Stephen M. Garcia - Long Beach, CA

Overview

Awards and Honors

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Education

• Legal Education

  • Loyola Law School, Los Angeles, California, 1985
    J. D.

• Non Legal Education

  • Loyola Marymount University, 1982
    Bachelor's Degree

Current Employment Position(s)

• Senior Partner

Past Positions

• Loyola Law School, Los Angeles, Adjunct Professor of Law, Elder Abuse Litigation

Languages

• Spanish

• English

Classes and Seminars

• Lecturer, Senior Living Executive Course, University of Southern California
  
• Lecturer, Long Term Care and the Law, American Health Care Lawyers Association
  
• Lecturer, Florida College of Advanced Judicial Studies
  
• Lecturer, Abuse in the Long Term Care Setting, Los Angeles County District Attorneys Criminal Justice Institute's Tenth Annual Symposium
  
• Lecturer, Using Cy Pres to Right a Wrong, California Advocates for Nursing Home Reform Annual Convention
  
• Lecturer, Why the Other Side is Just Wrong, American Association of Legal Nurse Consultants-National Convention
  
• Lecturer, Elder Abuse-Perspective Required, Consumer Attorneys of California
  
• Lecturer, Class Actions-A Tool To Improve Long Term Care, California Advocates for Nursing Home Reform Annual Convention
  
• Lecturer, Elder Abuse-It is Important and Why, American Association of Legal Nurse Consultants
  
• Lecturer, Utilizing the Consumer Legal Remedies Act to Improve Long Term Care, Consumer Attorneys of California
  
• Lecturer, Elder Abuse: What a Plaintiff's Counsel Looks For in Evaluating and Presenting a Case, Southern California Association of Defense Counsel Annual Convention
  
• Frequent Lecturer, Continuing Education Seminars, The Southern California Association of Defense Counsel
  
• Frequent Lecturer, Continuing Education Seminars, Consumer Attorneys of California
  
• Frequent Lecturer, Continuing Education Seminars, California Advocates of Nursing Home Reform
  
• Frequent Lecturer, Continuing Education Seminars, California Health Care Association
  
• Frequent Lecturer, Continuing Education Seminars, Loyola Law School
  
• Frequent Lecturer, Continuing Education Seminars, Whittier Law School
  
• Lecturer, Elder Abuse: What A Plaintiff's Counsel Looks For In Evaluating and Presenting a Case", Southern California Association of Defense Counsel Annual Convention, 2006
  
• Lecturer, "Elder Abuse-Discovery You Need", Consumer Attorneys of Los Angeles Annual Convention, 2005
  
• Lecturer, "Avoiding Caps in a Wrongful Death Action Predicated on Elder And/Or Dependent Adult Abuse Pursuant to the Elder Adult and Dependent Adult Abuse Pursuant to the Elder Adult and Dependent Adult Abuse and Dependent Adult Civil Protection Act", California Regional Trial Lawyers Association Conference, 2005
  
• Lecturer, "HMO's Abuse Elder and Dependent Adults Every Day-How We Can Stop Them", Consumer Attorneys of California College of Trial Arts, 2004
  
• Lecturer, "Good Care is Not Always Enough", California Healthcare Association Annual Convention, 2003
  
• Lecturer, "Using the Elder Abuse Act to Sue Insurers and HMO's", Consumer Attorneys of California 42nd Annual Convention, 2003
  
• Lecturer, "Elder Abuse Is Not Medical Malpractice", Consumer Attorneys of California 41st Annual Convention, 2002
  
• Lecturer, "Profits Over People, it's a fact proving it to a jury", Consumer Attorneys of California, 40th Annual, 2001
  
• Lecturer, "Re-Victimizing the Nursing Home Plaintiff; Making a Bad Case Referral", Long Beach Probate and Estate Planning Counsel, 2001
  
• Lecturer, "Views from Advocates and Neutrals", Judicate West, 2001
  
• Lecturer, "Formal Discovery: Is it worth the effort?", Consumer Attorneys of California, 1999
  
• Lecturer, Resident Counsel's, "Your Eyes and Ears", California Advocates of Nursing Home Reform, 2000
  
