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Kathryn A. Stebner - San Francisco, CA

870 Market StreetSuite 1285 San Francisco, CA 94102

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Updated: 08/22/2024

San Francisco Class Action Lawyer

Overview

Testimony

  • Bill AB 859, California Assembly and Senate, Elders and dependent adults: abuse or neglect. - 5/02/17.
  • Senate Bill 1065, Federal Arbitration Act, Appeal process for denial of petitions to compel arbitration in Elder Abuse Cases, 3/01/16.
  • Senate Bill 2947, California Assembly and Senate, Elder and Dependent Adult Abuse: Waiver of Rights.
  • Senate Bill 558- Standard of Proof for Physical Elder Abuse Cases.
  • Senate Bill 2171 – Residential Care Facilities for the Elderly – Bill of Rights.
  • Senate Bill 314- Elder and Dependent Adults- Abandonment.

Kathryn Stebner's profile in the February 2013 edition of Plaintiff’s Magazine.

Presentations/Speaking Engagements


  • “Software: The New Frontier of Care” May 3, 2024, CAOC Palm Springs Seminar, Palm Springs
  • “Litigating Sexual Abuse in Elder Care Facilities” May 6, 2023, CAOC Palm Springs Seminar, Palm Springs
  • “SB 278 (Dodd): Protecting Elder Californians from Financial Scams by Holding Entities Accountable for Assisting in Financial Elder Abuse” March 10-11, 2023, CAOC & Capitol City Trial Lawyers Association Sonoma Travel Seminar
  • “Helping Your Constituents Combat Elder Financial Scams and Consumer Fraud: Capitol Staff Briefing” March 9, 2023, CAOC, CLICC and Elder Law & Advocacy
  • “Elder Abuse” November 26, 2022, CAOC Hawaii Travel Seminar
  • “Elder Abuse in 6-Bed Facilities – Living Nightmares” November 19, 2022, CAOC 61st Annual Convention SF
  • “Jury Selection and Opening Statements” November 17, 2022, CAOC 61st Annual Convention SF
  • “Elder Abuse: Injury and Death in Nursing Homes and Residential Care” November 15, 2022, CEB
  • “Financial Abuse: Redress for Scams & Theft Against Elders & Dependent Adults” November 8, 2022, CEB
  • “Elder Abuse in Six Bed RCFEs-Living Nightmares” CAOC October 18, 2022
  • “Picking a Jury: An Interactive Workshop. What Do You Do When You’re Representing Clients with Warts” May 20, 2022, CAOC Palm Springs Seminar, Palm Springs CA
  • “Maximizing Damages in Elder Abuse cases” May 21, 2022, CAOC Palm Springs Seminar, Palm Springs CA
  • “The Beginner’s Mind” April 26, 2022, CAHNR
  • “RCFE Point Systems: Experience form Class Cases” November 22, 2019, CANHR’s 23rd Annual Elder Law Conference, Monterrey, CA
  • “Breaking Banks that are Breaking Bad” November 22, 2019, CANHR’s 23rd Annual Elder Law Conference, Monterrey, CA
  • “A Cluster What? Tips for Navigating Expedited Multi-Plaintiff Suits When Class and Mass Don’t Apply” November 13, 2019, CAOC
  • “Preferential Trial: Justice Delayed is Justice Denied” November 5, 2019, SFTLA 120 Days Before Trial, San Francisco, CA
  • “Sonoma Fire Case: A Case Study in Preferential Cluster Cases.” October 4, 2019, SCTLA Beyli Seminar, Santa Clara, CA
  • “Head Injuries and the Aging Brain”, May 17, 2019, CAOC Masters Seminar on Traumatic Brain Injuries, Stockton, CA
  • “Elder Class Actions: Notes from the Long and Winding Road”, May 3, 2019, CAOC Palm Springs Seminar, Palm Springs, CA
  • “The RCFE Point System Charade”, March 9, 2019, The Donald L. Galine Sonoma Travel Seminar by CAOC, Sonoma, CA
  • “Elder Abuse: Quick Hits from the Masters, Tubbs Fire Cases” March 16, 2018, The Donald L. Galine Sonoma Travel Seminar CAOC, Sonoma, CA
  • “Rolling with the Punches,” November 17, 2018, CANHR Annual Convention, Monterey, CA
  • “Head Injuries and the Aging Brain”, November 16, 2018, CAOC Convention, San Francisco, CA
