Practice

• Idaho and Washington Medical Professional Liability Defense
• Appellate Representation in State and Federal Court
• Hospital Premises Liability
• Licensing and Disciplinary Actions
• Healthcare Risk Management

Representative Cases

• Obtained favorable appellate decision affirming summary judgment dismissal of a hospital due to plaintiff’s failure to produce adequate expert testimony.
• Successfully defended appeal of corporation’s dismissal because corporation owed no duty as a health care provider under RCW 7.70.020.
• Obtained favorable appellate decision affirming summary judgment dismissal of a hospital client on the statute of limitations in a medical negligence wrongful death lawsuit, and defeated subsequent petition for supreme court review.
• Defense verdict on behalf of an anesthesiologist in a lawsuit claiming negligent placement and management of an epidural catheter for postoperative pain control in a patient undergoing a large abdominal surgery for ovarian cancer.
• Defense verdict in alleged multi-million dollar medical malpractice action regarding failure to diagnose pituitary tumor and resultant acromegaly.
• Summary judgment dismissal of alleged delay in diagnosing lung cancer lawsuit in federal court based upon contested discovery rule statute of limitations analysis.

Education

• Seattle University School of Law, J.D., magna cum laude, 2012
• Saint Mary’s College of California, B.A.: Politics, Minor: French, summa cum laude, 2009
  

Admitted to Practice

• State of Idaho
• State of Washington
• United States District Court - District of Idaho
• United States District Court - Western District of Washington
• United States District Court - Eastern District of Washington
• United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit

Professional Experience

• Fain Anderson VanDerhoef Rosendahl O’Halloran Spillane, PLLC, Associate, 2015 -
  Present
  
• Williams Kastner & Gibbs, PLLC, Associate, May 2013 to February 2015
  
• Anderton Law Office, Associate, November 2012 - April 2013
• Law Clerk, April 2011 - November 2012
• Ronald A. Peterson Law Clinic, Mental Health Court Rule 9 Intern, Summer 2011
  
• Aoki Sakamoto Grant, LLP, Law Clerk, Summer 2010
  

Professional Memberships

• Defense Research Institute, Appellate Advocacy and Medical Liability & Health Care Law committees
• King County Bar Association
  
• Pierce County Bar Association
• Washington State Bar Association
  - Health Law Section Member
  - Litigation Section Member
• Idaho State Bar Association
  - Health Law Section Member
  - Litigation Section Member

• Idaho Women Lawyers Member

Publications & Presentations

• “EPIC: Triumphs, Troubles, & Tasks,” Williams Kastner Risk Management Seminar, December 2014
  

Community Involvement

• Water 1st International, Volunteer
  
• ‍Idaho Conservation League, Volunteer