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Areas of Practice
- Litigation
- Defense of medical malpractice and professional liability claims (in the courts, arbitration, mediation, and agency proceedings)
- Defense of medical malpractice products liability claims
- Defense of personal injury claims (in the courts, arbitration, and mediation)
- Healthcare
- Medical risk management (seminars, advising, and development of risk-prevention policies)
- Credentialing, peer review, and health care quality improvement issues
- Medical records confidentiality and HIPAA concerns
- Record-keeping practices
- Training physicians to give effective testimony in legal settings (and providing stress management seminars for providers in medical-legal cases)
- Administrative law (for matters before the Board of Medical Examiners)
Admitted to Practice
- Hawai`i
- U.S. District Court for the District of Hawai`i
- Colorado
- U.S. District Court for the District of Colorado
Affiliations
- American Bar Association
- Hawai`i State Bar Association
- Defense Research Institute
- Hawai`i Women Lawyers
- Colorado Bar Association
- Planned Parenthood of Hawaii
- Board of Directors (2001-2003)
Teaching Positions & Lectures
- Lecturer, "Analyzing Medical Records for the Colorado Paralegal" (July 1996, 1997)
- Lecturer, "Analyzing Medical Records for the Hawai`i Paralegal (September 2002, October 2003)
- Lecturer, "Hawai`i Nursing Law Update" (April 2001)
- Lecturer, "Hot Topics in Health Care in Hawai`i" (October 2005)
Publications
- Editor, legal column, "Neonatal Network" (a national publication for neonatal nurses) 1997-1999 (published four articles involving a variety of medical/legal issues)
Awards and Recognition
- American Jurisprudence Awards (first in law school class) in Contracts, Civil Procedures, and Criminal Law
- Selected for inclusion in "Who's Who in American Law School Students," for all three academic years (1991-1994)
Education
- University of Denver, College of Law (J.D.1994)
- University of Colorado (M.S.N. 1980)
- University of Northern Colorado (B.S.N. 1976)
- Registered nurse, active license (Hawai`i and California)
- Nationally certified Neonatal Nurse Practitioner (1983-present)
Past Positions
- Tilly & Graves, P.C.
- The Honorable Claus J. Hume, Colorado Court of Appeals
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Attorneys and staff of AHFI will be volunteering on Thursday, April 10 from 6 to 9am on radio station KHPR on day number 2 of Challenge 2008 in support of Hawaii Public Radio.
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Trudy Burns Stone has joined AHFI as Of Counsel and will be working with
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Lessees' lawsuit against the City and County of Honolulu for violations of the U.S. Constitution reinstated
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Class certification granted in lawsuit to identify and provide services for homeless children
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Lawsuit filed to stop illegal vacation rentals on North Shore
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