Karie Valentino

Partner

Karie.Valentino@lewisbrisbois.com

Karie Valentino is a partner in the Chicago and Albuquerque offices of Lewis Brisbois with 27 years of experience and she is a member of the Long-Term Care, Healthcare, Medical Malpractice, and General Liability Practices. She has experience defending home health care agencies and their nurses. She has also successfully handled and defended multiple General Liability and Products Liability cases.  She has engaged in numerous arbitrations and mediations and successfully tried to verdict multiple medical malpractice cases on behalf of physicians, nurses and hospitals, and long term care facilities and its employees.

Primary Area(s) of Practice

  • Long-Term Care
  • Healthcare
  • Medical Malpractice
  • General Liability
  • COVID-19: Healthcare/Long-Term Care/Regulatory

Additional Experience

Admissions

State of Illinois

United States District Court for the Northern District of Illinois

United States District Court for the Central District of Illinois

United States Supreme Court

Associations

  • Past President of The Women’s Bar Association of Illinois
  • The Society of Trial Lawyers
  • Past President of The John Marshall Law School Alumni Association

Awards & Honors

  • Recipient of Illinois Super Lawyers: Rising Star, 2009, 2010 and 2011
  • Named one of the "40 Illinois Attorneys Under Forty to Watch" in 2011 by the Law Bulletin Publishing Company, publishers of the Chicago Lawyer Magazine and the Chicago Daily Law Bulletin

Professional Presentations

Ms. Valentino has conducted multiple seminars with local hospitals for their staff, including nurses, for their continuing education requirements which address various medical legal issues. The seminar topics include: ''Your Documentation: Does It Tell the Story?"; "The Legal Capacity to Give Consent"; "Know the Facts About Guardianship, Healthcare Surrogate Act and Healthcare Power of Attorney";  "The Facts About Power of Attorney for Healthcare"; and "Medical Malpractice Lawsuits- Analysis and Prevention", and conducted grand rounds lecturing on medical malpractice lawsuits-analysis and prevention. She is a regular speaker for national seminars wherein she addresses issues associated with Nursing Home Care Litigation, Evidentiary Issues and Healthcare Litigation.

Education

University of Illinois Chicago School of Law

Juris Doctor, 1996

  • Membership on The John Marshall ABA Trial Team and The John Marshall Moot Court Team

University of Iowa

1993

Appointments

  • Past President of The Women’s Bar Association of Illinois
  • Ex Officio of The John Marshall Law School Alumni Association