Michele C. Atkins

Originally from Sacramento, California, Michele Atkins is an associate in the firm of Fain Sheldon Anderson & VanDerhoef, PLLC.  She works primarily in the areas of professional liability and products liability law, and concentrates in medical malpractice litigation. Prior to working at Fain Sheldon Anderson & VanDerhoef, she was a trial attorney concentrating on criminal defense work, trying over a dozen cases.  She was one of four featured attorneys in the nationally televised PBS documentary, "Presumed Guilty."  Michele is licensed to practice in both California and Washington.

Experience

Ms. Atkins’ litigation practice includes the following areas:

• Representation of physicians, chiropractors, nurses, hospitals, mental health facilities, and other health care providers in medical malpractice lawsuits and licensing and disciplinary proceedings.
• Representation of corporations in product liability litigation.
• General civil litigation including personal injury.
• Appellate practice.

Legal Work Experience

• 2002—Present
  Fain Sheldon Anderson & VanDerhoef, PLLC, Associate
• 2002
  McIntyre & Barns, Associate
• 1999—2001
  San Francisco Public Defenders Office
  

Education

• University of San Francisco, J.D., 1999
• University College of London, England, Summer 1997
  
Completed program in international law
• California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo, California, 1995
  
B.S., Social Science

Bar Admission

• Washington State
• California State
• U.S. District Court
• Western and Eastern Districts of Washington
• Northern District of California
• Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals

Memberships

• American Bar Association
• Washington State Bar Association
• Washington Healthcare Risk Management Society
• Washington Defense Trial Lawyers Association