Rhodes Law Firm, LLC

Previous Law Firm Name

• Healthcare Law Services, Inc.

Law Firm Overview

Honors and Awards

• Featured Solo Practitioner, The National Law Journal, February 11, 2002
• Authored "Consent Manual and Guidelines for the Release of Medical Records". Copyright, Diana Rhodes 1997
• Participant in development and enactment of the Hospital Records and Information Act., 1991 State of Wyoming Legislative Session. Wyoming Statutes 35-2-6-8 through 35-2-617 (Health Records Act)
• Outstanding Member, Wyoming Medical Records Association, 1991
  Developed: "Retention Schedule" for public hospitals in the State of Wyoming, in cooperation with Wyoming State Archives.
• Wyoming Medical Records Association: President, 1984-1986; Vice President, 1982-1984; Board of Directors, 1980-1989, 1991-1993
• Resource Member, State S.H.C.C. Health Care Data Authority Committee, appointed by the Governor.
• Phi Alpha Delta Law Fraternity, Marshall, 1988 - 1989.

Areas of Practice

• Consumer Protection
• Health & Health Care Law
• Wrongful Death
• Personal Injury -- Plaintiff
• Motor Vehicle Accidents -- Plaintiff
• Products Liability Law
• Medical Malpractice
• Brain Injury
• Insurance Bad Faith
• Insurance Law
• Nursing Home Abuse and Neglect
• Spine Injury
• Truck Accidents
• Class Actions -- Plaintiff
• Personal Injury -- Plaintiff
• Nursing Home

Honors and Awards

• Outstanding Member, Wyoming Medical Records Association, 1991
• Phi Alpha Delta Law Fraternity, Marshall, 1988 - 1989

Published Works

• "Consent Manual and Guidelines for the Release of Medical Records", Copyright, Diana Rhodes, 1997
• Consent Manual and Guidelines for the Release of Medical Records, AGCC Publishers, Fort Collins, CO, 1991
• Overview of Hospital Records and Information Act, The Coffee House, Wyoming Trial Lawyers Association, September, 1991
• Compulsory Process. The Coffee House, Wyoming Trial Lawyers Association, Review of W.S. 35-2-610, September, 1991
• An Overview: The Health Care Quality Improvement Act and the National Practitioner Data Bank, The Prairie Barrister, Nebraska Association of Trial Attorneys, Summer, 1991
• Implementation of Article 6. Hospital Records and Information Act, Publication of the Wyoming Hospital Association. Cheyenne, 1991
• An Overview of Hospital Records and Information Act, Wyoming Lawyer, Wyoming Bar Association Journal, October, 1991

Classes and Seminars

• Invited Lecturer, Casper Community College Paralegal Class, 2007
• Invited Speaker, Demonstration Evidence at Trial, Wyoming Trial Lawyers Association
• Invited Speaker, HIPAA Compliance, Wyoming Association of Health Quality, 2004
• Invited Speaker, HIPAA Compliance, Wyoming Health Information Management Association, 2004
• Invited Speaker, Tort Law, Laramie County Republican Women, 2004
• Invited Speaker, HIPAA for Wyoming Attorneys, Wyoming Trial Lawyers Association, 2003
• Invited Speaker, HIPAA for Legal Assistants, Legal Assistants of Wyoming, 2003
• Invited Speaker, HIPAA Compliance: Understanding and Implementing the Security and Privacy Regulations in Wyoming, 2003
• Invited Lecturer, HIPAA Medical Malpractice Litigation, Health Law Class, University of Wyoming College of Law, 2003

West Practice Categories

Consumer Protection, Class Actions -- Plaintiff, Elder Law, Social Security -- Disability, Health & Health Care Law, Nursing Home, Insurance Law, Bad Faith, State Trial Practice, Personal Injury -- Plaintiff, Motor Vehicle Accidents -- Plaintiff, Premises Liability -- Plaintiff, Railroad Accidents -- Plaintiff, Slip and Fall -- Plaintiff, Wrongful Death -- Plaintiff, Products Liability Law, Medical Malpractice, Toxic Torts, Pesticides, Trucking