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Jill S. Goldsmith
Phoenix, Arizona
Jill Goldsmith's trial practice is concentrated in complex civil litigation, with an emphasis on the defense of product manufacturers and the defense of long term care facilities throughout the Southwest. In defense of product manufacturers, Jill has represented automobile, motorcycle, tire, children's toys, bicycles, medical devices and all-terrain vehicle manufacturers. She has defended these corporations against claims that include crashworthiness, seat belts, rollover/roof crush, brakes, airbags, electrical and post collision fuel fed fires. Jill has represented several long term care facilities in matters involving claims of professional negligence and vulnerable adult abuse and neglect.
She has served on the Institutional Review Board for the Phoenix Children's Hospital, the Paradise Valley Hospital Review Board and the Institutional Review Board of the Phoenix Regional Medical Center Hospital. The boards approve clinical trials of medical devices and pharmaceuticals that are conducted at the hospital.
Jill has lectured and authored on a variety of topics of concern to clients including, Limits on Depositions of Corporate Executives: Special Rules for Important People, Are the Documents of a Corporate Defendant Plaintiff's Work Product? and The Long-Term Care Profession Under Attack in Arizona.
- Product Liability
- Medical Malpractice Defense
- Long Term Care and Assisted Living Facility Litigation
- Drug and Medical Device Litigation
- 100% of Practice Devoted to Litigation
- Arizona, 1987
- U.S. Federal Courts, 1987
- Texas, 2004
- Arizona State University, College of Law, Tempe, Arizona,
1987
J.D. Honors: Cum Laude
Honors: Order of the Coif Honors: U.S. Law Week Award
Law Journal:
Note and Comment Editor, Arizona State Law Journal, 1985 - 1987
- Washington University in St. Louis, St Louis, Missouri,
1984
B.A. Honors: Pi Sigma Alpha Honors: Political Science Honorary Major: Political Science
- Limits on Depositions of Corporate Executives: Special Rules for Important People, For the Defense, August 2001, Vol. 43, No. 8, The Defense Research Institute, Inc.
- Are the Documents of a Corporate Defendant Plaintiff's Work Product?, Product Safety & Liability Reporter, Vol. 27, No. 10, March, 1999
- Ethical Considerations of Internet E-Mail Communication, (Co-author), Law Department Management Advisory, Business Laws, Inc., Issue No. 177, December 1, 1998
- Admissibility of Testing Evidence to Demonstrate Scientific Principles, (Co-author), Product Safety & Liability Reporter, Vol. 22, No. 49, p. 1298, December, 1994
- Ford Motor Company
- Toyota Motor Corporation
- Mazda Motor Corporation
- Nissan North America, Inc.
- Yasuda Fire & Marine Insurance Company of America
- Tokio Marine & Fire Insurance Co., Ltd.
- Life Care Centers of America, Inc.
- Beverly Enterprises, Inc.
- Avalon Health Care, Inc.
- 2008 National Educational Conference - "The Legal Nurse Consultant's Role in Long Term Care Litigation", American Association of Legal Nurse Consultants,
April 12, 2008
- Speaker, The Long-Term Care Profession Under Attack in Arizona, American Association of Legal Nurse Consultants - Arizona Chapter, January 9, 2007
- Speaker, The Long-Term Care Profession Under Attack in Arizona, Arizona Health Care Association 2005 Annual Conference and Trade Show, September 1, 2005
- Speaker, Admissibility of Testing in Fire Cases, Bowman and Brooke, Annual Hot Topics Seminar,
2003
- Medical Manufacturers' Liability for Failure to Warn Claims: The Past, Present and Future, Medical Design & Manufacturing Minneapolis 2001 Conference, October, 2001
- Speaker, Limitations on Depositions of Corporate Executives, Bowman and Brooke, Annual Hot Topics Seminar,
2001
- Speaker, Ethical Considerations of Internet Electronic Communications, Update, Bowman and Brooke, Annual Hot Topics Seminar,
2001
- Speaker, Ethical Considerations of Internet Electronic Communications, Bowman and Brooke, Annual Hot Topics Seminar,
1997
- "Arizona Woman" - Who's Who in Business, 2006-2008
- Leadership Award, Product Liability Committee of the ABA's Litigation Section,
2001
- Arizona Association of Defense Counsel
- Arizona Health Care Association
- Defense Research Institute,
1999
- Present
- Pharmaceuticals and Medical Devices; Medical Device and Drug Committee
- State Bar of Arizona,
1987
- Present
- Maricopa County Bar Association,
1987
- Present
- Paradise Valley Hospital, Institutional Review Board, Member
- Phoenix Regional Medical Center Hospital, Institutional Review Board, Vice Chair,
1997
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1999
- Phoenix Children's Hospital, Institutional Review Board,
2003
- Alpha Epsilon Phi
- 1962, Louisville, Kentucky
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