Experience

Rothschild Wishek & Sands

• United States
• Legal Services
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Senior Counsel

  • Oct 2021 - Present

  Represent professional license holders – primarily health care providers – in disciplinary matters before governing state agency. Practice includes appellate work. Represent professional license holders – primarily health care providers – in disciplinary matters before governing state agency. Practice includes appellate work.



Banks & Watson

• Law Practice
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Civil Litigation Attorney

  • May 2016 - Oct 2021

  Represented plaintiff and defendant clients in complex civil litigation cases in state and federal courts, and courts of appeal. Practice areas were diverse – including legal malpractice, real estate, labor and employment, and business litigation. Represented plaintiff and defendant clients in complex civil litigation cases in state and federal courts, and courts of appeal. Practice areas were diverse – including legal malpractice, real estate, labor and employment, and business litigation.



Mastagni Holstedt, APC

• Sacramento, California Area

• Senior Trial Counsel

  • Aug 2013 - May 2016

  Handle all aspects of applicant workers' compensation matters; consult and provide support in medical malpractice, professional licensing, and catastrophic injury cases. Responsible for various firm publications, including workers' compensation & personal injury blog. Handle all aspects of applicant workers' compensation matters; consult and provide support in medical malpractice, professional licensing, and catastrophic injury cases. Responsible for various firm publications, including workers' compensation & personal injury blog.



Independent contractor

• Bay Area and Sacramento

• Civil Litigation; Healthcare/Professional Licensing Attorney

  • 2012 - 2013

  Served client needs in all aspects of civil and healthcare litigation, including appellate practice. Practice areas include healthcare professional licensing, Ant-Kickback and Stark Law issues, wrongful termination actions, qui tam claims, medical practice litigation, elder abuse, wrongful death, catastrophic injury, civil rights, and professional negligence. Representative clients: Rouda, Feder, Tietjen and McGuinn, Law Offices of John L. Fleer, Scott Law Firm, Thomson Reuters. Served client needs in all aspects of civil and healthcare litigation, including appellate practice. Practice areas include healthcare professional licensing, Ant-Kickback and Stark Law issues, wrongful termination actions, qui tam claims, medical practice litigation, elder abuse, wrongful death, catastrophic injury, civil rights, and professional negligence. Representative clients: Rouda, Feder, Tietjen and McGuinn, Law Offices of John L. Fleer, Scott Law Firm, Thomson Reuters.



California Department of Justice

• United States
• Law Enforcement
• 700 & Above Employee

• Deputy Attorney General/Professional Licensing

  • 2009 - 2011

  Handled all aspects of healthcare professional licensing matters and represented various state healthcare licensing boards at numerous administrative hearings. Representative clients: Medical Board of California, Osteopathic Medical Board of California, Physician Assistant Board, and California Board of Psychology. Handled all aspects of healthcare professional licensing matters and represented various state healthcare licensing boards at numerous administrative hearings. Representative clients: Medical Board of California, Osteopathic Medical Board of California, Physician Assistant Board, and California Board of Psychology.



La Follette, Johnson, DeHaas, Fesler & Ames

• United States
• Law Practice
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Civil Litigation/Healthcare Attorney

  • 2002 - 2009

  Played key role in establishing Sacramento office of Los Angeles-based medical malpractice defense firm. Litigated numerous high exposure elder abuse and medical malpractice matters, including complex birth injury cases. Representative clients: Sutter Health, Catholic Healthcare West, Cooperative of American Physicians, Eskaton, and various skilled nursing facilities. Played key role in establishing Sacramento office of Los Angeles-based medical malpractice defense firm. Litigated numerous high exposure elder abuse and medical malpractice matters, including complex birth injury cases. Representative clients: Sutter Health, Catholic Healthcare West, Cooperative of American Physicians, Eskaton, and various skilled nursing facilities.



Rust, Armenis, Schwartz, Lamb & Bills

• Sacramento, California Area

• Civil Litigation/Healthcare Attorney

  • 1994 - 2002

  Prevailed in multiple civil jury trials, binding and non-binding arbitration hearings, and appeals. Caseload primarily consisted of elder abuse and medical malpractice matters, but also included breach of contract, products liability, and civil rights cases. Representative clients: Sutter Health, The Permanente Medical Group (Kaiser), The Regents of the University of California, Eskaton, and Farmers Insurance Group. Prevailed in multiple civil jury trials, binding and non-binding arbitration hearings, and appeals. Caseload primarily consisted of elder abuse and medical malpractice matters, but also included breach of contract, products liability, and civil rights cases. Representative clients: Sutter Health, The Permanente Medical Group (Kaiser), The Regents of the University of California, Eskaton, and Farmers Insurance Group.