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Email: kdoi@murphyaustin.com
Telephone: 916-446-2300 Ext. 3115Kathryn Doi brings over 20 years of complex business litigation and government experience to the Healthcare Practice Team. In addition to representing healthcare providers in payment and compliance disputes and advising them with respect to administrative and regulatory matters, Kathryn will continue to advise and represent clients with respect to administrative and regulatory proceedings before state agencies, and in litigation involving rulemaking, administrative actions, and bid protests.
Previously, Kathryn served the State of California as a Senior Deputy Legal Affairs Secretary in the Office of the Governor. In that capacity, she provided the legal support for Indian gaming compact negotiations and served as the legal office liaison to several state agencies.
From 2000 to 2002, Kathryn served as Counsel to the Secretary of the Technology, Trade and Commerce Agency, where she was responsible for agency compliance with state and federal laws and oversaw agency rulemaking. She supervised the legal staff and advised the Secretary on legal matters pertaining to programs, policies, legislation, and administration.
From 1994 to 2000, Kathryn was Staff Counsel to the Commission on Judicial Performance, where she investigated and evaluated alleged ethics violations by California state court judges. Kathryn’s other legal experience includes clerking for the Honorable Jane A. Restani, Court of International Trade, in New York, New York. Before law school, she worked as a Congressional Intern, sponsored by then‑Congressman Norman Mineta, for the U.S. House of Representatives, Public Works and Transportation Committee.
Kathryn received a B.A. in Economics from Stanford University and her J.D. from the University of California, Davis.
Areas of Experience
- Represent hospitals in disputes involving the following issues:
- Payment for transplant-related services
- Qualification of patients as "trauma cases" under applicable contract provisions and trauma triage criteria
- Payment for provision of non-contracted emergency services
- Advocacy in:
- Agency Rulemaking before the Department of Health Services and Department of Insurance
- Licensing & Permitting before the Medical Board, Department of Insurance, Department of Alcoholic Beverage Control, and Contractors State License Board
- Enforcement Actions before the Department of Health Services, Department of Insurance and Department of General Services
- Writ Petitions at the trial and appellate level
- Bid Protests at the state and local level
- Litigation in state and federal court and trial and appellate level
- Regulatory Compliance advice
- Gaming advice
Professional & Community Involvement
- Member, State Bar of California
- Regional Governor, National Asian Pacific American Bar Association
- Board Member, Asian-Pacific Bar Association of Sacramento
- Member, Advisory Board for My Sister's House, a battered women's shelter in Sacramento
- Past President
- Past-President, U.C. Davis School of Law Alumni Association
- Past-President, Asian Women's Shelter in San Francisco
Awards & Recognition
- Recipient, Bar Association of San Francisco Outstanding Pro Bono Lawyer, 1989
- Staff Counsel, Commission on Judicial Performance, 1994-2000
Education
- J.D., University of California at Davis School of Law, 1985
- Order of the Coif honors
- Articles Editor, University of California at Davis Law Review, 1984-1985
- B.A., Economics, Stanford University, 1981
Admitted to Practice
- California
- U.S. Supreme Court
- U.S. Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit
- U.S. Court of Appeals, Tenth Circuit
- U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California
- U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of California
- U.S. District Court for the Central District of California
- U.S. District of International Trade
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