Kevin P. Hillyer
Attorney at Law

KEVIN P. HILLYER

 

 

   Patterson Lockwood Hillyer
620 N. Brand Boulevard, Suite 300
Glendale, CA 91203
818-241-8001
khillyer@pattersonlockwood.com
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EXPERIENCE

Principal 2006 - present
Patterson Lockwood Hillyer   Glendale CA
(formerly Patterson, Ritner, Lockwood & Jurich)		  
  •  Managing Partner of AV rated insurance defense firm specializing in health care and professional liability defense
  • 24 career jury trials to verdict  
  • 4 arbitrations to decision  
  • Tried cases on behalf of The Regents of The University of California, The Doctors' Company, Medical Insurance Exchange of California and SCPIE Indemnity Company
  • Approved Trial Counsel for the County of Los Angeles  
  • Approved Trial Counsel for the Cooperative of American Physicians (CAP)  
     
Partner 1992 - 2006
Tuverson & Hillyard  Los Angeles CA  
  •  Equity Partner in AV rated insurance defense firm specializing in medical malpractice defense and health care litigation (Associate Attorney 1992-1998)
     
Summer Associate Summer 1991
Baker & McKenzie  Los Angeles CA  
     
University-Paid Teaching Assistant 1990 - 1991
Pepperdine University School of Law  Malibu CA  
  •  Legal Research and Writing Program
     
Law Clerk Summer 1990
Santa Barbara County Public Defender  
     
EDUCATION  
J.D., cum laude, Pepperdine University School of Law, Malibu, CA 1992
B.S., International Business, University of Colorado, Boulder, CO 1989
   
BAR ADMISSIONS  
State Bar of California 1992
United States District Court, Central District of California 1992
United States Supreme Court 2001
     
PROFESSIONAL ASSOCIATIONS  
Member, American Board of Trial Advocates  
Association of Southern California Defense Counsel  
     
COMMUNITY INVOLVEMENT  
Vice President, Edwin W. Pauley Foundation  
Executive Board, Boy Scouts of America, West Los Angeles County Council  
Advisory Board, Save The Waves Coalition  
Active at the Parish of St. Matthew and St. Matthew's Parish School  
AYSO Referee  
     
INTERESTS  
Surfing, beach volleyball, child-rearing  
Fluent in Spanish  
     

CIVIL JURY TRIALS - MEDICAL MALPRACTICE
1st CHAIR:  
   
Case Name Williams v M.
Court: Santa Monica Superior
Date of Verdict: 05/13/16 – Defense Verdict
Trial Days: 5
Opposing Counsel: Greg Garrotto
Facts: Represented general surgeon involving consent for and propriety of leg amputation following diagnosis of gas gangrene.
   
Case Name Medrano v C.
Court: Long Beach Superior
Date of Verdict: 03/10/16 – Defense Verdict
Trial Days: 4
Opposing Counsel: Marcus Willoughby
Facts: Represented Physiatrist for alleged failure to diagnose and treat occlusion of femoral artery resulting in leg amputation.
   
Case Name Yang v U.
Court: Santa Monica Superior
Date of Verdict: 10/21/15 – Defense Verdict
Trial Days: 6
Opposing Counsel: Bruce Bunch
Facts: Represented teaching hospital and employee surgeons in common bile duct/hepatic duct injury case incurred during laproscopic cholecystectomy requiring Roux-en-Y reconstruction and subsequent mesh hernia repair.
   
Case Name Rodriguez v B.
Court: San Bernardino Superior
Date of Verdict: 2/27/15 – Defense Verdict
Trial Days: 6
Opposing Counsel: Jonathan Birdt
Facts: Represented PCP in medical malpractice failure to diagnose stage IV lung cancer in long-term patient.
   
Case Name Huck v. A.
Court: Van Nuys Superior
Date of Verdict: 12/6/13 – Defense Verdict
Trial Days: 6
Opposing Counsel: Ron Grzywinski
Facts: Represented plastic surgeon in malunion of proximal phalanges after closed reduction and K-wire stabilization leading to complex regional pain syndrome and contracture release.
   
Case Name Nakhla v. U
Court: Santa Monica Superior
Date of Verdict: 5/29/12– Defense Verdict
Trial Days: 7
Opposing Counsel: Edgar Nield
Facts: Represented teaching hospital and employee surgeons. Allegations involved poor clinical follow-up and charting as well as failure of dental implants.
   