  • “Brain Injuries,” November 16, 2018, CAOC Annual Convention, San Francisco, CA.
  • “Fear of Death and Loss –Ask It Now or Fear the Reaper”, June 23, 2017, CAOC the Donald L. Galine Lake Tahoe Seminar, Lake Tahoe, CA.
  • “Litigating Elder Abuse/ Neglect in Assisted Living Facilities”, June 21, 2017, National Webinar
  • “Opening Your Own Firm”, March 1, 2017, CAOC Women’s Caucus Brain Trust Speaker, San Francisco, CA
  • “Elder Care Facility Abuse –Litigation and Estate Planning for the Protection of Elder Residents in Elder Care Facilities”, December 7, 2016, Chuck Finney’s “Your Legal Rights” Philip & Sala Burton High School, San Francisco, CA
  • “The Truth Behind RCFE Point Systems”, November 18, 2016, CANHR Elder Law Conference, Monterey, CA
  • “Fall Cases: The Good the Bad and the Ugly”, November 12, 2016, CAOC Convention, San Francisco, CA.
  • “Assisted Living Facility Point Systems: What Happens Behind the Scenes”, October 21, 2016, WRC- ALCCA Monterey Conference, Monterey, CA
  • “Investigating, Trying, and Winning Elder Abuse Cases (Roundtable re: Discovery, Themes, Trial Strategies and Legal Developments to Help You Fight on Behalf of California’s Seniors”, April 2, 2016, CAOC the Donald L. Galine Travel Seminar, Sonoma, CA
  • “Litigating Long Term Sexual Assault Cases”, November 21, 2015, CANHR Elder Law Convention, Monterey, CA
  • “Cases against residential care facilities”, November 20, 2015, CANHR Elder Law Convention, Monterey, CA
  • “Ditching the One Size Fits all Approach – Strategizing with your client in mind.“, November, 7, 2015, CAOC Convention- Elder Abuse Panel. , San Francisco, CA
  • “Rape and Molestation in Long Term Care Facilities”, May 19, 2015, 10th Annual Elder Abuse Conference, UC Hastings College of the Law, San Francisco, CA
  • "Cases Against Assisted Living Facilities", September 30, 2015 CAOC Practice Pointers –Webinar
  • “Civil Attorneys: Your Friends in the Fight Against Elder Financial Abuse”, January 23, 2015, Institute on Aging: Swindles, Scams and Schemes Conference, San Francisco, CA
  • "RCFEs and Class Action Lawsuits", CANHR's 18th Annual Elder Law Conference, November 22, 2014, Monterey, CA
  • CAOC 53rd Annual Convention, November 15th, 2014, San Francisco, CA
  • "Elder Abuse: Having the Newest Tools Will Build the Best Case,” Sponsor and Moderator, Consumer Attorneys of California Annual Convention, November 15, 2014, San Francisco, California.
  • "APS and Civil Litigators: Allies in the Fight against Financial Elder Abuse", October 31, 2014, NAPSA 5th Annual Summit on Elder Financial Exploitation, Portland, OR
  • “Proving a Rape or Molestation Case with an Unknown Perpetrator” October 10, 2014, Santa Clara County Trial Lawyers Association (SCCTLA) Belli Seminar, San Jose, California
  • “Cluster Cases and Staffing to Acuity”, November 16, 2013, CAOC Convention, San Francisco, CA
  • “Is It Working?”, 11/23/13, CANHR Elder Law Convention, Monterey, CA
  • “Elder Neglect Under Kaiser Watchful Eye,” Consumer Attorneys of California Kaiser Seminar, October 15, 2013, San Francisco, California.
  • “New Models for Nursing Home Cases”, November 17, 2012, CANHR Elder Law Conference, Monterey, CA
  • "Money Not Medicine: Proving Corporate Recklessness", November 10, 2012, CAOC 51st Annual Convention, San Francisco, CA
  • “Medical School for Lawyers Series: Bedsores and Hospital Infections.” National Web Seminar, March 3, 2011.
  • "Resident Rights Litigation: A Tool for Quality Care", November 19, 2011, CANHR Elder Law Conference, Monterey, CA
  • "Elder Abuse: Focus on the Corporation", November 12th, 2011, CAOC 50th Annual Convention, San Francisco, CA

