Karman Guadagni

Karman Guadagni is the Managing Partner at Stebner Gertler Guadagni & Kawamoto. Her practice primarily focuses on institutional elder abuse litigation, with an emphasis on litigating cases involving pressure ulcers, falls, sexual abuse and other serious injury and death cases against residential care facilities for the elderly and nursing homes throughout California. Karman is committed to advocating on behalf of the elderly, dependent adults and their families to compensate them for wrongs they have suffered. She is also dedicated to fighting for reform within the long term care industry. She has achieved successful results for plaintiffs in trial, mediation and arbitration throughout California.

Karman was selected as a California Super Lawyer in 2022, and was recognized as a Rising Star annually between 2015-2021. She has served as a guest professor at Stanford Law since 2015, and is a frequent speaker and author on topics related to elder abuse and neglect. Karman is on the board of the San Francisco Trial Lawyers Association, where she co-chairs the New Lawyer's Division and is the president of Friends of ECDC, a nonprofit benefitting Emeryville Child Development Center.

"Elder Abuse in the Age of COVID", November 20th, 2021, Consumer Attorneys of Calirfornia Annual Convention, San Francisco, CA"Elder Abuse- A Primer", June 19th, 2021, San Francisco Trial Lawyers Association New Lawyers Division Adventure Conference, Santa Cruz, CA"The Art of War: Taking Depositions the Sun Tzu Way", October 15th, 2020, San Francisco Trial Lawyers Association New Lawyer Division"Pre-Litigation Resolution: Mediation Strategies, Case Valuation, and Fulfilling Client Goals” November 23rd, 2019, CANHR’s 23rd Annual Elder Law Conference, Monterrey, CA“A Cluster What? Tips for Navigating Expedited Multi-Plaintiff Suits When Class and Mass Don’t Apply” November 13, 2019, CAOC"Gender Roles at Mediation and in Negotiations", July 25, 2019, SFTLA Women's Caucus Event"Elder Abuse Damages", April 30, 2019, San Francisco Trial Lawyers Panel, San Francisco, California "Sonoma Fire Cases- Lessons Learned", March 28, 2019, San Francisco Trial Lawyers Tahoe Ski Seminar “Timely Topics: Shifting the Balance”, November 16, 2018, CAOC Convention, San Francisco, CA."Sexual Abuse Cases", November 2018- Consumer Attorneys of California Convention, San Francisco, California “Elder Abuse: Quick Hits from the Masters, Litigating Sexual Abuse in Elder Care Facilities”, March 16, 2018, The Donald L. Galine Sonoma Travel Seminar CAOC, Sonoma, CA "Dementia Specialist Facilities”, January 27, 2018, SFTLA Ski Seminar. “Bringing Cases Against Dementia Specialist Facilities” November 18, 2017, CAOC, San Francisco, CA “Litigating Elder Abuse/ Neglect in Assisted Living Facilities”, June 21, 2017, National Webinar “Elder Abuse in Residential Care Facilities for the Elderly –New Legislation and its Potential Impact on Elder Abuse Cases in California”, May 9, 2017, CAOC Elder Abuse Round Table, San Francisco, CA “From the Ground up: Proving Managing Agent Liability in Elder Abuse Cases”, March 10, 2017, SFTLA NLD Tahoe Conference “Liens: Practice Pointer from the Experts or Everything You (Never) Wanted to Know” –Moderator, April 1, 2016, the Donald L. Galine Travel Seminar CAOC, Sonoma, CA “Turning a Single Event into a Systems Case”, March 29, 2016, National Webinar “Having it All”, March 7, 2017, SFTLA Women’s Caucus, San Francisco, CA “Cases against Six Bed Assisted Living Facilities for Elders”, January 29, 2016, SFTLA –New Lawyers Division Tahoe Ski Seminar "Cases Against Assisted Living Facilities", September 30, 2015 – Practice Pointers – “Every Thing You Need to Know About Elder Abuse in 15 Minutes”, February 1, 2013, San Francisco Trial Lawyers Association Tahoe Ski Seminar, San Francisco, CA “Medicare Liens and Standing in Survivorship Actions”, November 16, 2012, California Advocates for Nursing Home Reform Conference, “Bed Sores and Hospital Infections”, March 3, 2011, Med School for Lawyers-–CAOC Webinar