Deena K. Zacharin
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Areas of Practice
- Class Action
- Medication Errors
- Physical Elder Abuse
- Bedsores
- Falls
- Wandering
- Actions Against Skilled Nursing Facilities
- Residential Care Facilities and Assisted Living Facilities
- Hospitals
- Fraud, Mishandling Finances and Unfair Business Practices
- Actions Against Insurance Companies & Financial Advisors
- Sexual Abuse
- Dehydration
- Malnutrition
- Home Health Agencies
- Physicians
- Estate Planning
Bar Admissions
- California, 1989
Education
- Northeastern University School of Law, Boston, Massachusetts
- J.D. - 1986
- San Francisco State University , California
- B.A. - 1982
- Honors: magna cum laude
Published Works
- “Unconscionable Actions”, Los Angeles Lawyer, The Los Angeles County Bar Association, June 2024
- Professional Fiduciary Association of California (PFAC) Newsletter (Spring 2021), “Holding Financial Institutions Accountable for Losses to Financial Elder Abuse Scams”
- PFAC Summer Newsletter (Summer 2019) “What You Can Do About Neglect In California’s Assisted Living Facilities”
- California Advocates for Nursing Home Reform Network News (2015) “What Does Love Have To Do With It?”
Classes/Seminars
- Veteran’s Administration: Introduction to Estate Planning
- Life Planning Network: Introduction to Estate Planning for Consultants in the Field of Aging
- "Breaking Banks that are Breaking Bad” November 22nd, 2019, CANHR’s 23rd Annual Elder Law Conference, Monterrey, CA
- CANHR November 2021: “Elder Financial Abuse Litigation – A Panel of Experts”
- SFTLA July 2021: “Breaking the Chain: Bank Accountability & Elder Abuse”
- PFAC 2020 Annual Conference: “Normal Aging or Elder Abuse? -- How Insufficient Staffing can lead to Avoidable Injuries in Assisted Living Facilities”
Honors and Awards
- 2009 and 2011 Certificate of Honor from the San Francisco Board of Supervisors for outstanding service to the people of the City and County of San Francisco
- Received two Certificates of Honor from the San Francisco Board of Supervisors for contribution to public schools
- 2022 Super Lawyers
Professional Associations and Memberships
- UC Hastings/UCSF Medical-Legal Partnership for Seniors, Mentor to UC Hastings Elder Law Clinic
- Bar Association of San Francisco; Estate Planning, Probate & Trust Section, Litigation Subsection
- California State Bar, Trusts and Estates Section
- American Association for Justice
- CANHR
- Consumer Attorneys of California
- Life Planning Network
- San Francisco Trial Lawyers Association, Member
- Consumer Attorneys of California, Member
- American Association of Justice, Member
- Bar Association of San Francisco, Member
- Professional Fiduciary Association of CA , Affiliate Member
- San Francisco Estate Planning Council , Member
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