Attorney - Bryan Carney
Bryan Carney practices in the field of Health Care Litigation with specific focus on the defense of long-term health care providers, including skilled nursing facilities, acute care facilities, assisted living facilities and the health care practitioners and corporations which own, operate and manage these facilities.
Bryan defends health care providers from claims including fraud, unfair business practices, battery, wrongful death, statutory violations and professional negligence. A large portion of Bryan’s practice is devoted to extracting health care providers from claims made under California’s “Elder Abuse Act”.
Over the last decade, California’s Elder Abuse Act has made an enormous impact on the financial viability of health care facilities. In 2004, two of Bryan’s cases resulted in published Court of Appeal opinions which define the parameters of the Elder Abuse Act and how this legislation affects health care providers. (Country Villa v. Superior Court, (2004) 120 Cal. App. 4th 426; Benun v. Superior Court, (2004) 123 Cal. App. 4th 113).
Prior to joining Fonda Fraser, LLP, Bryan was a Senior Litigation Associate at the law firm Morris, Polich & Purdy, LLP.
Education
University of California at Santa Cruz, Bachelor of Arts, 1994
Academic Honors (Politics)
University of San Diego - School of Law, Juris Doctorate, 1998
Admission to Practice
All Courts of the State of California, 1998
United States District Court, Central District, California, 1998
United States District Court, Southern District, California, 1998
Professional Organizations
San Diego County Bar Association
San Diego Barrister's Society
Los Angeles County Bar Association
Speeches and Publications
“Crossing the Line; Litigation of Elder Abuse Claims Hinges on the Distinction Between Professional Negligence and Actual Abuse,” Los Angeles Lawyer Magazine (Oct. 2007)