About Kathryn A. Stebner

Practice Areas

  • Class Action
  • Medication Errors
  • Physical Elder Abuse
  • Bedsores
  • Falls
  • Wandering
  • Actions Against Skilled Nursing Facilities
  • Residential Care Facilities and Assisted Living Facilities
  • Hospitals
  • Fraud, Mishandling Finances and Unfair Business Practices
  • Actions Against Insurance Companies & Financial Advisors
  • Sexual Abuse
  • Dehydration
  • Malnutrition
  • Home Health Agencies
  • Physicians
  • Estate Planning

Qualifications

Bar Admissions

  • California
  • Oregon

Other Affiliations

  • Consumer Attorneys of California (Board of Governors)
  • San Francisco Trial lawyers Association, 2012 (Past-President)

Classes and Seminars

  • Elder Abuse, University of San Francisco, 2006 - Present
  • Ten Tips to Minimize Litigation and the Costs of Litigation - The Plaintiff Attorney's Perspective, Annual Conference Aging Services of California, Long Beach, California, May 4, 2010 - May 5, 2010
  • Kaiser Home Health - Discovery into Common Areas of Neglect, Consumer Attorneys of California, Oakland, California, April 20, 2010
  • Financial and Physical Abuse to the Elderly, Class Action and Individual Cases, San Francisco Trial Lawyers Association, April 13, 2010
  • Potential Strategies in Skilled Nursing Facility Cases, Consumer Attorneys of California, Live Webinar, December 10, 2009
  • Legal Nurse Consultant Developing Partnership with Elder Abuse Litigation Team, American Association of Legal Nurse Consultants, Phoenix, Arizona, April 24, 2009
  • Direct Examination of an Adverse Witness-Evidence Code section 776, Consumer Attorneys of California, Tahoe, California, March 21, 2009
  • Elder Abuse: Plaintiff and Defense Perspectives, Individual and Class Action Cases, San Francisco Trial Lawyers Association, San Francisco, California, March 10, 2009
  • Gender Bias in the Courtroom, Consumer Attorneys of California College of Trial Arts and San Joaquin County Trial Lawyers' Association Presents Masters Seminar-Stockton,CA, January 23, 2009
  • Elder Abuse and Long Term Healthcare Litigation (Plaintiff vs. Defense Perspective-Debate), Consumer Attorneys of California, 47th Annual Convention, November 8, 2008
  • Remedies for Financial Abuse, Class Action Cases in Financial Elder Abuse, Continuing Education of the Bar - California, August 14, 2008
  • Mock Trial - Plaintiff and Defense Day-Long Mock Trial, California Association for Healthcare Quality, June 25, 2008
  • Update on Long-Term Care Litigation, Point/Counterpoint: Plaintiff and Defense Perspective, Common Ground: Estate Planners and Litigators Working Together, 12th Annual Elder Law Conference, California Advocates for Nursing Home Reform, May 9, 2008 - May 10, 2008
  • Assisted Living: Three Different Perspectives, West Legal Education Center, April 24, 2008
  • Using the Elder Abuse Statute To Its Fullest, Business and Professions Code section 17200 and Financial Elder Abuse Cases, San Francisco Trial Lawyer and Litigation Practice, April 22, 2008
  • One Stop Shop - Ethics, Consumer Attorneys of California 46th Annual Convention, San Francisco, California, November 11, 2007
  • Medical Malpractice vs. Elder Abuse, Consumer Attorneys Association of Los Angeles Las Vegas, Nevada, September 8, 2007
  • Ways of Helping Your Jury Get to Know Decedent, San Francisco Trial Lawyers Association San Francisco Trial Lawyers Association San Francisco, CA, June 12, 2007
  • Financial Elder Abuse Class Action and Individual Cases, California Advocates for Nursing Home Reform Elder Law Conference, Berkeley, CA, May 5, 2007
  • Elder Law Seminar, New College of California, School of Law, 2006
  • Elder Abuse: Point/Counterpoint with John Supple, California Regional TLA Conference, Santa Barbara, CA, June 9, 2006
  • The Many Faces of EADACPA, California Advocates for Nursing Home Reform, Los Angeles, CA, May 13, 2006
  • Using EADACPA in Actions Against Hospitals, California Advocates for Nursing Home Reform, Manhattan Beach, CA, May 12, 2006
