Current Employment Position(s)

Associate, since 1987

Lawyer Overview

Carolyn Oill obtained her Bachelor of Arts degree in History & Literature of Religion from Northwestern University in 1978. Her two years as manager of copyright control for a major book publisher (then Harcourt Brace Jovanovich) in New York City after college fueled her interest in law that had begun with a mock trial in high school. After moving to Los Angeles, Carolyn decided to pursue the career that had been nagging her for years. She graduated from Southwestern University's SCALE program a two-year program that focuses on a conceptual approach to law in 1987. A judicial externship at the state court of appeal at the end of her second year sealed her fate it was an appellate career she wanted.

In her nearly two decades with GMSR since that time, Carolyn has written over 500 briefs, petitions and motions. She has argued before every district of the California Courts of Appeal, as well as the California Supreme Court. Carolyn regularly works on medical malpractice and public entity defense cases, but has handled a wide variety of other matters involving landlord-tenant disputes, construction contracts and injuries, employment disputes and civil rights.

Carolyn lives in Beverly Hills with her husband, daughter, two stepchildren and a dog named Sally. Between writing briefs and driving kids around, Carolyn makes time for knitting, crocheting, sewing, jewelry-making, reading and, of course, shopping.

Areas of Practice

• Appellate Law
• Government Tort Liability
• Healthcare Law
• Tort Litigation

Representative Cases

• Arredondo v. Regents of University of California, 131 Cal.App.4th 614 (2005)
• County of Los Angeles v. Superior Court, 127 Cal.App.4th 1263 (2005)
• Cabral v. Los Angeles County Metropolitan Transportation Authority, 66 Cal.App.4th 907 (1998)
• Wood v. Riverside General Hospital, 25 Cal.App.4th 1113 (1994)
• Guzman v. County of Los Angeles, 234 Cal.App.3d 1343 (1991)

West Practice Categories

Civil Rights, Health & Health Care Law, Litigation & Appeals, Federal Appellate Practice, State Appellate Practice, Medical Malpractice

Bar Admissions

• California, 1987
• U.S. District Court Central District of California, 1987
• U.S. Court of Appeals 11th Circuit, 1991

Past Employment Positions

• California Court of Appeal, Second Appellate District, Division One, Student Extern, 1987

Education

• Southwestern University School of Law, Los Angeles, California, 1987
  J.D.
  Honors: Richardson Scholarship
  Honors: Themis Society Scholarship
• Northwestern University, Chicago, Illinois, 1978
  B.A.
  Honors: Dean's List
  Major: History & Literature of Religion

Published Works

• Waiver of Objections Revisited, ABTL Report, Fall, 2005
• Summary and Review of the Medical Injury Compensation and Reform Act of 1975 (Co-Author), Client Distribution, September, 2005
• Understanding Perry v. Shaw - Making Informed Consent Better, Managing Risk, a UC publication, Summer, 2002

Address

5900 Wilshire Boulevard
12th Floor
Los Angeles, CA 90036

Phones

(310) 859-7811

Faxes

(310) 276-5261

Emails

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Websites

http://www.gmsr.com
http://www.greinesmartin.com