Kathy Ann Lee, Esq.


Contact:  317.488.5500
Toll-Free:  800.274.5599
E-Mail:  kathy@cfclc-law.com

 

Areas of Practice: medical malpractice, nursing negligence, nursing home negligence, wrongful death, medical product liability, pharmaceutical liability,     personal injury, and toxic torts

Practice Profile:  Kathy Lee has been a trial lawyer throughout her career, representing clients on wide range of legal matters related to personal injury, negligence and product liability.  Mrs. Lee has been a licensed, registered nurse since 1978.

Education:
Indiana University Purdue University School of Nursing (A.A., Nursing, 1978)
Marian College in Indianapolis (B.S., Nursing, 1983)
Indiana University School of Law (J.D.)
IUPUI (L.L.M., Health Policy and Bioethics, current)

Bar Admissions:
Admitted to bar, 1987, Indiana
Admitted to bar, 2007, Oklahoma
U.S. District Court, Northern and Southern Districts of Indiana.
U.S. Court of Federal Claims

Legal Organizations:
Indianapolis, Indiana State and American Bar Associations
Indiana Trial Lawyers Association (Board of Directors, 2000-present)
Association of Trial Lawyers of America

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

Seminars, Presentations and Published Articles:
Chair, Indiana Trial Lawyers Association Women's Seminar, "Tipping the Scales of Justice" (2007)

ICLEF seminar, "Optimizing the Effectiveness of Expert Testimony" (2007)

ATLA seminar, "Litigating Nursing Home Cases" (2004)

ICLEF seminar, "Masters in Trial:  A Special Demonstration of a Medical Malpractice Case from Opening Statement to Jury Deliberations" (2003)

ITLA nursing home seminar, "Polypharmacy and the Elderly" (2002) 

14th Annual Indiana Trial Lawyers Association Lifetime Achievement Seminar - "The Case Within a Case: Are You Missing the Buried Treasure$$$???" (2002)

Indiana Continuing Legal Education Forum medical malpractice seminar, "Medical Review Panel Stage - Plaintiff’s Perspective" (2000)

Association of Trial Lawyers of America, "Nursing Negligence, Medical Negligence: Establishing Causation, Understanding Imaging and Proving Negligence,��? (2000)

12th Annual ITLA Lifetime Achievement Seminar - "Peer Review Protection in Indiana", and "Litigating Nursing Home Cases,��? (2000, Las Vegas, Nevada)

Lorman Educational Services Seminar, "Understanding Their Language: Medical Terminology" (1999)

Association of Trial Lawyers of America Annual Conference, "Litigation at Sunrise - Eye Laser Surgery - Dangerous Product - Dangerous User," (1998)

Indiana Continuing Legal Education Forum, "Mastering Medical Litigation-Cervical Injuries-the Legal View,��? (1998)

Indiana Continuing Legal Education Forum, "Presenting a Case to a Medical Review Panel," (1996)

Lorman Education Services, "Medical Records for Attorneys," (1996)

Article:  "Personal Injury and Torts," Lawyers Cooperative Publishing (1996)

Article:  "Emergency Medicine Malpractice," John Wiley & Sons, Inc. (1994)

Professional Education Systems, Inc., "Medical Malpractice for Paralegals" (1994)

Indiana Continuing Legal Education Seminar, “Medical Negligence Litigation,��? (1993)

"How to Analyze Nursing Conduct and Compliance with Nursing Standards of Care", (1993)

Purdue University, "Nursing Practice and You: The Legal Side," (1988)

Recognitions and 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 2006, March 2007). 


Civic & Community Involvement:
Board of Directors, Theodora House (A Volunteers of America of Indiana program), January 2006 to present.