Anne Kepner

Kirsten Fish of Needham Kepner and Fish was counsel of record for the family in a published 2021 California Court of Appeal opinion that defeated MBK Senior Living's bid to force the MuirWoods Memory Care elder-abuse case into arbitration, preserving the right to a jury trial. That case later went to a Sonoma County jury, which in 2024 returned a $20.58 million verdict for elder abuse and neglect that led to four falls, a broken hip, and the eventual death of a resident with dementia.

Kirsten Fish of Needham Kepner and Fish secured a published California Court of Appeal ruling holding that a memory-care facility could not force an elder-abuse lawsuit into arbitration because the resident's daughter had no legal authority to sign away her mother's rights.

Craig Needham and Kirsten Fish won a published appellate ruling establishing that a nursing facility could not force a stroke patient into arbitration based on an agreement her daughter signed without legal authority.

Craig Needham appeared as counsel for claimants against Peoples Temple in the San Francisco Superior Court receivership that ultimately distributed more than $13 million to roughly 750 survivors, family members, and creditors between 1979 and 1983.