• Lecturer, How to Litigate the Elder Abuse Case, California Advocates of Nursing Home Reform, 1999
  
• Lecturer, RCFE's Freedom From MICRA, California Advocates for Nursing Home Reform, 1998
  
• Lecturer, RCFE's Freedom From MICRA, Consumer Attorneys of California, 1997
  
• Lecturer, Dealing with Objections in Difficult Cases from an Ethical Point of View, Consumer Attorneys of California, 1996
  
• Adjunct Professor of Law, Elder Abuse Litigation, Loyola Law School, Los Angeles

Pro Bono Activities

• Board of Directors, Urban Compass
• Continuing Supporter, Richstone Center

Representative Clients

• Radle v. Confidential

• Pruett v. Confidential

• Baeza v. Confidential

• Castellanos v. Confidential

• Smith v. Confidential

• lMuccianti vs. Fountain View, Inc., et al.

• Sandoval v. Summit Care Corporation 

Representative Cases

• Radle v. Confidential
• Pruett v. Confidential
• Baeza v. Confidential
• Castellanos v. Confidential
• Smith v. Confidential
• Muccianti vs. Fountain View, Inc., et al.
• Sandoval v. Summit Care Corporation

Published Works

Articles

• “Ruling is a Win for Vulnerable Nursing Home Patients”, Daily Journal, 2017
  
• “Navigating the Corporate Structural Maze; The Keys to Discovering Recoverable Assets.”, American Association for Justice, 2008
  
• "Class Actions Against Long Term Health Care Providers for Failing to Provide Services of the Standard and Quality Advertised after Alvarado v. Selma Convalescent Hospital: A New Approach", Consumer Attorneys of California Beaver Creek Meeting, February, 2008
  
• "Avoiding Caps in a Wrongful Death Action Predicated on Elder And/Or Dependent Adult Abuse Pursuant to the Elder Adult and Dependent Adult Abuse Civil Protection Act", The Forum Magazine, January/February, 2006
  
• "HMO's Abuse Elder and Dependent Adults Every Day-How We Can Stop Them", Winter Meeting-March, 2004
  
• "It's Not Just for Nursing Homes Anymore -- Using the Elder Abuse Act to Sue Insurers and HMO's", Consumer Attorneys of California 42nd Annual Convention
• "Elder Abuse, It Is Not Medical Malpractice", Consumer Attorneys of California 41st Annual Convention, April, 2002
• "Dealing with Obligations in Difficult Cases From an Ethical Point of View", Consumer Attorneys of California 34th Annual Convention
• "RCFE's: Freedom from MICRA", Consumer Attorneys of California 36th Annual Convention
• "Formal Discovery, is it Worth the Effort?", Consumer Attorneys of California 38th Annual Convention
• "Profits Over People, It's A Fact: How to Convince the Jury", Consumer Attorneys 40th Annual Convention
• "Distinguishing Elder Abuse Claims from -- Professional' Negligence Claims: Why Section 425.13 Does Not Apply to Elder Abuse Claims", Consumer Attorneys of California Forum, Vol. 30, No. 6, July/August, 2000
• "Skilled Nursing Facilities -- How Many Time Can We Tell You -- It's Not Medical Malpractice?'", Verdict Magazine, January, 2003

Bar Admissions

• California
• Texas
• Washington
• Arizona
• U.S. District Court Central District of California
• U.S. District Court Southern District of California
• U.S. District Court Eastern District of California
• U.S. District Court Northern District of California
• U.S. District Court District of Arizona
• U.S. Court of Appeals 9th Circuit

Other Affiliations

• Consumer Attorneys of California (Member, Board of Governors)
• Consumer Attorneys Association of Los Angeles (Member, Board of Governors)
• Mexican-American Bar Association (Member)
• South Bay Bar Association (Member)
• Los Angeles County Bar Association (Member)
• Fresno County Bar Association (Member)
• American Association for Justice (Member)
• American Bar Association (Member)
• Coalition of Concerned Legal Professionals (Member)
• The National Academy of Elder Law Lawyers (Member)
• American Academy of Trial Counsel (Founding Fellow)

Fraternities and Sororities

• Alpha Delta Gamma