  • Elder Abuse, Golden Gate School of Law, 2005
  • Can The Expert Be Destroyed? Live Prep and Unrehearsed Cross of Real Experts, San Francisco Trial Lawyers Association, December 13, 2005
  • Long-Term Care Litigation and EADACPA Issues, California Advocates for Nursing Home Reform, San Francisco, CA, November 19, 2005
  • The Home Brewed Multi Media Trial: Presenting High Tech and Old School Demonstrative Evidence, San Francisco Trial Lawyers Association, November 15, 2005
  • Who Are These Plaintiff Attorneys and Why Are They Saying These Awful Things About Us?, QCHF Institute 2005 & CAHF August Quarterly Conference, San Diego, CA, August 15, 2005
  • Elder Abuse in Acute Care; Elder Financial Abuse: Relevance, Representation and Remedies; Elder Abuse Litigation: Ethical Advocacy, California Advocates for Nursing Home Reform's Elder Law Conference, Monterey, CA, 2005
  • When You Least Expect It-Elder and Dependent Neglect in Hospitals, California Regional Trial Lawyers Association Conference, MCLE Program, June 3, 2005
  • Gender and The Law, San Francisco Trial Lawyers Association, March 7, 2005
  • Elder Abuse, University of San Francisco, 2004 - 2005
  • Elder Abuse: Cases and Controversies; Elder Abuse Litigation: Point/Counterpoint-A Panel of Defense and Plaintiff Litigators; The Role of Experts in Elder Abuse Litigation; Scams, Scandals and Elder Fiduciary Abuse; Elder Abuse Litigation: New Directions, California Advocates for Nursing Home Reform's Elder Law, Pasadena, CA, 2004
  • How to Produce a Film of the Incompetent Plaintiff-Let The Jury Get to Know the Plaintiff Maximizing the Value of Your Case Through Its Greatest Asset-The Plaintiff-Litigation Practice, San Francisco Trial Lawyers Association, San Francisco, CA, September 7, 2004
  • Defendants Gone Wild! What To Do When Discovery Issues Are Taking Over Your Case (And Your Life). Roundtable Discussion, San Francisco Trial Lawyers Association, November 18, 2003
  • Representing Elders, Minors and Sexual and Racial Minorities, San Francisco Trial Lawyers Association, San Francisco, CA, September 9, 2003
  • Relevant Code Sections and Causes of Action-Scams, Scandals and Elder Fiduciary Abuse, California Advocates for Nursing Home Reform's Elder Law, 2003
  • Remedies for Physical Abuse and Neglect, Education of the Bar, Elder Law Litigation, May 10, 2003
  • Current Elder Abuse Law-Physical and Financial, California College of Trial Arts/Consumer Attorneys of California's 42nd Annual Convention, 2003
  • Elder Abuse, Golden Gate School of Law, 2002
  • Residential Care Facilities-The New Frontier in Litigation, Consumer Attorneys of California's 41st Annual Convention, 2002
  • Trial Advocacy, Hastings College of the Law, 2002
  • Transfer Trauma-The Perfect Psychological Injury Tort, San Francisco Trial Lawyer's Association, July 11, 2002
  • Long Term Care and Medi-Cal and Long Term Care Litigation, California Advocates for Nursing Home Reform, December 1, 2001
  • Elder Abuse Litigation: Early Investigation and Discovery; Trial Preparation, California Advocates for Nursing Home Reform, 2001
  • What is Elder Abuse and Why is it Not Med-Mal?, San Francisco Trial Lawyers Association-Elder Abuse Litigation, 2000
  • SNF Litigation, California Advocates for Nursing Home Reform's Workshop, November 4, 2000
  • Investigating Elder Abuse, Alameda County District Attorney's Office, 2000
  • Elder Abuse Litigation, California Advocates for Nursing Home Reform's 4th Annual Elder Law Conference, 2000
  • Issues and Advocacy, California Advocates for Nursing Home Reform's 3rd Annual Elder Law Conference, April 30, 1999 - May 1, 1999
  • Elder Abuse & Long Term Litigation Workshop, California Advocates for Nursing Home Reform, November 14, 1998
  • Law Practice Management: Elder Abuse Litigation; The Outer Limits: Elder Abuse Litigation., California Advocates for Nursing Home Reform's First Annual Elder Law Conference, 1997
  • Toxic Torts, Willamette University School of Law, 1995

