Partner
Marijana Kral
Marijana Kral is a personal injury and products liability litigator with expertise in medical malpractice, general liability, wrongful death, elder abuse, and allegations of manufacturer negligence and defects. Over her 25+ year career, Marijana has represented hospitals, individual physicians, registered nurses, licensed vocational nurses, respiratory therapists, physician groups, medical researchers, elder care facilities, and medical organizations, as well as injured parties. She has experience defending high exposure; complex general and professional liability claims. Marijana’s extensive litigation experience includes investigation, discovery, legal strategy, depositions, law and motion, oral argument, expert discovery and depositions, mediation and settlement negotiations, trial preparation and assistance at trial. She also handles ECT hearings and LPS conservatorships in mental health court. In addition, Marijana is frequently retained to assist and defendant non-party healthcare providers at deposition and with trial appearances, as well as production of sensitive and/or proprietary documents. She has been retained to assist healthcare providers and medical centers in matters involving high-profile individuals.
Education
- University of California, Los Angeles, Bachelor of Arts, 1987, Psychology.
- University of Southern California, Juris Doctor, 1992
Admission to Practice
- All Courts of the State of California, 1992
- United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit, California, 1992
- Supreme Court of California, 1992
- United States District Court, Central District, California, 1992
- United States District Court, Southern District, California, 2005
Organizations & Activities
Organizations:
- Member – State Bar of California
- Member – Southern California Association for Healthcare Risk Management
- Former Lifetime Sustaining Member – Consumer Attorneys Association of Los Angeles
Activities:
- Previous Volunteer Court Mediator, Los Angeles Superior Court
- Volunteer Attorney, AIDS Project Los Angeles, December 1992 – December 1993