Traci M. Hinden
Traci Hinden
San Francisco
California (CA)
Employment Litigation: Plaintiff
Workers' Compensation
Personal Injury Plaintiff: General
Profile
Ms. Hinden grew up in a family of lawyers and advocates for the underdogs of the world. Her father's firm, The Law Offices of Hinden and Breslavsky, represents injured workers in Southern California, so it was only natural that she would follow in his footsteps. Ms. Hinden's practice focuses primarily on: employment litigation for the plaintiffs (including harassment, retaliation, discrimination, whistle-blowing and wage and hour claims for individuals and on a class basis), representation of medical lien claimants in workers' compensation, and personal injury plaintiffs. Ms. Hinden believes in those seen as having a small voice and enjoys giving them a much louder projection. She regularly counsels disabled persons and persons of other suspect classes regarding their rights at work. Ms. Hinden made the Rising Stars list in 2009 and 2010.
Selected To
Northern California Rising Stars 2010
Northern California Rising Stars 2009
About Traci Hinden
Admitted: 2005, California
Professional Webpage: www.hindenlaw.com/about.html
Honors and Awards:
- Honors Trial Advocacy Program, Southwestern University School of Law
Pro bono/Community Service:
- Participated in VLSP's pro bono program and successfully negotiated with a landlord to allow her client to stay in his apartment in San Francisco, 2008
Scholarly Lectures and Writings:
- Functional Capacity evaluations help a disabled person undertand what tasks they can actually perform. This helps an employee and their employer what accommodations the employee may need., Author, How a Functional Capacity Assessment Impacts Third Party Litigation, Medlegal Mazagine, 2009
- What injured workers should know to avoid losing their jobs and how to prepare for coming back to work after injury., Author, How Injured Workers Can Help Themselves in Getting Back to Work, Medlegal Magazine, 2010
- The panel was a crossover discussion between Disability Discrimination in Employment Law and Workers' Compensation. Ms. Hinden was the moderator and fielded questions to the practitioners in both Employment Law & Workers' Compensation and also shared her opinions and experiences. She set the program agenda and written materials., Moderator, How we can help each other, California Employment Lawyers Association, 2010
- Panelist, BILLING, COLLECTIONS, ELECTRONIC MEDICAL RECORDS, EAMS, California Society Of Industrial Medicine, 2010
- LEARNING TO BE ANEFFECTIVE NEGOTIATOR, Presenter, Maximize your Collections, Lien Seminar, CAAA, 2010
- Interviewed about employment claims on the radio., Interviewee, August 10, 2011 - On the Headlines Business News Update on KSFO AM 560: regarding Employee's Rights! , 2011
- Spoke on Crossover panel of Workers Compensation and Employment Law, Panelist, San Mateo Bar Association, 2011
- Annual Conference, Speaker on Billing and Collection for Medical Providers in Workers Compensation, Panelist, CSIMS, 2011
- Spoke on Pleadings, Panelist, CEB, 2011
Educational Background:
- Obtained Bachelor of Arts in Philosophy from Occidental College, in Los Angeles, California
How Functional Capacity Assessment Impacts Third Party Litigation
A brief discussion regarding functional capacity assessments which are ordinarily used in Workers Compensation to measure residual functional capacity post injury and the impact of such assessments for disabled employees attempting to return to work.
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