Practice

• ‍Medical Professional Liability Defense
• Licensing and Disciplinary Actions
• Civil/Business Litigation

Representative Cases

• Defense verdict for an interventional radiologist where plaintiffs alleged he was negligent and caused the death of a patient by failing to perform a blood patch at or near the level of a spinal epidural leak caused during a bilateral breast reduction surgery.
• Defense verdict on behalf of a neuroradiologist, in a medical malpractice case tried in King County. Plaintiff claimed that the physician was negligent for failing to diagnose a vestibular schwannoma on a non-contrast head CT. The defense demonstrated that the physician conducted a complete and thorough review of the non-contrast head CT and fully complied with the standard of care. The jury agreed with the defense and returned a unanimous verdict in favor of the physician.
• Defense verdict on behalf of an emergency medicine physician in a lawsuit alleging failure to diagnose and treat a vertebral artery dissection resulting from a motor vehicle accident and fracture of the C-3 vertebrae

Education

• ‍Seattle University School of Law, J.D., cum laude, 2006
• University of Oregon, B.A. (Planning, Public Policy and Management), 2000
• University of Oregon, B.S. (Psychology), 2000, Minor: Business Administration

Admitted to Practice

• ‍Washington State Bar
• Oregon State Bar
• United States District Court Bar Admission - Western District of Washington
• United States District Court for the District of Oregon

Professional Experience

• Fain Anderson VanDerhoef Rosendahl O’Halloran Spillane, PLLC, Principal/Owner, 2018 – Present
• Fain Anderson VanDerhoef Rosendahl O’Halloran Spillane, PLLC, Principal, 2015 - 2017
• Fain Anderson VanDerhoef, PLLC, Member, August 2011 – February 2015
• Lybeck Murphy, LLP, Associate, June 2009 - August 2011
• Scruggs Law Offices, Associate, September 2007 - May 2009
• Pierce County Prosecutor's Office, Deputy Prosecuting Attorney, March 2005 – August 2007

Professional Memberships

• ‍King County Bar Association
• Washington Defense Trial Lawyers
• ‍Washington Healthcare Risk Management Society
• Defense Research Institute
• Washington State Bar Association, Labor & Employment Law Section Member
• Washington State Bar Association, Health Law Section Member
• Washington State Bar Association, Litigation Section Member
• University of Oregon Puget Sound Alumni Chapter

Publications & Presentations

• ‍Contributing Author, Washington Lawyer's Practice Manual – Evidence

Honors & Awards

• Named a Super Lawyer in Washington Law & Politics for 2018 - 2021, 2023
• Named a Rising Star by Washington Super Lawyers, 2014 - 2016

Community Involvement

• ‍Seattle University Law Student Mentor Program
• Central District Neighborhood Legal Clinic Volunteer