Curriculum Vitae

Janice F. Mulligan

2442 Fourth Ave., Ste. 100

San Diego, CA 92101

Tel: (619)238-8700

Fax: (619)238-8701

E-Mail: mulligan@janmulligan.com

webpage: www.janmulligan.com

                                                                                                                                                        

AV RATED by Martindale-Hubbell

 

PRACTICE               Law Offices of Mulligan & Banham

 

PARAMETERS:       Practice limited to representation of consumers in

                                    catastrophic cases arising out of medical negligence,

                                    pharmaceutical litigation, personal injury . elder abuse

                                    actions and legal malpractice.

PROFESSIONAL

ACTIVITIES:

$                   SAN DIEGO COUNTY SUPERIOR COURT

Arbitrator (1988-present)

 

$                    AMERICAN BAR ASSOCIATION:

            House of Delegates

                                       Delegate representing San Diego County Bar Assn. (1998-2005)

     Delegate representing ABA/TIPS Section (2005-to date )

                                      Special Committee on Medical Professional Liability, 

                                       Member (1999- 2002)

                                       Emeritus Member (2002-to date) 

    Chair (2005-to date)

 

                                     Tort & Insurance Practice Section (TIPS) :

                                     Council, Member (2002-to date )

                                     Task Force on Plaintiffs= Involvement, Chair (2000- 2002)

                                     Medicine & Law Committee ,Vice-chair (2000-2001)

                                                                                  Co-Chair (2001-2002)

 

                                      Annual Meeting Program,      Chair Elect (2004-2005)

                                                                                   Chair (2005-2006)                               

 

                                 

 

                                    $          AMERICAN COLLEGE OF LEGAL MEDICINE

                                       Member ( 2005- to date )

 

$                      LAWYERS CLUB OF SAN DIEGO

Judicial Endorsement Committee, Chair  (1999-2004)

Advisory Board, Member  (1998- to date)

Board of Directors (1986-1989)

 

$                    SAN DIEGO INNS OF COURT

 Board of Directors (2001-to date)

           Treasurer (2005- to date )

                                 Program Chair, Evidence Workshop (2005-)

 

$                   AMERICAN TRIAL LAWYERS ASSOCIATION

Sustaining Member (1986-to date)

Birth Injury Litigation Group, Member (1991 to date)

Lasik Surgery Group, Member (2000 to date)

Breast Cancer Group, Member (2003 to date)

 

$                    YMCA

 Board of Management, Mission Valley, Member (1997- 2001)

 

$                    CITY OF SAN DIEGO

Emergency Medical Services Advisory Board, Member (1998-2000)

 

$                    STATE BAR OF CALIFORNIA MEMBER,

                                    Executive Committee, Litigation Section, Member (1995-1998)

 Lawyer Referral Services Committee, Member (1987-1992)

 Public Affairs Committee, Member (1985-1998)

 

$                    SAN DIEGO COUNTY BAR ASSOCIATION

 Board of Directors, Vice-President (1989- 1990)

 Board of Directors, Member (1987-1990)

 Lawyer Referral and Information Service, Chair (1985-1988)

 Legislation Committee, Co-Chair (1986-1987)

 Tort Legislation Subcommittee, Co-Chair (1984-1987)

 Stepping up to the Bar, Co-Chair(1997-1998)

 Task Force on Judicial Appointments, Member (2001-2002)

Member, Leadership Advisory Committee ( 2005-to date)                              

$                    CONSUMERS ATTORNEYS OF SAN DIEGO

Board of Directors, Member (1986-1991)

 

$                    UNIVERSITY OF SAN DIEGO ALUMNI ASSOCIATION

Board Of Directors University at Large, Member (1983-1988)

Board of Directors Law School, Member (1985-1988)

 

$                    CEDAR CENTER ( a non-profit Organization serving the aged)

Board of Directors, Member (1982-1983)

 

$                    CALIFORNIA CENTER ON VICTIMOLOGY

Advisory Board, Member (1982-1985)

 

LECTURES                 

PRESENTED:

Medical Malpractice 2005: Surviving the Pitfalls

Consumer Attorneys of San Diego

San Diego, September, 2005

 

 

Medicolegal Images of the Present and Future: How Advances in Medicine                                                 Technology Intersect With Tort Law   

American Bar Association, Annual Meeting

Chicago,  August, 2005

 

                                         Caps on Damages: Denying Access to Justice

                                         AMERICAN BAR ASSOCIATION, ABA Day

                                         Washington D.C., May , 2005

           

                                        Legislative and Governmental Advocacy Update

                                        AMERICAN BAR ASSOCIATION, Annual Meeting

                                         San Francisco, California, August , 2003

 

