Practice Areas: Nursing Home Abuse and Neglect
I like to help people. That is why I spend my time helping people who have been hurt by someone else. I can help with problems when a nursing home hurt you or a loved one, a car crash, a brain injury, even after a wrongful death. I also help survivors of sexual abuse and other traumatic injuries.. A bit about my academic background:. I graduated from Willamette University College of Law magna cum laude. I received the National Association of Women Lawyers Outstanding Law Graduate Award and the Bruce Spaulding Memorial Award for Trial Advocacy. During law school, I served as Editor-in-Chief of Willamette Law Online, Executive Editor of the Willamette Journal of International Law and Dispute Resolution, was a member of the Pro Bono Honors Society, a volunteer for the Willamette University Public Interest Law Project, and served in various positions in other extra-curricular groups. My interest in serving people and justice led me to work with injured people trying to get their lives back on track and families seeking justice after the wrongful death of a loved one. I am a member of the Oregon State Bar Association, the Oregon Trial Lawyers Association, and the Jackson County Bar Association. I am also a member of the American Association for Justice, the American Board of Trial Advocates, and the Melvin Belli Society. During law school, I worked one-on-one with struggling students to help teach them legal writing and research methods. I worked on plaintiff-side issues in worker’s compensation and social security disability by helping research, develop, and edit briefs for filing in an administrative forum, in the U.S. Federal District Court, and in the Oregon Court of Appeals. I worked as a legal intern in the International Human Rights Clinic on a report on Oregon’s infrastructure response to human trafficking published in June 2010. I worked with a team for End Child Prostitution and Trafficking (ECPAT) in New York to analyze the laws regarding child prostitution in all 50 states. I also helped prepare draft rules and commentary for the Committee to Review the Oregon Judicial Code. In addition to my law degree, I also earned a Master's Degree in Business Administration (MBA). While studying for my MBA, I was named a Willamette MBA Scholar, received the Exceptional Performance Award for Integrated Knowledge Evaluation Week, and won the Fitzhenry Joint Degree Scholar Award.. I regularly attend continuing education conferences at the state and national levels. High-quality ongoing education helps me stay on top of the best practices and research on injury cases and trial work. I also read the best books on these topics. From a young age, I have been involved in community service. From volunteering with programs to serve the homeless, to working with young children at my church, I have always enjoyed helping others. The same passion and drive that sent me to Mexico to build houses for homeless families led me to law school. I have continued volunteering for community groups and am involved in many activities, including organizing and speaking at events raising awareness about human trafficking in Oregon.
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Practice Areas: Nursing Home Abuse and Neglect
Kristen is a tireless and highly skilled advocate for victims of negligence. She joined Randy and Brendan as partner at Pickett Dummigan McCall in 2017, after working with them since 2009. She thrives in teamwork setting that produces excellent representation for clients. She is a passionate and experienced trial attorney specializing in wrongful death and personal injury claims for families and victims of neglect and abuse, dangerous premises, and negligent drivers. She is especially driven to bring claims for victims and families of elder abuse and neglect. Kristen is a seasoned trial lawyer – she’s presented 80 cases in trial and successfully resolved hundreds more.. Kristen has worked for years to promote and protect victims, and specifically the rights of elders. She was a leader in the re-formation of Elders in Action, a 50-year non-profit advocacy organization, which dissolved in 2019. She recognizes the changing landscape in the protection of elders and prosecution of the people and institutions who abuse and neglect them. In her work, every day, she faces the challenges in the law and business structure that harm our most vulnerable. She is tireless in finding the highest level of justice that victims disserve, especially those whose voices are often not heard loud enough in our culture and legal system.. When she’s not in the courtroom or her law office, she’s reading or adventuring outdoors, kayaking or hiking, doing yoga, walking her dog or traveling with her mother, her husband and her son to Spain, Mexico, Italy and South America. She speaks Spanish and enjoys working with Spanish-speakers to navigate the legal system with excellent legal representation. She’s also a fitness and wellness advocate, leading her friends and colleagues in activities that promote healthy living. She enjoys supporting her clients in achieving wellness in all aspects of their lives, which includes managing stress after trauma and through a legal claim. Her greatest joy is when her clients find peace and healing through the process of their legal claim with her support, advocacy and legal representation.
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