Past Positions

  • Lopez, Hodes, Restiano, Milman, Skikos & Polos, San Francisco, California, 2000 - 2003
  • Law Offices of Edward J. Nevin, San Francisco, California, 1998 - 2000
  • Law Offices of Dan Bolton, San Francisco, California, 1997 - 1998
  • Williams and Troutwine, Portland, Oregon, 1993 - 1996
  • McTernan, Stender & Walsh, San Francisco, California, 1990 - 1992
  • Hoberg, Finger, Brown, Cox & Molligan, San Francisco, California, 1986 - 1990
  • Lewis & Lewis, San Francisco, California, 1986
  • Law Offices of Jesus M. Maldonado, Oakland, California, 1986
  • Law Offices of Kathleen Lucas-Wallace, San Francisco, California, 1986
  • Public Advocates, San Francisco, California, Law Clerk, 1985
  • US Department of Justice, Civil Rights Division, Employment and Voting Sections, Washington, D.C., Law Clerk, 1984
  • Oregon Department of Justice, Oregon State Attorney General, Trial Division, Salem, Oregon, Law Clerk, 1984
  • Paul Cominskey, Attorney at Law, San Francisco, California, Law Clerk, 1984

Education

  • University of San Francisco School of Law, San Francisco, California, 1985
    J.D.
  • University of Oregon, Eugene, Oregon, 1982
    B.A.
    Major: Political Science

