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J. Kline
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(Member) born Boston, Massachusetts, October 29, 1964; Admitted to Bar, 1990, Pennsylvania; 1991, District of Columbia; 1992, Georgia; 1993, New Jersey. Education: Tufts University (B.A., cum laude, 1986); Boston University (J.D., 1990). Author, “Medical Malpractice in Aspiration Biopsy and Cytology,” in Kline TS, Kline IK, Howell LP Breast – Guides to Clinical Aspiration Biopsy, Lippincott, 1999; “Liability Issues with the Papanicolaou Smear: General Legal Background”, Arch Pathol Lab Med, 121: 250-252, 1997; “Malpractice and Cytopathology” in Kline TS, Nguyen G-K Critical Issues in Cytopathology, Igaku-Shoin, 1996; “Standards and the Law”, Diagnostic Cytopathology 12: 1995; “Cytopathology, Negligence and a Lawyer’s Opinion”, Diagnostic Cytopathology 11: 219, 1994; “Radiologists, Communication and Resolution 5: A medical issue,” Radiology, 194: 131-134, 1992; Communication and Cytopathology – Part II: Malpractice” Diagnostic Cytopathology 7: 227-228, 1991. Presentations, “Helpful Hints to Hopefully Avoid Malpractice,” Jefferson Spine Imaging Symposium, October 18, 2003; “Medical Legal Issues in Gynecologic Cytology”, International Academy of Pathology: United States and Canadian Division, 87th Annual Meeting, March 6, 1998; “Medical Legal Issues in Gynecologic Cytology”, Society for Health Care and Risk Management of New Jersey, January 8, 1998; ”Cervical Cancer Screening: Challenges and Promises”, University of Florida Health Science Center/Jacksonville Department of Pathology, May 10, 1997; “Medical Legal Issues in Gynecologic Cytology”, International Academy of Pathology: United States and Canadian Division, 86th Annual Meeting, March 6, 1997; “Concepts and Critical Issues in Gynecologic and Breast Cytopathology: Malpractice Issues and Risk Management”, American Society of Clinical Pathology, Educational Course, February 7, 1997; “General Legal Background”, CAP Conference XXX: Liability and Quality Issues in Cervicovaginal Cytology, June 7, 1996; “Medical Legal Issues in Gynecologic Cytology”, International Academy of Pathology: United States and Canadian Division, 85th Annual Meeting, March 29, 1996; “Concepts and Critical Issues in Gynecologic and Breast Cytopathology: Malpractice Issues and Risk Management”, American Society of Clinical Pathology, Educational Course, February 16, 1996; “Critical Issues in Cytopathology: Malpractice”, American Society of Cytopathology, 43rd Annual Scientific Meeting, November 10, 1995. Named by New Jersey Law Journal, August 2002, as one of the Top 40 Attorneys under 40. PRACTICE AREAS: Civil Litigation; Medical Malpractice; Insurance Defense; Products Liability; Commercial Litigation; Appellate Practice. |