Kathy Ann Lee, Esq.

Contact:

(317) 488-5500
(800) 274-5559
kathy@cfclc-law.com

 

Kathy A. Lee is a partner in the law firm of Cline, Farrell, Christie & Lee, P.C. in Indianapolis, Indiana. She has an A.A. Degree in Nursing from Indiana University School of Nursing in Indianapolis (1978), a B.S. Degree in Nursing from Marian College in Indianapolis (1983), earned her J.D. Degree from Indiana University (1987), and received her L.L.M. degree in Health Policy & Bioethics (2010). She was admitted to the Indiana bar in 1987 and the Oklahoma bar in 2007. She has also been admitted to practice before the U.S. District Court, Northern and Southern Districts of Indiana; and the U.S. Court of Federal Claims. She has been a licensed, registered nurse in Indiana since 1978.


Publications

Contributing author: "Emergency Medicine Malpractice," John Wiley & Sons, Inc., 1994; and "Personal Injury and Torts," Lawyers Cooperative Publishing, 1996.


Lectures


  • April 1988 - Purdue University, Nursing Practice and You: The Legal Side
  • 1992 - Chairperson: Medical Malpractice—How to Get Your Case To and Through the Fund
  • 1994 - Indiana Continuing Legal Education Seminar; Medical Malpractice for Paralegals, Professional Education Systems, Inc.
  • 1993 - How to Analyze Nursing Conduct and Compliance with Nursing Standards of Care
  • 1993 - Indiana Continuing Legal Education Seminar, Medical Negligence Litigation
  • 1996 - Seminar, Medical Records for Attorneys, Lorman Education Services
  • 1996 - Presenting a Case to a Medical Review Panel, Indiana Continuing Education Legal Forum
  • 1998 - Mastering Medical Litigation-Cervical Injuries-the Legal View, Indiana Continuing Education Forum
  • July 1998 - Litigation at Sunrise - Eye Laser Surgery - Dangerous Product - Dangerous User, Association of Trial Lawyers of America Annual Conference
  • 1999 - Understanding Their Language: Medical Terminology, Lorman Educational Services Seminar
  • March 2, 2000 - 12th Annual ITLA Lifetime Achievement Seminar, Peer Review Protection in Indiana," and "Litigating Nursing Home Cases, Las Vegas, Nevada.
  • October 2000 - “Nursing Negligence," Medical Negligence: Establishing Causation, Understanding Imaging and Proving Negligence, Association of Trial Lawyers of America
  • November 15, 2000 - ICLEF medical malpractice seminar, Medical Review Panel Stage - Plaintiff's Perspective
  • March 1, 2002 - The 14th Annual ITLA Lifetime Achievement Seminar, The Case Within a Case: Are You Missing the Buried Treasure$$$???
  • July 2002 - ITLA nursing home seminar, Polypharmacy and the Elderly
  • October 2003 - Participant, ICLEF seminar, Masters in Trial: A Special Demonstration of a Medical Malpractice Case from Opening Statement to Jury Deliberations
  • March 2004 - Presenter, ATLA seminar, Litigating Nursing Home Cases, Fort Lauderdale, Florida
  • February 28, 2007 - Presenter, ICLEF seminar, Optimizing the Effectiveness of Expert Testimony
  • April 13, 2007 - Chaired and spoke at the ITLA women's seminar, Tipping the Scales of Justice
  • April 23, 2008 - Medical-legal presentation to surgery residents at Indiana University School of Medicine’s Department of Surgery
  • September 27, 2008 -  Speaker, Central Chapter Society of Nuclear Medicine 2008 Road Show, Reducing your Risk of Being Sued


Cases Reported

South Bend Clinic v. Kistner, 769 N.E.2d 591 (Ind.App. 2002).


Honors

Voted by peers as one of the Top 25 Female Lawyers in Indiana and as one of the Top Medical Malpractice Lawyers in Indiana (Indianapolis Monthly magazine, March 2004, March 2005, March 2007, March 2008).


Voted by peers as one of the Top 25 Female Lawyers in Indiana (Indianapolis Monthly magazine, March 2006, March 2007, March 2008, and March 2009).


Associations

Indianapolis Bar Association

Indiana State Bar Association

American Bar Association

Indiana Trial Lawyers Association [Board of Directors, 2000 - present]

Association of Trial Lawyers of America

Fellow, Litigation Counsel of America

Fellow, Indianapolis Bar Foundation 


Practice Focus

Kathy Lee concentrates her practice on medical malpractice, nursing negligence, nursing home negligence, wrongful death, medical product liability, pharmaceutical liability, personal injury, and toxic torts.


Community Involvement

Board of Directors, Theodora House (A Volunteers of America of Indiana program), January 2006 to present