Katharine Witter Brindley  
phone (206) 689-2145
kbrindley@helsell.com

PRACTICE AREAS
• Health Care
• Personal Injury Defense
• Trials and Appeals

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
Katharine Brindley has had a growing trial practice for the past 20 years defending health care clients in medical malpractice matters and those facing disciplinary issues with state licensing authorities. Most recently, Ms. Brindley successfully defended a local hospital in a four-week trial by a claimant with bilateral leg amputations. The jury was unanimous in its verdict that there was no negligence by any health care professional.
 
Ms. Brindley has also developed a statewide reputation for her defense of health care professionals facing disciplinary and licensing disputes with the state of Washington. Most notably, she successfully defended a popular physician accused of smothering an infant. After months of investigation and a four-day hearing involving complicated issues of what constitutes life and death, the physician's license was restored.
 
With a background in registered nursing, Ms. Brindley is prepared to handle a wide variety of medical issues and regularly works with specialists in all areas of medicine and surgery. She also serves as a frequent guest speaker at area nursing schools and regularly works with local hospitals on issues of risk management and health care business transactions.

PROFESSIONAL AFFILIATIONS
American Board of Trial Advocates (ABOTA)
Defense Research Institute
Washington Defense Trial Lawyers Association
Washington Society of Health Care Attorneys
Washington Health Care Risk Management Society
Washington Women Lawyers (Past President 1987)
Washington State Bar Association
Idaho State Bar Association

COMMUNITY INVOLVEMENT
President, Juvenile Diabetes Research
Foundation (JDRF) – Northwest, 2004 to 2006
Board Member, JDRF Northwest, 2000 to Present
Board of Advisors, Gonzaga University
Law School, 1997 to 2003
Board Member, Providence Hospice of Seattle, 1991 to 1998
Lakeridge Elementary PTA, Site Council 2002 to 2004

PRESENTATIONS OR AWARDS
Guest lecturer, Washington State University, Pacific Lutheran University and Tacoma Community College.

EDUCATION
Gonzaga University School of Law
(J.D., magna cum laude, 1984)
Washington State University (B.S.N., cum laude, 1979)
Honors: Phi Beta Kappa

ADMITTED TO PRACTICE
Washington State Bar, 1984
Idaho State Bar, 1985
Also admitted to the United States District Court,
Eastern and Western Districts of Washington; United
States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit; United States
District Court of Idaho.

PERSONAL
Interests and hobbies: Traveling, skiing, and cooking.

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