Ms. Schultz is an associate with the firm who concentrates on the defense of medical malpractice claims. She regularly defends local physicians, hospitals and health care institutions at the trial level in cases alleging medical negligence. Ms. Schultz’s litigation experience includes all phases of fact and expert discovery, motions practice, defending and deposing expert witnesses, bench and jury trials; she regularly appears before the Maryland District and Circuit Courts. For several years prior to joining WLEK, Ms. Schultz practiced law in California, where she defended physicians and dentists from malpractice claims, and also frequently represented insurance companies and their insureds in premises liability, personal injury and wrongful death actions.

Ms. Schultz received her B.A. from San Diego State University in 1997 and her J.D. from Southwestern University School of Law in Los Angeles, California in 2000, where she was a member of the Trial Advocacy Honors Program.

Ms. Schultz is a member of the Maryland and California State Bar Associations.

Current Employment Position(s):
Associate

Bar Admissions: California, 2000 U.S. District Court Central District of California, 2001 U.S. District Court Southern District of California, 2001 Maryland, 2004 District of Columbia, 2009 U.S. District Court District of Maryland, 2009

Education:
Southwestern University School of Law, Los Angeles, CA, 2000 J.D.Member, Trial Advocacy Honors Program

San Diego State University, San Diego, CA, 1997 B.A.Major: English

Professional Associations and Memberships:
Maryland State Bar Association
California State Bar Association
Anne Arundel Society for Human Resource Management, Director of Public Affairs, 2005-2007