Nancy E. Hudgins

Nancy Hudgins has specialized in civil litigation for more than 30 years. Representing both plaintiffs and defendants, she has settled and mediated thousands of cases.

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National Mediation Practice

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Advantages to Mediation

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Mediation Practice Areas

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Divorce Mediation

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2009 Fees and Fee Policies

United States west of the Mississippi, Chicago and New York City:

2 parties               $1,500 each
3 or more parties    $1,100 each

Continental United States east of the Mississippi, except Chicago and New York City:

2 parties               $2,000 each
3 or more parties    $1,400 each

Puerto Rico and U.S. Virgin Islands:

2 parties               $2,500 each
3 or more parties    $1,700 each

Guam, Northern Mariana Islands and American Samoa:

2 parties               $3,000 each
3 or more parties    $2,100 each

Half-Day Mediations, California only:

2 parties               $800 each
3 or more parties    $600 each

Payment of Fees:

Mediator fees are due in full 3 business days prior to the day of the mediation.

Travel time/expense:

Travel time and expenses will NOT be billed, unless the mediation is cancelled after travel to the mediation has commenced.

Cancellation policy:

There is no fee for written cancellation within 48 hours prior to the mediation. If a mediation is cancelled within 48 hours, and before travel to the mediation commences, there will be a $500 cancellation fee. If a mediation is cancelled after travel to the mediation commences, there will be a $1,000 cancellation fee, plus all travel expenses incurred.

Note:

(In cases where a defendant is represented on different insurance policies, with different attorneys, each policy and/or attorney will be counted as a separate party.)

Nancy's National Mediation Practice

Nancy has created a national personal injury mediation practice. Within this, she has 3 subspecialty areas of expertise:

• medical malpractice
• elder abuse
• correctional health care (section 1983)

Medical Malpractice

Nancy has been engaged as a trial lawyer on both sides of these cases. She has defended physicians, hospitals, nurses and allied health professionals for 30 years. She has represented plaintiffs against health care professionals for 8 years. She has tried more than 20 medical malpractice cases, involving general surgery, orthopedic surgery, neurosurgery, psychiatry, neurology, obstetrics and gynecology, internal medicine, family practice, anesthesiology, cardiology, ophthalmology and infectious disease. The issues have included informed consent, EMTALA, fraud, and deliberate indifference to serious medical needs.

Elder Abuse

Nancy has specialized in skilled nursing facility, assisted living facility and home health care cases for 20 years, originally representing defendants, but in the past 8 years on both sides of these cases. She has tried 4 skilled nursing facility cases.

Correctional Health Care (section 1983)

Nancy has also focused on correctional health care cases, including deliberate indifference to serious medical needs, for 20 years. She has been a member of the Board of Directors of the American Correctional Health Services Association, and received its Distinguished Service Award in 2005. She has tried 3 correctional health care cases.