Chastiti N. Horne

Chastiti is an equity partner whose primary practice areas include healthcare and hospitality defense. Chastiti represents hospitals, physicians, nurses, healthcare staffing agencies, LTC/ALF facilities and dentists in defending against medical malpractice lawsuits. She also represents hotels and restaurants in negligence cases. Chastiti acts as panel counsel for several national leading healthcare companies and also is counsel for several large hospitals and healthcare staffing companies. Currently, she represents one of the largest restaurant and entertainment chains in the United States. Other areas of practice include: premise and products liability, insurance defense claims and employment law. Her practice includes trial, appellate and alternative dispute resolution work. She has been the recipient of a number of awards professionally. Chastiti was featured in Time Magazine’s “Salute to Women in Leadership” (2008) and was awarded the 2012 Harris County Bench Bar Pro Bono Award for an Individual for her work with Child Advocates. She also received the 2001 Harris County Adult Volunteer of the Year award and has been named to the Texas Super Lawyer list by Texas Monthly 2012, 2013, 2014 and 2015, as well as, Texas Rising Star-Super Lawyer 2007 through 2011. She was named “Litigator of the Week” by Texas Lawyer Magazine for a dismissal she obtained for a healthcare client in January 2014. She was also selected as a 2014 Woman on the Move by Texas Executive Women. Further, she provides risk management services to her clients such as documentation and staffing guidance, social media risks and policy and procedure issues and how these areas relate to litigation concerns. She also provides in-depth seminars on deposition preparation and prepares client specific risk management training to her clients. She has spoken on litigation and legal related topics on the local and national levels. She is a 19 year volunteer with Child Advocates, Inc. wherein she acts as a guardian ad litem to children who have been removed from their home due to abuse or neglect. Chastiti regularly speaks at conferences and trainings regarding child abuse cases. She has been featured in 2 training videos for Child Advocates, Inc. and has been interviewed by an affiliate of Comcast news regarding her work as an advocate for abused children.

Memberships

Houston Bar Foundation- Life Fellow Houston Bar Association Defense Research Institute Texas Association of Defense Counsel (Nominating Committee 2009) Greater Houston Society for Healthcare Risk Management, Vice President – Board of Directors Texas Assisted Living Association Long Term Care Committee American Bar Association

Bar Admissions

State of Texas U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Texas U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Texas U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Texas U.S. District Court for the Western District of Texas U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit

Presentations & Publications

PESI, “Texas Nursing Home Negligence” (January 2003) ARC 2003 Healthcare Conference, “Documentation: Safe Passage in Healthcare” (June 2003) 22nd Annual Houston Perinatal Symposium, “How to Survive a Deposition: What You Wish You Had Documented” (February 2005) ARN 2005 Annual Expo & Seminar, “How to Survive a Deposition: What You Wish You Had Documented” (June 2005) GHSHRM (Greater Houston Society for Healthcare Risk Management), “When the Hall of Justice Crumbles: The Nurse’s Exposure to Criminal Liability and the Lawyer’s Dilemma” (February 2006) GCAHQ (Gulf Coast Association for Healthcare Quality) (May 2006) Council on Alcohol and Drugs Houston, “Guardian Ad Litem- Statutory Standards: Assessments, Procuring Special Services and Placements” (May 2010) Texas Assisted Living Association Conference (TALA), “Social Media and the Risk Manager: You are NOT Friends” (September 2011) St. Joseph Medical Center-CME, “Let Me Go Home! a/k/a I’m Leaving!: Discharge Against Medical Advice and its Legal Implications” (December 2011) Texas Assisted Living Association Regional Meeting (TALA), “Risqué Business – Dealing With a Sex Offender: Recognition, Reporting and Regrets” (February 2012) 2nd Annual Adjusting the Bar: The Definitive Ad Litem Seminar, “Statutory Standards: Assessments, Procuring Special Services and Placements” (April 2012) National Business Institute (NBI): Top Nursing Home Liability Claims in Texas, “NH/ALF Legal Risks and Compliance Tips” (December 2012) Texas Assisted Living Association Spring Conference (TALA), “Ask the Attorneys- Regulatory Trends and Policy Changes” (February 2013) 3rd Annual Adjusting the Bar: The Definitive Ad Litem Seminar, “Statutory Standards: Assessments, Procuring Special Services and Placements” (April 2013) Litigation Risk and Defense Strategies for Long Term Care and Assisted Living Providers, Brokers and Insurers (Memphis- May 2013) Defense Research Institute (DRI) Young Lawyers Conference: “Looking Ahead and Covering Behind- A Guide to Case Evaluation” (June 2013) National Business Institute (NBI): “Nursing Home Failure of Care Litigation” (December 2013) Texas Assisted Living Association Conference (TALA), “Dilemmas and Decisions: Why the Culture We Create Matters” (April 2014) 2nd Annual Litigation Risk and Defense Strategies for Long Term Care and Assisted Living Providers, Brokers and Insurers (Houston- May 2014) Texas Assisted Living Association (TALA): “Ethics in Long Term Care” (October 2014) ACI’s 5th Annual Forum on Preventing and Defending Long Term Care Litigation: “Defending Assisted Living Facilities in a Climate Where Resident Acuity and Exposure are at Their Highest” (January 2015- Miami) 3rd Annual Litigation Risk and Defense Strategies for Long Term Care and Assisted Living Providers, Brokers and Insurers (Houston- May 2014): “The Hidden Danger: When Falling Below the Standard of Care Does Not Equate to Abuse”