Mollie Slater
Tacoma,Washington
Summary
Personable and driven attorney with a proven track record in negotiations, complex case management, and legal writing. Excels in client communication and risk management. Successfully negotiated settlements within 85% of targets and spearheaded privacy compliance initiatives. Successfully presented complex negligence and wrongful death cases to jury for successful outcomes.
Overview
12
12
years of professional experience
Work History
Associate Attorney
Tacoma Legal Counsel
03.2024 - Current
- Present all firm's cases to arbitrators and mediators in a persuasive manner to emphasize and advocate for client's case with respect to liability, proximate cause, subrogation, and damages.
- Negotiate all mediation and arbitration cases within 85% of target settlement range.
- Synchronize three law firm's legal nomenclature and structure so that all personnel could find dispositive documents quickly and easily.
- Assist clients with dispute resolution outside of formal proceedings which facilitated just and fair settlements.
Associate Attorney
Colley Shroyer and Abraham
12.2017 - 02.2024
- Independently managed and coordinated firm's entire pre-litigation case load (approx 300 cases per year), including management of evidence preservation, case investigation, affidavit drafting, and pre-suit release provisions.
- Appeared in various Ohio courts for motion practice, oral arguments, pre-trial conferences, and hearings.
- Drafted all complaints, motions, replies and sur-replies for cases that I independently managed.
- Located, interviewed, and prepared expert witnesses for trial in hundreds of subject matters including engineering, information technology, medicine, surgery, and economics.
- Second chair for three jury trials and first chair for one jury trial.
Patient Safety Risk Officer
Mount Carmel Health System
12.2014 - 12.2017
- Lead investigations and timely reporting of all patient safety-related events to senior leadership.
- Interviewed front line staff and summarized that information to create minute-by-minute timelines to further understand circumstances and facts behind adverse event occurrence, including those events that cause patient death, disability, and wrong patient/wrong site surgeries.
- Facilitated all root cause analyses (RCA) into adverse events to determine causation and created action plans to prevent recurrence. Implemented such action plans organization wide.
- Provided risk management support for all day-to-day legal matters within hospital organization. Common questions included informed consent, involuntary patient management, end-of-life decision making, management of forensic patients, and organ donation.
Director of Risk Management/Privacy and Compliance
The George Washington University Hospital
02.2012 - 11.2014
- Lead investigations and timely reporting of all patient-safety and privacy related events to senior leadership, including private data loss.
- Facilitated the agreement to hundreds of business associate agreements, with a specific focus on maintaining patient privacy.
- Responded to all subpoenas submitted to the organization, including subpoenas for biologic material (e.g., DUI suspects), medical records, and various criminal matters within the bounds of state and federal privacy laws.
Education
J.D. - Law
Capital University Law School
Columbus, Ohio05.2011
Bachelor of Science - Nursing
Capital University
Columbus, OH05.2008
Associate of Science - Nursing
Ohio University Zanesville
Zanesville, Ohio05.2003
Skills
- Client communication
- Contract drafting
- Legal research
- Legal writing
- Risk management
- State and federal laws
Timeline
Associate Attorney
Tacoma Legal Counsel
03.2024 - Current
Associate Attorney
Colley Shroyer and Abraham
12.2017 - 02.2024
Patient Safety Risk Officer
Mount Carmel Health System
12.2014 - 12.2017
Director of Risk Management/Privacy and Compliance
The George Washington University Hospital
02.2012 - 11.2014
J.D. - Law
Capital University Law School
Bachelor of Science - Nursing
Capital University
Associate of Science - Nursing
Ohio University Zanesville
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