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$200 for EAGLE Member
$240 for Regular Member

382 minutes

Date Published

December 4, 2025

Publisher

Washington State Association for Justice

Subjects

Medical Negligence, Nursing Home Litigation, Nursing Home Litigation/Elder Law

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Summary

Nursing Home Litigation & Medical Negligence
Thursday, December 4, 2025

Nursing Home Litigation Co-Chairs:
Roger Leslie, Law Office of Roger Leslie
Lisa Saar, Law Offices of Lisa Saar, PLLC

Seminar Schedule
6.0 Law & Legal, .5 ETHICS

8:15-8:20AM Welcome from the Nursing Home Litigation Co-Chairs

Roger Leslie, Law Office of Roger Leslie
Lisa Saar, Law Offices of Lisa Saar, PLLC

8:20-8:40AM Deskbook Chapter: Case Selection

Stephen Hornbuckle, The Hornbuckle Firm

8:40-9:00AM Deskbook Chapter: Chemical Restraints

Lisa Saar, Law Offices of Lisa Saar, PLLC

9:00-9:20AM Deskbook Chapter: Assisted Living Facilities

Jeff Crollard, Crollard Law Office, PLLC

9:20-9:40AM Deskbook Chapter: Vulnerable Adult Statute

James McCormick, Evergreen Personal Injury Counsel

9:40-10:10AM Deskbook Chapter: Medicaid

Steven Shaw, Shaw Legal Solutions

10:40-11:00AM Deskbook Chapter: Arbitration Clauses

Beth Lambert, Brothers Henderson Durkin, P.S. & Zabrina Delgado, Pfau Cochran Vertetis Amala PLLC

11:00-11:20AM Deskbook Chapter: Pressure Ulcers

Roger Leslie, Law Office of Roger Leslie

11:20-11:40AM Deskbook Chapter: The Effect of Settlements on Medicaid Benefits

Angela Macey-Cushman, Macey-Cushman & Reilly, PLLC

11:40-12:40PM The Power of Emotion: Turning Fear, Anger, Disgust, and Hope into Historic Results in Elder Abuse Cases

Lesley Clement, Clement Law Group

1:10-1:15PM Welcome from Medical Negligence Chair

Sims Weymuller, Schroeter Goldmark & Bender

1:15-1:45PM Rules, Guidelines, or Suggestions? Using Hospital Policies and Procedures to Prove Your Liability Case

Elizabeth Calora, Pfau Cochran Vertetis Amala & Lauren Coates, Pfau Cochran Vertetis Amala

1:45-2:15PM Strategies for Addressing the Trifecta of "Bad" Jury Instructions, All Need Not Be Lost

Felix Gavi Luna, PWRFL

2:15-2:45PM Medical Malpractice Meets Discrimination: Navigating Dual Claims Under Washington Law (ETHICS)

Elizabeth McLafferty, Schroeter Goldmark & Bender

3:15-4:00PM Cross on a Clock: Setting up Cross-Examinations So You Can Slit and Sit

Colleen Durkin Peterson, Friedman | Rubin, PLLP & Bonnie Richardson, Allegiant Law

4:00-4:30PM "Cite Effects May Include...": The Use (and Misuse) of Medical Literature in Negligence Cases

Mercedes Donchez, Donchez Law Firm

SWOD-26933

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Presenters

Stephen Hornbuckle

Lisa Saar

Jeff B. Crollard

No bio currently available

James W. McCormick

James McCormick grew up on an apple orchard in Yakima, Washington. He earned his Juris Doctorate degree at the University of... Read More

Steven Shaw

Shaw Legal Solutions

Steve Shaw is certified as a Medicare Secondary Payer Professional - Fellow, and regularly consults with plaintiff attorneys... Read More

Beth Lambert

Zabrina Delgado

Roger J. Leslie

Roger J. Leslie represents people who have been injured because another person or corporation failed to exercise reasonable... Read More

Angela Macey-Cushman

Morrow Kidman Tinker Macey-Cushman, PLLC

ANGELA MACEY?CUSHMAN practices law in Seattle, Washington. She represents families andindividuals with estate, trust, and... Read More

Lesley Ann Clement

Ms. Clement handled her first elder abuse case in 1994 and since that time her practice has been limited to representing... Read More

Sims G. Weymuller

Sims Weymuller is an attorney and shareholder at the Seattle firm Schroeter, Goldmark and Bender. At SGB, Sims litigates... Read More

Elizabeth Calora

As a child, Elizabeth Calora learned firsthand the devastating impact of medical negligence when her uncle was paralyzed as a... Read More

Lauren Coates

Felix G. Luna

Peterson Wampold Rosato Feldman Luna

Felix moved to Seattle from Boston, Massachusetts, as a teenager and grew up in Seattle’s Beacon Hill neighborhood. After... Read More

Liz McLafferty

Colleen Durkin Peterson

Colleen Durkin Peterson is an associate at Holman Law in Tacoma, Washington, where she has practiced since 2014. Her practice... Read More

Mercedes Donchez

Program Titles and Supporting Materials

This program contains the following components:

Media Files

Case Selection - Video

Chemical Restraints - Video

Assisted Living Facilities - Video

Vulnerable Adult Statute - Video

Medicaid - Video

Arbitration Clauses - Video

Pressure Ulcers - Video

The Effect of Settlements on Medicaid Benefits - Video

The Power of Emotion - Video

Rules, Guidelines, or Suggestions Video

Strategies for Addressing the Trifecta of 'Bad' Jury Instructions - Video

Medical Malpractice Meets Discrimination (Ethics) - Video

Cross on a Clock - Video

The Use (and Misuse) of Medical Literature in Negligence Cases - Video

Downloadable Files

Nursing Home Litigation & Medical Negligence - Handout

Credit

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