Current Employment Position(s)

Managing Partner

Year Joined Organization: 1990

Lawyer Overview

Jill Goldsmith's trial practice is concentrated in complex civil litigation, including the defense of products, healthcare claims, and commercial litigation.

She defends long term care, assisted living facilities and home health agencies in matters involving claims of professional negligence and elder abuse and neglect claims.  In defense of product manufacturers, Jill has represented automobile, motorcycle, tire, children's toys, bicycles, medical devices and all-terrain vehicle manufacturers.  She has also defended a number of companies in commercial litigation disputes, including software licensing companies.  

Jill has served on the Institutional Review Board for the Phoenix Children's Hospital, the Paradise Valley Hospital Review Board, and the Institutional Review Board of the Phoenix Regional Medical Center Hospital. The boards approve clinical trials of medical devices and pharmaceuticals that are conducted at the hospital.

An AV Rated attorney by Martindale-Hubbell, Jill is sought after for her knowledge in long-term care litigation, and has lectured at the August 2005 and March 2007 Arizona Health Care Association seminars, and the April 2007 and April 2008 American Association of Legal Nurse Consultants, January 2009, Arizona Corporate Counsel.

Areas of Practice

• Product Liability
• Medical Malpractice Defense
• Long Term Care and Assisted Living Facility Litigation
• Drug and Medical Device Litigation

Representative Clients

• Ford Motor Company
• Toyota Motor Corporation
• Mazda Motor Corporation
• Nissan North America, Inc.
• Yasuda Fire & Marine Insurance Company of America
• Tokio Marine & Fire Insurance Co., Ltd.
• Life Care Centers of America, Inc.
• Beverly Enterprises, Inc.
• Avalon Health Care, Inc.

Bar Admissions

• Arizona, 1987
• U.S. Federal Courts, 1987
• Texas, 2004

Professional Associations and Memberships

• Arizona Association of Defense Counsel
• Arizona Health Care Association
• Defense Research Institute, 1999 - Present
• State Bar of Arizona, 1987 - Present
• Maricopa County Bar Association, 1987 - Present

Honors and Awards

• Named a Super Lawyer(R) by Southwest Super Lawyers Magazine, 2009
• "Arizona Woman" - Who's Who in Business, 2006-2009
• Leadership Award, Product Liability Committee of the ABA's Litigation Section, 2001

Classes and Seminars

• 2008 National Educational Conference - "The Legal Nurse Consultant's Role in Long Term Care Litigation", American Association of Legal Nurse Consultants, April 12, 2008
• Speaker, The Long-Term Care Profession Under Attack in Arizona, American Association of Legal Nurse Consultants - Arizona Chapter, January 9, 2007
• Speaker, The Long-Term Care Profession Under Attack in Arizona, Arizona Health Care Association 2005 Annual Conference and Trade Show, September 1, 2005
• Speaker, Admissibility of Testing in Fire Cases, Bowman and Brooke, Annual Hot Topics Seminar, 2003
• Medical Manufacturers' Liability for Failure to Warn Claims: The Past, Present and Future, Medical Design & Manufacturing Minneapolis 2001 Conference, October, 2001
• Speaker, Limitations on Depositions of Corporate Executives, Bowman and Brooke, Annual Hot Topics Seminar, 2001
• Speaker, Ethical Considerations of Internet Electronic Communications, Update, Bowman and Brooke, Annual Hot Topics Seminar, 2001
• Speaker, Ethical Considerations of Internet Electronic Communications, Bowman and Brooke, Annual Hot Topics Seminar, 1997

Pro Bono Activities

• Paradise Valley Hospital, Institutional Review Board, Member
• Phoenix Regional Medical Center Hospital, Institutional Review Board, Vice Chair, 1997 - 1999
• Phoenix Children's Hospital, Institutional Review Board, 2003

Education

• Arizona State University, College of Law, Tempe, Arizona, 1987
  J.D.
  Honors: cum laude
  Honors: Order of the Coif
  Honors: U.S. Law Week Award
  
  Law Journal: Note and Comment Editor, Arizona State Law Journal, 1985 - 1987
• Washington University in St. Louis, St Louis, Missouri, 1984
  B.A.
  Honors: Pi Sigma Alpha
  Honors: Political Science Honorary
  Major: Political Science

Fraternities/Sororities

• Alpha Epsilon Phi

Published Works

• Limits on Depositions of Corporate Executives: Special Rules for Important People, For the Defense, August 2001, Vol. 43, No. 8, The Defense Research Institute, Inc.
• Are the Documents of a Corporate Defendant Plaintiff's Work Product?, Product Safety & Liability Reporter, Vol. 27, No. 10, March, 1999
• Ethical Considerations of Internet E-Mail Communication, (Co-author), Law Department Management Advisory, Business Laws, Inc., Issue No. 177, December 1, 1998
• Admissibility of Testing Evidence to Demonstrate Scientific Principles, (Co-author), Product Safety & Liability Reporter, Vol. 22, No. 49, p. 1298, December, 1994

Address

2901 North Central Avenue
Suite 1600
Phoenix, AZ 85012

Phones

602.643.2411

Faxes

602.248.0947

Emails

jill.goldsmith@phx.bowmanandbrooke.com

Websites

http://www.bowmanandbrooke.com