Kippy Lynn Wroten

Founder and shareholder of Wroten & Associates, Ms. Kippy Wroten's experience covers a broad spectrum of complex litigation encompassing all areas of healthcare liability including high exposure and class action claims of elder abuse, fraud, and corporate unfair business practices. Ms. Wroten's experience includes the successful defense of individual healthcare providers, independent long term care facilities, ancillary service providers, as well as related corporate enterprises and their executives.

Ms. Wroten has developed an aggressive defense team dedicated to the comprehensive representation of long term care providers in all aspects of their operations including risk management, human resources, management of electronic discovery, and national litigation oversight. Ms. Wroten is a leader in the development of innovative educational support tools designed to lessen the cost of caregiver and family education, improve the provision of care, and limit ultimate risk exposure. Ms. Wroten's clients include individuals, privately owned facilities, and multi-facility public companies.

In 2004, Ms. Wroten was honored for her trial defense of a skilled nursing facility, which gained recognition as one of Los Angeles County's Top 10 Defense Verdicts. In June 2008, the Second Appellate District issued an opinion which upheld a pre-trial Summary Judgment obtained by Ms. Wroten on behalf of facility owners and executive officers of a long term care company. The Appellate Court further rebuked plaintiffs attempt to expand attorney fee shifting laws and denied plaintiff's request for a retrial of their failed fraud claim. Ms. Wroten has also become experienced in managing the new genre of class actions being filed against long term care providers which extends to the cost effective management of voluminous electronic discovery demands. Ms. Wroten's cost effective ability to manage such complex matters gives her clients the financial edge needed to engage an effective strategic defense.

Ms. Wroten started her legal career as a Deputy District Attorney for Orange County where she prosecuted gang, child and spousal abuse cases. Thereafter, she spent 15 years as a litigator for a prestigious healthcare defense firm where she was a shareholder and led their long term care practice area. Ms. Wroten founded Wroten & Associates in 2006 to better meet the growing challenges of the long term care industry. Wroten & Associates is designed to provide personal service at rational rates.

Ms. Wroten is a sought after speaker who is dedicated to the education of the healthcare industry and legal community. She has been an invited lecturer for the Defense Research Institute, the Southern California Association of Healthcare Risk Managers, the University of California, Irvine Medical Center, Chapman University College of Law, and the Association of Southern California Defense Counsel.

Ms. Wroten received her Bachelor’s degree at California State University, Long Beach and her Juris Doctor at Western State University, College of Law. She has been a member of the California Bar since 1988. Ms. Wroten has been peer review rated "AV" by Martindale-Hubbell.