RECENT AWARDS AND MEDIA COVERAGE
Colleen Carboy, RN, JD
Recent Awards and
Media Coverage
- Fox TV News Story: A Dallas Lawyer Decided to Shelve her Law Practice for Six Weeks. She Stopped Trying Cases and Started Treating Cases of Covid-19 (5/20).
- American Association for Justice: Trial Lawyers Care Award (2020).
- Law 360 News Story: Texas Attorney Swaps Suits for Scrubs to Fight Covid-19 (6/20).
- East Carolina University Publication: Are We Fighting (4/20).
- Texas State Bar Publication: Nurse-attorneys? Yes. Lawyers are Donning Scrubs Again to Help Battle Covid-19 (5/20).
- Texas Trial Lawyers Association: Presidential Recognition Award (2020).
- Featured in Dallas Bar Association Article: DBA Members Doing Good! (7/20).
- Dallas Trial Lawyers Association: Service to the Community Award (2020).
Courses & Seminars presented by Colleen Carboy, RN, JD
- Plaintiff and Defense Perspectives on Discoverability & Use of Audit Trails at Trial (3/24)
- Big Secret Corporate Layers, Hidden Coverage and Non-Existent Policies and Procedures (10/22)
- Advanced Medical Torts, Texas State Bar, Course Director (3/21)
- Virtual Mock Trial for Nursing Students (over 600 participants), Tarrant Co. College & Texas A&M University Law School (10/20)
- Covid-19: On the Front Lines-Advocating from the Courtroom to the ER, Minnesota Association for Justice 38th Convention (8/20)
- Our Journey to the Covid-19 Frontline: A Conversation with Jim Mullen & Colleen Carboy, RN, JD, TTLA (6/20)
- On the Front Lines at a Hospital in Northern New Jersey: Hear First Hand from Dallas Trial Lawyer, Houston Trial Lawyers Association (5/20)
- Accessing Information from the National Practitioner Data Bank & How to Use It, Texas State Bar, Adv. Medical Torts (3/19)
- DTLA Past Presidents’ Mentorship Panelist, DTLA (8/18)
- Individuals Right Under HIPAA to Access PHI, Multiple Presentations to TTLA, CATLA, TCTLA & DTLA (2018-2019)
- Avoiding Ipse Dixit and Reverse & Render, TTLA Medical Malpractice Conference (6/17)
- Standards of Care and Where They Can Be Found, Texas State Bar, Adv. Medical Torts (3/17)
- Tips for Suing Mid-Level Providers, TTLA Medical Malpractice Conference (5/16)
- Faculty, Trial Advocacy College of Texas (4/16)
- Moderator, Women & The Courtroom, DTLA (4/15)
- Texas Board Rules for Physician Assistants and Nurse Practitioners, Texas State Bar, Adv. Medical Torts (3/15)
- Course Director & Moderator, TTLA Medical Malpractice Conference (6/14)
- Medmal Nuts & Bolts, DTLA/TCTLA Inside Baseball CLE (5/14)
- Medical Malpractice Laws that Violate HIPAA, State Bar of Texas (3/14)
- Course Director, TTLA Medical Malpractice Conference (6/13)
- Finding & Using Standards of Care, American Association for Justice Convention (7/12)
- Course Director, TTLA Medical Malpractice Conference (6/12)
- Course Director & Moderator, TTLA Medical Malpractice Conference (6/11)
- Chapter 74: Nuts & Bolts, Denton County Bar Association (5/11)
- Developing a Discovery Plan, Texas Medical Board (3/11)
- Course Director & Moderator, TTLA Medical Malpractice Conference (12/10)
- How to Effectively Utilize Physicians in Tort Cases, Dallas Bar Association (5/10)
- Definition of Willful & Wanton Negligence for ER Cases, TTLA’s 21st Annual Medical Malpractice Conference (12/10)
- Evaluating ER Liability, American Association of Legal Nurse Consultants (5/09)
- A Perspective on Nurse Practitioner Malpractice, University of Texas at Arlington – Legal Symposium – Panelist (4/09)
- Taking Effective Medical Depos, TTLA Annual Medical Malpractice Seminar (12/08)
- Where to Find Standards of Care, TTLA Annual Conference & Expo (11/07)
- Tips for Understanding & Using Medical Records, Texas Advanced Paralegal Institute (10/07)
- Medmal Case Evaluation, Bailey & Galyen (8/07)
- Medmal Nuts & Bolts, Collin County Bench Bar (4/07)
- Where to Find Standards of Care, TTLA 17th Annual Medical Malpractice Conference (9/06)
- Three Cases You Will Love & A Couple You Will Hate, DTLA (5/06)
- Gender Bias in Litigation, Panelist, Dallas Women’s Association (4/06)
- Secrets for Effective Medical Expert Depos, TTLA (8/04)
- Legal Implications of Nursing Practice in Texas, Lorman (6/03)
- Initial Considerations & Pre-Trial Procedure – Nursing Home Malpractice, NBI (2/02)
- Texas Nursing Law Update, NBI (12/02)
- Medical Record Review & Evaluation, DAPA (8/02)
- Analyzing Medical Records for the TX Paralegal (5/02)
- Discovery in Nursing Home Litigation, NBI (12/01)
- Nursing Home Malpractice in Texas, NBI (9/00)
- The Discovery Process, NBI- IPE (5/99)
- Basics of Fen-Phen Litigation, North Dallas Bar Assoc. (2/98)
- Litigation – Emerging Trends & Ideas, Local Bar Assoc. (11/97)
