I am a civil litigation attorney whose practice focuses on defending hospitals, medical clinics, and healthcare professionals in medical malpractice cases and assisting medical professionals in licensing board matters. I also have experience in healthcare regulatory compliance issues.
Sandra Day O’Connor College of Law at Arizona State University
JD, Health Law Certificate, magna cum laude, and Order of the Coif
University of Washington
MBA, Finance
Duke University
MA, Biochemistry & Genetics
University of Wyoming
BS, Molecular Biology
Hart Wagner LLP
Associate Attorney, March 2025 – present
Samaritan Health Services
Deputy Chief Compliance Officer, September 2022 – March 2025
Lewis Brisbios Bisgaard & Smith, LLP
Associate Attorney, March 2020 – 2022
Steward Health Care
Regional Compliance and Privacy Officer, May 2019 – March 2020
Banner Health
Sr. Director, Compliance Program Oversight, October 2017 – May 2019
Compliance Training Director, April 2016 – October 2017
Sherman & Howard
Associate Attorney, July 2015 – April 2016
Perkins Coie LLP
Associate Attorney, October 2010 – July 2015
Arizona Supreme Court
Law Clerk, Justice A. John Pelander, September 2009 – August 2010
Northern Arizona Healthcare
Compliance Auditor, November 1999 – August 2006
Oregon State Bar
Arizona State Bar
United States Patent and Trademark Office
Certified in Healthcare Compliance, Compliance Certification Board, 2017
Multnomah Bar Association, member
Oregon Associate of Defense Counsel, member
Co-author, Getting Ready for the Physician Payment “Sunshine” Rule, Bloomberg BNA (Mar. 20, 2013).
Co-author, Takeaways from HHS Report on CMS E-Records Program, Law360 (Jan. 4, 2013).
Co-author, What Didn’t Make It Into the Arizona Constitution, 44 Ariz. S. L.J. 513 (Aug. 2012).
Co-author, GSK Settlement: Changing the Way Drug Companies Do Business?, Law360 (July 12, 2012).
State v. Karl: An Unreasonable Rejection of the Learned Intermediary Doctrine, 48 Jurimetrics J. 3 (Spring 2008).
Co-author, Localization of Nicotinic Cholinergic Receptors in Rat Brain: Autoradiographic Studies with [3H] Cystine, 62 Neuroscience 3 (Oct. 1994).
I love reading books of all kinds – fiction, nonfiction, memoirs, etc. I visit libraries and bookstores whenever I travel to a new city, state, or country. I like to spend time with my family, go for walks with my dog Amber, and play (very carefully) with my cat Smokey.