Adult Protective Services Act (APSA) Litigation

Lisa M Kimmel Related Seminars and Products

attorney

Goldberg & Osborne

Lisa Kimmel has worked for and been a partner in a number of law firms during her 30-year career, most recently returning to Goldberg & Osborne as a Managing Attorney of four offices in Southern Arizona where she continues to represent clients with personal injuries. Mrs. Kimmel graduated from Greater Hartford Community College with an Associates Degree and University of Hartford with a B.A. in politics and government. She next graduated from the University of San Diego in 1990 with a JD. Since then, Ms. Kimmel has practiced in Connecticut and Arizona, and currently practices in Tucson, Arizona. She holds licenses in the State of Arizona, District Court of Arizona, Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals, and the White Mountain Apache Tribal Court. Ms. Kimmel is a Certified Specialist in Personal Injury and Wrongful Death by the Arizona State Bar. Her focus during the last 28 years has been in personal injury representing consumers and vulnerable people including children and elderly. A wide variety of personal injury cases are handled by Ms. Kimmel including motor vehicle collisions, premises liability, nursing negligence, and medical malpractice. Ms. Kimmel has successfully arbitrated and tried cases including complex and wrongful death cases, and has litigated appellate cases resulting in 4 published opinions in favor of plaintiffs—one specifically on APSA, one on arbitration agreements in a nursing home case and the other on patient-physician privilege in wrongful death litigation. Volunteering is important to Ms. Kimmel and she volunteers as a board member on local non-profit organizations that focus on helping the elderly and indigent in our society. Ms. Kimmel has two children. In her spare time, she loves to watch football, travel, golf, and spend time with her husband and their loving pets.

James W Kaucher Related Seminars and Products

Gust Rosenfeld PLC

Jim Kaucher graduated with distinction with a Bachelor’s degree in economics from the University of Colorado in 1980. While there, he was elected to Phi Beta Kappa. He graduated from the University of Illinois College of Law in 1983. In law school, he was Articles Editor of the University of Illinois Law Review, a Harno Fellow, and a Rickert Scholar. He is a partner in the Arizona law firm Gust Rosenfeld, PLC. He is the managing partner of the firm’s Tucson office and serves on the firm’s Executive Committee. His practice consists of health care litigation, employment law, and general civil litigation. He has published and lectured extensively on medical-legal issues and on employment law. He is co-author of one and sole author of three employment law chapters of the 2024 edition of the ARIZONA BUSINESS LAW DESK BOOK. He is listed as AV Preeminent by Martindale Hubbell, he was named “Best of the Best” in health care law by the Arizona Business Magazine, and he is listed in BEST LAWYERS IN AMERICA in professional liability defense and health care litigation. In his spare time (what little he has), he likes to ride his motorcycle, train in Krav Maga, and spoil his grandson.

Amy P Hernandez Related Seminars and Products

Owner

Amy Hernandez received her law degree in 2003 from Drake University (with Honors). After law school she served as a law clerk at the Arizona Court of Appeals. Ms. Hernandez has served on the Civil Practice & Procedure Committee for the State Bar of Arizona and as the Chair of the State Bar Trial Practice Section. She is a former member of the Morris K. Udall Inn of Court and a former board member for the Arizona Association of Justice. Ms. Hernandez served in the United States Army from 1996 - 2000 as a military intelligence analyst. Ms. Hernandez owns Hernandez Linton Law, PLLC where she focuses her practice on plaintiff’s medical malpractice, legal malpractice, and general personal injury.