Case Name Higgins v. A
Court: Burbank Superior
Date of Verdict: March 2007– Defense Verdict
Trial Days: 8
Opposing Counsel: Jim Filicia
Facts: Represented dermatologist in failure to diagnose melanoma.
   
   
Case Name Shehab v. R
Court: Torrance Superior
Date of Verdict: Approx. 2005 – Defense Verdict
Trial Days: 8
Opposing Counsel: Robert Schlifkin
Facts: Represented delivering OB/GYN in high-exposure shoulder dystocia case.
   
Case Name Watson v. Q
Court: Chatsworth Superior
Date of Verdict: 11/18/04–Defense Verdict
Trial Days: 7
Opposing Counsel: Bill McMillan
Facts: Represented gastroenterologist in failure to diagnose anal cancer.
   
Case Name Castillo v. N
Court: San Bernardino Superior
Date of Verdict: 4/4/04 –Defense Verdict
Trial Days: 10
Opposing Counsel: Stanley Hodge
Facts: Wrongful death involving in-hospital death of patient from post-operative PE. Represented treating internist/hospitalist.
   
Case Name Courty v. K
Court: Santa Monica Superior (Malibu)
Date of Verdict: 9/18/03 – Defense Verdict
Trial Days: 10
Opposing Counsel: Michael Dan
Facts: Represented orthopedic surgeon involving allegation of mutilation of knee during orthoscopic knee surgery.
   
Case Name Perlmutter v. M
Court: Santa Monica Superior
Date of Verdict: 4/18/03 – Defense Verdict
Trial Days: 6
Opposing Counsel: Andrew W. Stern
Facts: Represented pain management specialist in case involving unsuccessful placement of spinal cord stimulator.
   
Case Name Jimenez v. A
Court: Los Angeles Central
Date of Verdict: 3/14/03 – Defense Verdict
Trial Days: 8
Opposing Counsel: Manuel St. Martin
Facts: Represented orthopedic surgeon in case wherein orthopedic surgeon snapped the patient’s humerus in half during orthoscopic shoulder surgery.
   
Case Name Hill v. U
Court: Inglewood Superior
Date of Verdict: 12/16/98 – Defense Verdict
Trial Days: 8
Opposing Counsel: Joseph Digiulio
Facts: Orthopedic surgery involving refracture of tibia. Represented orthopedic surgeon.
   
Case Name Kerner v. S
Court: Glendale Superior
Date of Verdict: 4/19/96 –Defense Verdict
Trial Days: 6
Opposing Counsel: Matthew Schumacher
Facts: Medical malpractice involving failure of family practitioner to identify retained foreign body (needle) in patient’s foot.
   
Case Name Marchoni v. K
Court: Santa Monica Superior
Date of Verdict: Non-suit
Trial Days: 3
Opposing Counsel: Kaye Marchoni, In Pro Per
Facts: Represented plastic surgeon in case involving numerous allegations of intentional torts. This case had media exposure.
   
2nd CHAIR:  
   
Case Name Grant v. M
Court: Santa Monica Superior
Date of Verdict: 3/21/97– Defense Verdict
Trial Days: 8
Opposing Counsel: Richard Seff
   
Case Name Esman v. M
Court: Santa Monica Superior
Date of Verdict: 8/20/06 – Defense Verdict
Trial Days: 11
Opposing Counsel: Arvind Shankar
Facts: Brain injury arising out of over-sedation/over-use of post-operative PCA. Represented anesthesiologist
   
Case Name Corrales v. R
Court: Pomona Superior
Date of Verdict: 12/12/97 – Defense Verdict
Trial Days: 10
Opposing Counsel: Dan Powell
Facts: Represented internist in case involving failure to timely diagnose and treat I.V. extravasation resulting in amputation of arm of forklift operator.
   
Case Name Daveline v. S
Court: Van Nuys Superior
Date of Verdict: 10/1/2000 – Defense Verdict
Trial Days: 14
Opposing Counsel: David Glickman
Facts: Represented family practitioner in failure to diagnose melanoma on the scalp.
   
Case Name Brice v. M
Court: Van Nuys Superior
Date of Verdict: 5/24/96 – Defense Verdict
Trial Days: 14
Opposing Counsel: Richard Brantner
Facts: Represented managed care “gatekeeper” in high-exposure brain injury case of teenager who was not authorized for treatment in the emergency room.
   
Case Name Bash v. Y
Court: San Fernando Superior
Date of Verdict: 11/17/98 – Defense Verdict
Trial Days: 10
Opposing Counsel: William Davis
Facts: Leg amputation after unsuccessful rodding of tibia. Represented orthopedic surgeon.