Attorney - Cecille L. Hester
Cecille Hester's career has included the defense of professional/medical liability, general and commercial liability claims. The primary focus of her practice in the last ten years has been in the defense of cases brought against health care providers, including hospitals, skilled nursing facilities, and physicians, under the Elder and Dependent Adult Civil Protection Act and companion causes of action. Cecille's in-depth knowledge of what constitutes reckless neglect, abuse, conduct constituting actionable intentional torts, statutory causes of action based upon violation of health care regulation, and how to defend against enhanced remedies such as attorney's fees and punitive/treble damages, as well as unique discovery issues in these cases, make her a true expert. Cecille's passion and work in elder and dependent adult abuse has been instrumental in the production of favorable law for her clients, such as in the published appellate decision of Little Company of Mary Hospital v. Superior Court (Marin).
Cecille's comprehensive understanding of the fine details is simply unsurpassed and is derivative of initiating her career over 20 years ago as a legal secretary, progressing to paralegal and eventually attending law school while working full-time. Cecille's considerable personal and professional accomplishments are proven assets to the Firm's physician, hospital and health system clients.
Education
Skadron College of Business, Associate of Arts, 1981
California Southern Law School, Juris Doctor, 1995
California Southern Law School Mock Trial Program Participant
Admission to Practice
All courts for the State of California, 1997
United States District Court, Central District of California, 1998
Professional Organizations
Member, State Bar of California
Member, American Bar Association
Member, Los Angeles County Bar Association
Member, Defense Research Institute
