes of Action-Scams, Scandals and Elder Fiduciary Abuse, California Advocates for Nursing Home Reform's Elder Law, 2003 to 2003
  • Remedies for Physical Abuse and Neglect, Education of the Bar, Elder Law Litigation, 05/10/2003 to 05/10/2003
  • Current Elder Abuse Law-Physical and Financial, California College of Trial Arts/Consumer Attorneys of California's 42nd Annual Convention, 2003 to 2003
  • Elder Abuse, Golden Gate School of Law, 2002 to 2002
  • Residential Care Facilities-The New Frontier in Litigation, Consumer Attorneys of California's 41st Annual Convention, 2002 to 2002
  • Trial Advocacy, Hastings College of the Law, 2002 to 2002
  • Transfer Trauma-The Perfect Psychological Injury Tort, San Francisco Trial Lawyer's Association, 07/11/2002 to 07/11/2002
  • Long Term Care and Medi-Cal and Long Term Care Litigation, California Advocates for Nursing Home Reform, 12/01/2001 to 12/01/2001
  • Elder Abuse Litigation: Early Investigation and Discovery; Trial Preparation, California Advocates for Nursing Home Reform, 2001 to 2001
  • What is Elder Abuse and Why is it Not Med-Mal?, San Francisco Trial Lawyers Association-Elder Abuse Litigation, 2000 to 2000
  • SNF Litigation, California Advocates for Nursing Home Reform's Workshop, 11/04/2000 to 11/04/2000
  • Investigating Elder Abuse, Alameda County District Attorney's Office, 2000 to 2000
  • Elder Abuse Litigation, California Advocates for Nursing Home Reform's 4th Annual Elder Law Conference, 2000 to 2000
  • Issues and Advocacy, California Advocates for Nursing Home Reform's 3rd Annual Elder Law Conference, 04/30/1999 to 05/01/1999
  • Elder Abuse & Long Term Litigation Workshop, California Advocates for Nursing Home Reform, 11/14/1998 to 11/14/1998
  • 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 to 1997
  • Toxic Torts, Willamette University School of Law, 1995 to 1995
  • "RCFE Point Systems: Experience form Class Cases” November 22nd, 2019, CANHR’s 23rd Annual Elder Law Conference, Monterrey, CA

Honors and Awards

  • "William Taylor Award," California Advocates for Nursing Home Reform
  • "Civil Justice Award," San Francisco Trial Lawyers Association
  • "Super Lawyer," Elder Abuse
  • "Street Fighter of the Year," Consumer Attorneys of California, 2014
  • Marvin E. Lewis Award from CAOC
  • "Presidential Award of Merit," Consumer Attorneys of California
  • "Legal Advocate of the Year," California Advocates for Nursing Home Reform
  • "Trial Lawyer of the Year," San Francisco Trial Lawyers Association
  • "Volunteer of the Year," San Francisco Bar Association
  • "Top 100 Personal Injury Settlements in California for 2021"

Professional Associations and Memberships

  • Consumer Attorneys of California, Board of Governors
  • San Francisco Trial lawyers Association, Past-President, 2012 to 2012

Past Employment Positions

  • Lopez, Hodes, Restiano, Milman, Skikos & Polos, San Francisco, California, 2000 to 2003
  • Law Offices of Edward J. Nevin, San Francisco, California, 1998 to 2000
  • Law Offices of Dan Bolton, San Francisco, California, 1997 to 1998
  • Williams and Troutwine, Portland, Oregon, 1993 to 1996
  • McTernan, Stender & Walsh, San Francisco, California, 1990 to 1992
  • Hoberg, Finger, Brown, Cox & Molligan, San Francisco, California, 1986 to 1990
  • Lewis & Lewis, San Francisco, California, 1986 to 1986
  • Law Offices of Jesus M. Maldonado, Oakland, California, 1986 to 1986
  • Law Offices of Kathleen Lucas-Wallace, San Francisco, California, 1986 to 1986
  • Public Advocates, San Francisco, California, Law Clerk, 1985 to 1985
  • US Department of Justice, Civil Rights Division, Employment and Voting Sections, Washington, D.C., Law Clerk, 1984 to 1984
  • Oregon Department of Justice, Oregon State Attorney General, Trial Division, Salem, Oregon, Law Clerk, 1984 to 1984
  • Paul Cominskey, Attorney at Law, San Francisco, California, Law Clerk, 1984 to 1984