Christine L. Stanley
Member
859.255.8581
With more than 12 years experience in healthcare law and litigation, Christine’s practice includes numerous trial victories in the areas of medical negligence, health care law, and insurance defense. She has successfully defended healthcare professionals, clinics, hospitals, and long-term care facilities against medical negligence claims, and advises clients on regulatory and compliance issues, including state regulatory matters. In addition to her experience as a litigation partner at a national law firm, Christine has served as chief legal counsel and as director of risk management and compliance for two nonprofit organizations.
Christine is a leading speaker on topics of emerging issues in health care regulation, compliance programs, HIPAA, and electronic medical records for attorneys, risk managers, healthcare providers, and business leaders. She also serves as an adjunct professor for the University of Kentucky J. David Rosenberg College of Law and UK’s College of Health Sciences.
Areas of Practice
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Kentucky Super Lawyers® Rising Star (2019-2026)
Best Lawyers in America® “Ones to Watch”: Health Care Law; Medical Malpractice Law – Defendants (2023)
Kentucky Bar Association Outstanding Young Lawyer of the Year, Service to the Community Award
Fayette County Bar Association Outstanding Young Lawyer of the Year
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DRI (Defense Research Institute)
Kentucky Defense Counsel
Kentucky Bar Association
Chair, Young Lawyers Division
2024 Outstanding Coordinator – KBA Young Lawyers Division
National Bar Association
Fayette County Bar Association
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Who Can Challenge State Abortion Bans? It’s Not So Clear Cut, state court report for the Brennan Center for Justice at New York University (August 2024)
CMS Increasing Focus on Staffing Levels, Turnover in Nursing Homes, Health Law Weekly (March 2022)
Healthcare Regulatory Changes for Medical Device Manufacturers, Compliance Today (April 2019)
Opioid Overdoses: From Crisis to Litigation, DRI – The MedLaw Update (December 2018)
Overcoming Bad Faith: Lincoln Benefit Life Company v. Dallal, Common Defense (Fall/Winter 2018)
Caught In the Middle: The Evolution of Tort Challenges Against Hospitals from Antitrust to Negligent Credentialing, DRI – The MedLaw Update (March 2018)
Healthcare Defense in the Wake of Advocate Healthcare Network v. Stapleton, ERISA Report (December 2017)
Are Medical Review Panels an Alternative to Traditional Tort Reform Measures?, DRI Women in the Law Newsletter (September 2017)
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Barriers to Reproductive Health, Georgia State College of Law – State of the South – Access to Justice (February 2024)
Fifty Shades of Ethics, Kentucky Academy of Audiology Annual Conference (February 2024)
The Impact of Roe’s Fall: A Look at the Changing Landscape of State and National Laws, One Year Later, Fayette County Bar Association (July 2023)
Legislative and Regulatory Update, American Health Law Association – Long Term Care and the Law (February 2022)
Defending Corporate Rep 30(b)(6) Depositions, Kentucky Defense Counsel Fall Seminar (October 2021)
The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly: An Update on National Decisions and Verdicts, DRI Senior Living and Long-Term Care Litigation Seminar (September 2021)
How to Make Ethical Decisions as a Medical Provider, Kentucky Academy of Audiology Annual Conference (July 2019)
Hot Topics in Kentucky Healthcare Law CLE: Negligent credentialing, ERISA, Medical Review Panels (SB 4, 2017), Medical Tort Reform (SB 20, 2018), Kentucky Law Update, (August to December 2018)
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University of Kentucky, J.D.
Carnegie Mellon University, B.S., technical writing for science and medical communications
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Christine believes in hands-on service to the Lexington community, serving on the Lexington-Fayette Urban County Government Ethics Commission and the Rural Land Management Board, and on the programmatic board for CivicLex. She also serves on the Civil Justice Reform Commission for the Kentucky Supreme Court. The Kentucky Bar Association honored her with their Young Lawyers Service to the Community Award in 2015.
