Deena K. Zacharin

Location: San Francisco, CA

Phone:
(866) 486-1318

Fax: 415-362-9801

Areas of Practice

• Medication Errors
• Physical Elder Abuse
• Bedsores
• Falls
• Wandering
• Actions Against Skilled Nursing Facilities
• Residential Care Facilities and Assisted Living Facilities
• Hospitals
• Sexual Abuse
• Dehydration
• Malnutrition
• Home Health Agencies

Bar Admissions

• California, 1989

Education

• Northeastern University School of Law, Boston, Massachusetts
  • J.D.
• San Francisco State University, California
  • B.A.
  • Honors: magna cum laude

Published Works

• “Seeking Redress for Financial Scams,” Bar Association of San Francisco, 2024
• “Financial Abuse,” CEB, 2022
• Empowering Care Managers to Hold Institutions Accountable for Elder Abuse, WRC-ALCA, 2022
• “Breaking Banks that are Breaking Bad,” CANHR Annual Elder Law Conference, November 22, 2019
• “Elder Financial Abuse Litigation – A Panel of Experts,” CANHR, November 2021
• “Breaking the Chain: Bank Accountability & Elder Abuse,” SFTLA, July 2021
• “Normal Aging or Elder Abuse? — How Insufficient Staffing Can Lead to Avoidable Injuries in Assisted Living Facilities,”
  PFAC Annual Conference, 2020

Classes & Seminars

• “Breaking Banks that are Breaking Bad,” CANHR Annual Elder Law Conference, November 22, 2019
• “Elder Financial Abuse Litigation – A Panel of Experts,” CANHR, November 2021
• “Breaking the Chain: Bank Accountability & Elder Abuse,” SFTLA, July 2021
• “Normal Aging or Elder Abuse? — How Insufficient Staffing Can Lead to Avoidable Injuries in Assisted Living Facilities,”
  PFAC Annual Conference, 2020

Additional Publications

• “Unconscionable Actions,” Los Angeles Lawyer, June 2024
• “Holding Financial Institutions Accountable for Losses to Financial Elder Abuse Scams,”
  Professional Fiduciary Association of California Newsletter, Spring 2021
• “What You Can Do About Neglect in California’s Assisted Living Facilities,”
  PFAC Newsletter, Summer 2019
• “What Does Love Have To Do With It?”
  California Advocates for Nursing Home Reform Network News, 2015
• “Haydon’s Key Language May Help You Defeat Unconscionable Arbitration Agreements,”
  Gavel Magazine, OCTLA, Winter 2025

Honors and Awards

• Certificate of Honor from the San Francisco Board of Supervisors (2009, 2011)
• Certificates of Honor from the San Francisco Board of Supervisors for contributions to public schools
• Super Lawyers, 2022

Professional Associations and Memberships

• American Association for Justice
• California Advocates for Nursing Home Reform (CANHR)
• Consumer Attorneys of California
• San Francisco Trial Lawyers Association
• Bar Association of San Francisco

Past Employment Positions

• Kato, Feder & Suzuki, LLP (2011–2015)
• San Francisco Unified School District (2001–2011)
• Parents for Public Schools (1999–2001)
• Law Offices of Deena Zacharin (1990–1999)
• Patients Rights Advocacy Services (1987–1989)