Phone: 206-628-6606 Fax: 206-628-6611 Email: kbaker@williamskastner.com V-Card

Two Union Square 601 Union Street, Suite 4100 Seattle, WA 98101

Experience:

Kim Baker is a member in the Seattle office. Ms. Baker provides risk management and guidance to business owners to help prevent or minimize the likelihood of litigation being filed.  She has an active litigation practice in which she defends companies and individuals who are being sued for complaints of negligently manufactured products, alleged employment and work place misconduct.  She has appeared before several administrative agencies including the Department of Health, Department of Licensing and the state and federal employment enforcement agencies. An active member of the national defense bar, Ms. Baker served as the secretary treasurer for DRI-The Voice of the Defense Bar in 2009. She was named to Super Lawyers by Washington Law & Politics magazine for 2001 - 2004, 2007, 2008, 2010 and 2011. She has also been recognized by the Seattle Met magazine as a “Top Lawyer” in Health Care for 2010, a designation based upon Martindale-Hubbell's ranking of those practitioners in King County who have been judged by their peers to be “AV Preeminent”—the highest peer-review rating available.

Affiliations:

Ms. Baker is active in the health care community, both on a local and national level. In October 2005, she was elected to the Board of Directors of the Defense Research Institute and is a member of its Health Care, Labor & Employment and Drug and Medical Device Sections, and its Drug and Medical Device Steering Committee. Ms. Baker was chair of the 2004 Medical Liability Seminar, and in 2003, she was appointed to the DRI Law Institute and serves as the liaison to medical liability, drugs and medical device and appellate advocacy. Ms. Baker is also a member of the Federation of Defense and Corporate Counsel and chairs both the Employment Section and the Membership Development subcommittee for Diversity Membership. Locally, she is a member of the Washington Health Care Risk Management Society and the Washington State Society of Hospital Attorneys.

Articles and Presentations:

• Co-author, “Crisis Management — Best Practices in the Digital Age,” SGMA In brief, November 2, 2011.
• Panelist, "Retaliation Claims—the Tail that Wags the Dog," Williams Kastner Labor & Employment Fall Half-Day Seminar, Seattle, WA, October 22, 2010.
• "How Texting Patient Information Can Increase Risk," Washington Healthcare News, November 2010.
• Moderator, "Privacy Rights at Work: What is a Reasonable Fourth Amendment Search by an Employer," DRI-sponsored webcast, July 22, 2010.
• Co-Author, "Hertz Corp. v. Friend - U.S. Supreme Court Adopts 'Nerve Center' Test for Determining a Corporation's 'Principal Place of Business," The Metropolitan Corporate Counsel - Northeast Edition, June 2010
• Panelist, “Employee Privacy in the Age of Social Networking,” Williams Kastner Labor & Employment Spring Half-Day Seminar, Seattle, WA, April 22, 2010.
• Co-Author, "Hertz Corp. v. Friend – U.S. Supreme Court Adopts 'Nerve Center' Test for Determining a Corporation’s 'Principal Place of Business,'" The Voice, DRI-The Voice of the Defense Bar, March 17, 2010.
• Panelist, "The Labor & Employment Rules Change: Current and Future Compliance Issues Under the Obama Administration," Williams Kastner    Labor & Employment Fall Half-Day Seminar, Seattle, WA, October 29, 2009.
• "Common HIPAA Pitfalls," 2009 Legal Update, Providence St. Peter Hospital, Olympia, WA, February 11, 2009.
• Co-Presenter, "Employment Law Update," Washington State Medical Group Management Association webinar, Seattle, WA, January 27, 2009.
• Co-Presenter, "New Developments in Disability Law," Williams Kastner Labor & Employment Fall Update Seminar, Seattle, WA, October 29, 2008.
• Co-Author, "OPEN Season on Parallel Litigation: Precluding Disclosure under FOIA Requests," For The Defense, July 2008.
• Co-Author, "Cybersleuthing — Checking Your Company’s “Pulse” in the Land of Blogs," The Voice - DRI e-newsletter, May 14, 2008.
• Co-Presenter, "Privacy in the Workplace," Williams Kastner Labor & Employment Fall Update Seminar, Bellevue, WA, November 14, 2007.
• Co-Presenter, "Privacy of Workplace Drug Testing Procedures and Results," Williams Kastner Labor & Employment Half-Day Seminar, Seattle, WA, April 18, 2007.
• Co-Presenter, "Unsavory Employee Conduct: What's an Employer to Do?" Williams Kastner Labor & Employment Breakfast Seminar, Seattle, WA, November 15, 2006 AND Portland, OR, March 15, 2007
• Co-Presenter, "New Issues in Employment Law," Williams Kastner Labor & Employment Fall Update Seminar, Bellevue, WA, October 19, 2006.
• Co-Author, "Sarbanes-Oxley: Better Listen to the Whistleblower...," Whistleblowing: An Introduction, February 2006.
• Presenter, "Medical Malpractice Update," Washington State Society for Healthcare Attorneys' Annual Spring Hospital & Health Law Seminar, Seattle, WA, April 28, 2006.
• Presenter, "Drug Testing Results: Privacy Consideration, Including Federal, State and HIPAA Regulations," Williams Kastner Tribal Employement Law Seminar, Shelton, WA, April 21, 2006.
• Presenter, "But I Didn't DO Anything!," Williams Kastner Labor & Employment Tribal Update Seminar, October 6, 2005.
• "Pediatric Suicide And Anti-Depressants:  An Overview Of Regulatory Actions, FDA Warnings and Daubert Challenges," For the Defense, June 2005, co-written with Jennifer Gannon
• "Post Caremark Implications for Health Care Organization Board of Directors"
• "Whistleblower Protections Under The Sarbanes-Oxley Act"
• "Is Criminal Enforcement Needed to Combat Alleged Corporate Conflicts of Interest?"
• "Jury Selection Landmines - Sexual Harassment Allegations, Corporate Judgments and Punitive Damages"
• "For Whom The Whistle Blows" by Kimberly Baker and Todd Sorensen