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Kriss Halpern, JD
Diabetes Attorney, Santa Monica
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Kriss Halpern is a trial attorney licensed to practice in the State of California and the Central, Southern and Northern Districts of the United States Ninth Circuit, and the Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit.
He was an Editor of the Law Review at the University of Pennsylvania School of Law and a Member of the University’s National Moot Court team before his graduation in 1987. He graduated Magna Cum Laude with High Honors in History and English and American Literature from Brandeis University in 1983, where he was an Editor of the student newspaper, The Justice, and an elected member of the University’s Presidential Search Committee.
He began his practice in California as an associate with the international firm Gibson, Dunn and Crutcher, followed by criminal law with well-known defense attorney Barry Tarlow.
Mr. Halpern formed his own practice in 1992 where he has specialized in civil litigation involving insurance bad faith, legal malpractice, and a wide variety of business disputes and consumer protection matters.
As a result of his own experience with type 1 diabetes, Mr. Halpern has spent years learning both the day-to-day and legal aspects of living with this chronic illness. He was a volunteer with the largest investigation ever conducted in the treatment of diabetes, known as the Diabetes Control and Complications Trial. He is a recipient of the Charles H. Best Medal for Distinguished Service by the American Diabetes Association and a Certificate of Appreciation from the United States National Institutes of Health.
Mr. Halpern has twice been awarded by the State Bar of California for legal services to the poor arising from years of efforts on behalf of impoverished indigenous refugees from Guatemala seeking political asylum in the United States after their own villages were attacked during that country’s brutal civil war. He conducted training lectures for asylum hearing officers working with the former Immigration and Naturalization Services regarding the nature of political and racial discrimination in Guatemala and asylum claims of Maya refugees.
TCOYD Faculty History:
TCOYD Conferences & Health Fairs
| October 10, 2009 • Santa Clara Convention Center
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| October 24, 2009 • San Diego Convention Center
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| September 19, 2009 • Midwest Airlines Center
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| May 30, 2009 • Indiana Convention Center
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| November 22, 2008 • San Diego Convention Center
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| May 31, 2008 • Albuquerque Convention Center
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| May 10, 2008 • Pontchartrain Center
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| February 2, 2008 • Indianapolis Convention Center
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| December 8, 2007 • San Diego Convention Center
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| November 17, 2007 • Midwest Airlines Center
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| October 20, 2007 • Hilton Garden Inn
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September 15, 2007 • Santa Clara Convention Center
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| June 2, 2007 • Los Angeles Convention Center
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| March 10, 2007 • Riviera Hotel & Casino
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| November 18, 2006 • San Diego Convention Center
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| June 3, 2006 • Greater Columbus Convention Center
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| March 25, 2006 • Statehouse Convention Center
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| October 29, 2005 • San Diego Convention Center
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| May 7, 2005 • Polk County Convention Complex
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| November 20, 2004 • San Diego Convention Center
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| September 11, 2004 • Amarillo Civic Center
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TCOYD Series Television
San Diego Mini Series
June 2008
Articles
TCOYD Newsletter, Vol. 22, 2007
Why is it that people with diabetes (PWD) have a hard time getting
enough glucose test strips per month covered by their medical
insurance? Or insulin pens? Or Byetta? Or Symlin? And why is it next to
impossible to get insurance coverage for a continuous glucose monitor
(CGM)? Why is it that we have to beg, plead, appeal and fight for the
FDA approved, and clinically proven drugs and devices, that will help
us deal most effectively with this chronic condition and reduce, or
eliminate our chances for end-stage, expensive and life threatening
complications? Why is it that trying to get approval to see a
dietitian, an exercise physiologist or a CDE is so difficult? I hate to
be so cynical, but the answer is that insurance companies do not want
to pay for these therapies because they take away from their bottom
line.
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Kriss Halpern, JD
TCOYD Newsletter, Vol. 29, 2009
I received an email recently from a deputy public defender asking for my thoughts about a case at her office. The DA office was charging her client with manslaughter and offering two years in state prison. The prosecutor was telling her the National District Attorneys Association of criminal prosecutors was looking into charging murder in cases like this; not manslaughter, murder. Murder charges against a person with diabetes suffering hypoglycemia while driving, getting into an accident, and causing a death.
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Resources
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