Patrick Stockalper Named Fellow of International Society of Barristers

With a regular membership of less than 700 lawyers (plaintiff and defense combined) throughout the United States and other countries adjudged by their peers and judges to be “outstanding in the field of advocacy,” the International Society of Barristers (ISOB) seeks to honor the role of the trial lawyer in our system of justice. One…

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Join KMS at 38th Annual SCHARM Convention, May 2-4, 2018

KMS will be attending this year’s annual meeting of the Southern California Association of Hospital Risk Managers. It will be held at Rancho Las Palmas Resort in Rancho Mirage. KMS attorneys have been frequent speakers at this event. We hope to see you there.

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Robert McKenna recognized as one of America’s Top 100 Civil Defense Litigators for 2018

Congratulations to Robert McKenna for having been selected as one of America’s Top 100 Civil Defense Litigators. Selection to America’s Top 100 Civil Defense Litigators® is by invitation only and is reserved to identify most exceptional Civil Defense Litigators throughout the nation. Candidates are carefully screened through comprehensive Qualitative Comparative Analysis based on a broad…

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Patrick Stockalper appointed again to Board of Directors of ASCDC

Congratulations to Patrick Stockalper for being elected to another two-year term on the Board of Directors of the Association of Southern California Defense Council. He has served on the Board for the last 10 years. The ASCDC is the largest defense attorney organization in the United States. Patrick has also served on the Executive Committee…

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Jim Kjar wins wrongful death trial for emergency room physician

The decedent was a 23-year-old mother of two who presented to the emergency room of a large Los Angeles hospital. She was diagnosed with high blood sugar and treated in the emergency room. She died four hours later. Plaintiff claimed that his wife was misdiagnosed with routine diabetic high blood sugar when she actually had…

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Jim Kjar wins jury trial alleging racial and gender discrimination

Plaintiff, a black female, alleged a long pattern of discrimination and failure to promote by her former employer, a public entity (city). The defendant lawyer represented her in her administrative hearing, which she lost. It was admitted at trial that the lawyer failed to timely file a civil lawsuit to preserve plaintiff’s personal claim for…

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