Articles

Published Works

  • “Unconscionable Actions”, Los Angeles Lawyer, The Los Angeles County Bar Association, June 2024
  • “Letting elders down: Falls and traumatic brain injuries at long-term care facilities,” Forum, July/August 2019.
  • “Elder Abuse Class Actions: Notes from the Long and Winding Road,” Kathryn Stebner and George Kawamoto, Orange County Trial Lawyers Association The Gavel, Summer 2019.
  • “What’s the Point? Use of point systems at Residential Care Facilities for the Elderly”, Kathryn Stebner, Brian Umpierre, and Karman Guadagni, Forum Magazine, May/ June 2019, Vol. 49 No. 3
  • "Know the Score", Trial Magazine, December, 2017
  • "Practice and Procedure in Actions Against Residential Care Facilities", Chapter Five, California Elder Law Litigation: An Advocate's Guide (Co-Author with Peter Lomhoff), Continuing Education of the Bar, California
  • "Litigating Financial Abuse Actions Against Institutions, Agents and Fiduciaries", Chapter 6A, California Elder Law Litigation: An Advocate's Guide (Co-Author with Kirsten Fish), Continuing Education of the Bar
  • “Proving Low Staffing Against Long Term Care Facilities.” CAALA, November 2014 (with George Kawamoto).
  • “Inside the Minds- Elder Law Litigation Strategies.” Chapter One, The Deceptive Complexity of Elder Law Litigation. West Publishing Co., 2012
  • "Drop That Negligence Claim for a Claim of Custodial Neglect", The Trial Lawyer, Spring, 2008
  • "Elder Neglect Cases in Acute Care Facilities: It's Not Just a Nursing Home Problem", Journal of Consumer Attorneys Associations for Southern California (Advocate), February, 2008
  • "Elder Abuse and Medical Malpractice: Intersection with Parallel Roads?", Forum, January/February, 2006
  • "Pressure Sore Cases in Acute Care Facilities: No Matter What the Defense Tries to Tell You, These Are Elder and Dependent Neglect Cases", Forum, January/February, 2006
  • "Recent Decisions In Elder Abuse Law: 'Take Up The Cause'", Trial Lawyer, 2006
  • "Pressure Ulcers in Residential Care Facilities for the Elderly - Look at the Regulations", California Advocates for Nursing Home Reform, Winter, 2005
  • "Practice and Procedure in Actions Against Residential Care Facilities", Chapter Five, California Elder Law Litigation: An Advocate's Guide, Continuing Education of the Bar, California, 2003
  • "Elder Abuse: Do You Know It When You See It?", The Trial Lawyer, Fall, 2003
  • "Residential Care Facilities for the Elderly: The New Frontier in Litigation", Forum, June, 2002
  • "Transfer Trauma' Class Action Filed Against California Nursing Home Operator", Nursing Home Litigation Reporter, August 9, 2002
  • "Discovery for the Motion to Amend for Punitive Damages in an Elder Abuse Case", Forum, July/August, 2000

Office Information

Address

870 Market StreetSuite 1285 San Francisco, CA 94102

Fax

  • 415-362-9801

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Included on the 2024 Northern California Super Lawyers list


Past Lists

  • 2023 Northern California Super Lawyers list
  • 2022 Northern California Super Lawyers list
  • 2021 Northern California Super Lawyers list
  • 2020 Northern California Super Lawyers list
  • 2019 Northern California Super Lawyers list
  • 2018 Northern California Super Lawyers list
  • 2017 Northern California Super Lawyers list
  • 2016 Northern California Super Lawyers list
  • 2015 Northern California Super Lawyers list
  • 2014 Northern California Super Lawyers list
  • 2013 Northern California Super Lawyers list
  • 2012 Northern California Super Lawyers list
  • 2011 Northern California Super Lawyers list
  • 2010 Northern California Super Lawyers list
  • 2009 Northern California Super Lawyers list

View the profile for Kathryn A. Stebner on Super Lawyers

Honors

  • "William Taylor Award," California Advocates for Nursing Home Reform
  • "Civil Justice Award," San Francisco Trial Lawyers Association, - 2019
  • "Super Lawyer," Elder Abuse, 2009 - 2014
  • "Street Fighter of the Year," Consumer Attorneys of California, 2014
  • Marvin E. Lewis Award from CAOC, 2012
  • "Presidential Award of Merit," Consumer Attorneys of California, 2008
  • "Legal Advocate of the Year," California Advocates for Nursing Home Reform, 2002
  • "Trial Lawyer of the Year," San Francisco Trial Lawyers Association, 2000
  • "Volunteer of the Year," San Francisco Bar Association, 1990
  • "Top 100 Personal Injury Settlements in California for 2021"

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