First Admitted: 2009, California

Professional Webpage: https://www.sggklaw.com/attorney/karman-guadagni/

Bar/Professional Activity:

California, 2009
Board of the San Francisco Trial Lawyers Association, Co-Chairs the New Lawyer’s Division
California Advocates for Nursing Home Reform, Lawyer Referral Service Advisory Committee
California Advocates for Nursing Home Reform, 2023 to Present
Work/Life Balance and Employment Committee at Queen’s Bench, Co-Chair
Queen’s Bench, Member
Consumer Attorneys of California, Member
San Francisco Trial Lawyers Association, New Lawyer’s Division, Member
San Francisco Trial Lawyers Association, Women’s Caucus, Member
U.S. District Court Southern District of California, 2008
U.S. District Court Northern District of California, 2009
U.S. District Court Eastern District of California, 2009
U.S. District Court Central District of California, 2009

Pro bono/Community Service:

President of Friends of ECDC, a Nonprofit Benefitting Emeryville Child Development Center

Honors/Awards:

California Super Lawyer, 2022
Distinguished Female Attorney of the Year – SFTLA, 2019
Rising Star - Northern California Super Lawyers, 2015-2021

Educational Background:

B.A, Major: Journalism, Minor: Spanish, University of Oregon, Eugene, Oregon, Honors: Dean's List, Phi Beta Kappa, Golden Key Society, Kappa Tau Alpha, National Society of Collegiate Honors, Dean's Scholar, 2003

Scholarly Lectures/Writings:

Stanford Law School Trial Advocacy Workshop on Depositions, 2015
Follow the Money Trail - Holding Corporate Owners of RCFEs Directly Liable as Licensees, Legal Network News, California Advocates for Nursing Home Reform, Fall, 2013
Picking your battles – Arbitration Clauses in Nursing Homes, Forum Magazine, May-June, 2016
"Know the Score", Trial Magazine, December, 2017
What's the Point, Forum Magazine, May-June, 2019
Elders in the Inferno, Forum Magazine, May-June, 2019
The intersections of elder abuse and the Unruh Civil Rights Act, Forum Magazine, November-December, 2019
Behind the curtain in California’s six-bed residential care facilities for the elderly, Forum Magazine, May-June, 2022
"Understanding Residential Care Facilities", Chapter Four, California Elder Law Litigation: An Advocate's Guide (Co-Author) Continuing Education of the Bar, California, 2022
"Understanding Residential Care Facilities", Chapter Four, California Elder Law Litigation: An Advocate's Guide (Co-Author), Continuing Education of the Bar, California, 2023
“Bed Sores and Hospital Infections”, March 3, 2011, Med School for Lawyers-–CAOC Webinar
“Medicare Liens and Standing in Survivorship Actions”, November 16, 2012, California Advocates for Nursing Home Reform Conference
“Every Thing You Need to Know About Elder Abuse in 15 Minutes”, February 1, 2013, San Francisco Trial Lawyers Association Tahoe Ski Seminar, San Francisco, CA
“Cases Against Assisted Living Facilities”, September 30, 2015 – Practice Pointers
“Cases against Six Bed Assisted Living Facilities for Elders”, January 29, 2016, SFTLA –New Lawyers Division Tahoe Ski Seminar
“Having it All”, March 7, 2017, SFTLA Women’s Caucus, San Francisco, CA
“Turning a Single Event into a Systems Case”, March 29, 2016, National Webinar
“Liens: Practice Pointer from the Experts or Everything You (Never) Wanted to Know” –Moderator, April 1, 2016, the Donald L. Galine Travel Seminar CAOC, Sonoma, CA
“From the Ground up: Proving Managing Agent Liability in Elder Abuse Cases”, March 10, 2017, SFTLA NLD Tahoe Conference
“Elder Abuse in Residential Care Facilities for the Elderly –New Legislation and its Potential Impact on Elder Abuse Cases in California”, May 9, 2017, CAOC Elder Abuse Round Table, San Francisco, CA
“Litigating Elder Abuse/ Neglect in Assisted Living Facilities”, June 21, 2017, National Webinar
“Bringing Cases Against Dementia Specialist Facilities” November 18, 2017, CAOC, San Francisco, CA
“Dementia Specialist Facilities”, January 27, 2018, SFTLA Ski Seminar
“Elder Abuse: Quick Hits from the Masters, Litigating Sexual Abuse in Elder Care Facilities”, March 16, 2018, The Donald L. Galine Sonoma Travel Seminar CAOC, Sonoma, CA
“Sexual Abuse Cases”, November 2018- Consumer Attorneys of California Convention, San Francisco, California
“Timely Topics: Shifting the Balance”, November 16, 2018, CAOC Convention, San Francisco, CA
“Sonoma Fire Cases- Lessons Learned”, March 28, 2019, San Francisco Trial Lawyers Tahoe Ski Seminar
“Elder Abuse Damages”, April 30, 2019, San Francisco Trial Lawyers Panel, San Francisco, California
“Gender Roles at Mediation and in Negotiations”, July 25, 2019, SFTLA Women’s Caucus Event
“A Cluster What? Tips for Navigating Expedited Multi-Plaintiff Suits When Class and Mass Don’t Apply” November 13, 2019, CAOC
“Pre-Litigation Resolution: Mediation Strategies, Case Valuation, and Fulfilling Client Goals” November 23rd, 2019, CANHR’s 23rd Annual Elder Law Conference, Monterrey, CA
“The Art of War: Taking Depositions the Sun Tzu Way”, October 15th, 2020, San Francisco Trial Lawyers Association New Lawyer Division
“Elder Abuse- A Primer”, June 19th, 2021, San Francisco Trial Lawyers Association New Lawyers Division Adventure Conference, Santa Cruz, CA
“Elder Abuse in the Age of COVID”, November 20th, 2021, Consumer Attorneys of Calirfornia Annual Convention, San Francisco, CA
Shining the Light: COVID and LTC Understaffing, Consumer Attorneys of California Travel Seminar, March 11, 2022, Sonoma, CA
They’re No Place Like Home- Going Behind the Curtain in Six-Bed RCFEs, San Francisco Trial Lawyers Ski Seminar, March 19, 2022, Incline Village, Nevada
The Truth Behind ALF Point Systems as part of the American Association for Justice’s Insider Look at Your Nursing Home Cases Webinar Series, April 6, 2022
How to Be a Better BIPOC/LGBTQ+/Women Ally, San Francisco Trial Lawyer’s Association, San Francisco, California, April 7, 2022
Stanford Law School Trial Advocacy Workshop on Depositions, 2016

Firm News (Newsletters):

Karman Guadagni’s profile in the January 2021 edition of Plaintiffs Magazine.

Industry Groups:

Representing Plaintiffs in Elder Abuse and Neglect Cases against Long Term Care Facilities

Karman Guadagni