Law Firm Overview

Joyce Stamp Lilly is a Registered Nurse and Attorney licensed in Texas, New Mexico (retired), and Rhode Island (inactive). Ms. Lilly is a Registered Nurse with experience in Medical Surgical, Pediatric, and Geriatric nursing and worked as a nurse for ten years in Rhode Island before attending Boston University School of Law.

She represents victims of catastrophic personal injury and wrongful death caused by negligence of others, including medical or nursing negligence, nursing home negligence, and defective products. Ms. Lilly has also represented persons who have been injured as a result of corporate fraud and negligent insurance company or managed care actions.

Her goal is to obtain the best possible result for her clients including reimbursement for damages as well as coordination of necessary care and treatment that is necessary for optimal recovery.

The types of cases she has handled include:

• Medical Negligence Nursing
• Home Negligence
• Nursing Negligence
• Emergency Room
• Negligence Injuries resulting from negligence at a worksite
• Injuries resulting from negligent driving
• Sexual Harassment
• Representation of health care professionals before their respective Boards

Areas of Practice

• Personal Injury, Medical and Nursing Negligence 75%
• Representation of Healthcare Professionals in front of their respective Boards 25%

Classes and Seminars

• Documentation Issues for Nurses, Genesis Healthcare. Warwick, Rhode Island, December 8, 2008
• Small Firm and Solo Practice: Going It Alone, The American Association of Nurse Attorneys. Newport, Rhode Island, November 1, 2007 - November 3, 2007
• Documentation of Skin Condition: The Pressure Is On You, Clinical Symposium on Advances in Skin & Wound Care. Las Vegas, Nevada, October 23, 2005 - October 26, 2005
• Nursing Documentation of Skin Condition, University of Rhode Island Collegeof Nursing: Integumentary Clinical Course. Kingston, Rhode Island, September 19, 2005
• Complying With the New HIPAA Standards: What Texas Paralegals Need to Know, Institute for Paralegal Education. Houston, Texas, December 6, 2004
• Legal Issues for Case Managers in the 21st Century, Select Specialty Hospital. Houston, Texas, October 14, 2004
• Complying With the New HIPAA Standards: What Texas Paralegals Need to Know, Institute for Paralegal Education. Houston, Texas, November 13, 2003
• Healthcare Providers and Skin Care: The Pressure is on You, 17th Annual Symposium on Advances in Skin & Wound Care, Dallas, Texas, September 24, 2002
• Nursing Responsibility in Pain Management, Select Specialty Hospital, Houston, Texas, March 22, 2002
• Case Managers in the 21st Century Perspectives, Points of View, and Ethical Considerations, Select Specialty Hospital, Houston, Texas, March 21, 2002
• Nurse Case Managers The Lawyer's New Best Friend, ATLA Litigation Conference, Houston, Texas, March 15, 2002
• Case Management in the 21st Century, Perspectives, and Ethical Considerations, Houston, Texas, January 24, 2002
• Legal Issues for Nurses in the 21st Century, Baylor Medical Center Department of Nursing, Dallas, Texas, November 15, 2001
• Legal Issues for Nurses in the 21st Century, Memorial Hermann Hospital Department of Nursing, Houston Medical Center, Houston, Texas, November 13, 2001
• Case Management in the 21st Century, Perspectives, Points of View, and Ethical Considerations, CIGNA Case Managers, Houston, Texas, November 8, 2001
• Nurse Case Managers and Attorneys: Perspectives, Points of View, and Ethical Considerations, Select Specialty Hospital, Houston, Texas, November 7, 2001
• Case Management in the 21st Century, Houston Northwest Hospital, Houston, Texas, August 1, 2001
• Nursing and Skin Care: The Pressure Is On You, Select Specialty Hospital, Houston Medical Center, Houston, Texas, June 21, 2001
• Nursing Shortage 2001, Neurobehavioral Health Resources, The Woodlands, Texas, May 22, 2001
• Pressure Ulcers and Nursing Responsibility: The Pressure is on You, Select Speciality Hospital at the Heights, Houston, Texas, October 19, 2000
• Preparing Nurses for Depositions, American Association of Legal Nurse Consultants, Houston, Texas, October 13, 2000
• Nurse Case Managers and Attorneys: Perspectives, Points of View, and Ethical Considerations, Select Specialty Hospital 2000 Educational Series, Houston, Texas, June 15, 2000
• Nursing Ethics and Case Management, Legal and Ethical Matters of Case Management Workshop. Children's Case Management Coalition of Greater Houston, Houston, Texas, March 8, 2000
• Nurse Case Management: Who Are You?, Symposium for Case Managers. Texas Brain Injury Institute, Houston, Texas, October 15, 1998
• Nurse Case Managers: The Lawyer's New Best Friend, Traumatic Brain Injury, Strategies for Winning, ATLA Conference, Houston, Texas, October 9, 1998 - October 10, 1998
• Nurse Case Management, Case Management Society of America Conference, Houston, Texas, August, 1997
• Nurse Case Management: Legal Aspects, Healthsouth Rehabilitation Hospital of North Houston, Houston, Texas, May 4, 1996
• Nurse Case Management: Legal Aspects, Healthsouth Rehabilitation Hospital of North Houston, Houston, Texas, August 3, 1996
• Quality Long Term Care: Delivery and Legal Considerations, Horizon Health Care Corporation. Conference for Southwest Region Director of Nurses, Dallas, Texas, November 2, 1995

Pro Bono Activities

• Founder and Chairperson, Brinker Cup Polo Tournament, 1996 - 2002
• Member, Epilepsy Foundation of Southeast Texas Board, 1994 - 2002

West Practice Categories

Health & Health Care Law, Nursing Home, Personal Injury -- Plaintiff, Motor Vehicle Accidents -- Plaintiff, Products Liability Law, Professional Malpractice Law, Medical Malpractice, Pharmaceutical Products