                           Exceptions to the Medical Malpractice Caps on Damages:

                                          The California Experience

                                        AMERICAN TRIAL LAWYERS ASSOCIATION, Annual Meeting

                                          San Francisco, California, July, 2003

 

                                       Doubling Times in Breast Cancer Cases

                                          AMERICAN TRIAL LAWYERS ASSOCIATION, Annual Meeting

                                          San Francisco, California, July, 2003

                                                              

                                     The ANew@ Medical Malpractice Insurance Crisis: Is There A Workable

                                       Solution? Not if California=s Micra Laws are the Model for Federal Reform

   AMERICAN BAR ASSOCIATION


                                        Health Law Section Spring Meeting,  February, 2003

 

                                     Superior Deposition Skills

                                        NATIONAL BUSINESS INSTITUTE , December, 2002

            

                                    Malpractice Issues/Perinatal Epidemiology

U.C.S.D. , School of Medicine

Guest Lecturer (2000 to date)

 

Legal Implications of Pressure Ulcers and Other Legal Issues

Related to the Care of Elders and Dependent Adults

PACIFIC COAST REGION OF WOUND, OSTOMY, AND

CONTINENCE NURSE SOCIETY (1999, 2000)

 

The Y2K Act

AMERICAN BAR ASSOCIATION

TIPS Section (1999)

 

Elder Abuse Tort Claims In California

NATIONAL BUSINESS INSTITUTE (1999, 2000)

 

HMOs/PPOs/IPPs: When are They Liable?

ULRICH, NASH, AND GUMP, INC. SEMINAR SERIES (1999)

 

Legal Malpractice/ Conflicts of Interest

LAWYERS CLUB OF SAN DIEGO (1999)

 

Pending Legislation in Health Law

AMERICAN COLLEGE OF SURGEONS

San Diego Chapter(October, 1998)

 

Update in Torts

STATE BAR OF CALIFORNIA

Continuing Education of the Bar (CEB) (Annually from 1986-2000)

 

Evidence Workshop

SAN DIEGO INN OF COURT (1988-1992, 2000)

 

Insurance Coverage

RUTTER GROUP(1992)

 

Legal Research and Writing

UNIVERSITY OF SAN DIEGO SCHOOL OF LAW (1980-1981)

 

PUBLICATIONS:          Taking the Experts= Deposition

                                      AMERICAN BAR ASSOCIATION,

                                       Tort , Trial and Insurance Practice Section

                                       Trial Techniques Newsletter

                                        (Summer , 2003)

 

                                       10 Rules For Succeeding in a Solo/Small Firm with a Plaintiff=s

                                        Personal Injury Practice

                                        AMERICAN BAR ASSOCIATION, 

                                        Presidential Showcase

                                        Annual Meeting, August, 2003

                                        Republished in TIPS Brief, Fall, 2004 edition 

           

                                      Braun,Julie A., J.D., LL.M., and Mulligan, Janice F., J.D.

Discovery in the Wandering or Elopement Case

Long-Term Care Litigation, Volume I, Number I (2001)

 

Braun, Julie A., J.D., LL.M., Mulligan, Janice F., J.D.

Litigating the Nursing Home Wandering or Elopement Case

Part I: Standard of Care and Discovery (2001)

 

 

             Medical Sleuthing

American Bar Association Journal, p. 61, January (2000)

 

DiCaro, J.R., Mulligan, J.F., Reeve, T.B.,

Medical Malpractice in California Handbook

National Business Institute(1996 updated 1997,1998,1999,2000 and 2001)

 

Fischer, D., Giovanello, A., Mulligan, J.F.

Elder Abuse Tort Claims in California

National Business Institute (1999, updated 2000)

 

Diachenko, T.M., Mulligan, J.F.,

HMO=s, IPO=s, IPP=s, When Are Health Care Professionals Liable?

Ulrich, Nash, & Gump, Inc. (1999)

PUBLISHED

COURT

OPINIONS:                  Silver v. McNamee (1999) 69 Cal. App.4th 269

 

EDUCATION:   UNIVERSITY OF SAN DIEGO SCHOOL OF LAW

May 1981 Juris Doctor

UNIVERSITY OF SAN DIEGO

International Relations, French, B.A.

May 1978

 

St. Anthony=s College

OXFORD UNIVERSITY

Oxford, England

1976-1977

 

Judicial Intern, HONORABLE J. CLIFFORD WALLACE

U.S. Court of Appeals Ninth Circuit (1981)

 

AWARDS:                 Belva Lockwood Award for Contributions to the Legal Profession (2001)

Lawyer=s Club

 

 

 

Last updated 11-2005