Diana joined Wagstaff & Cartmell as counsel in 2014 after spending nine years at an Am-Law 100 firm.

She has broad experience handling professional negligence and commercial litigation claims and representing healthcare providers in a variety of legal matters. She has handled every step of litigation from start to finish including: Risk management planning, factual and expert discovery, pre-trial motion practice, trial and appellate work.

Diana is a Kansas City native and is active in the community. She volunteers her time to Charlie’s House, the Junior League of Kansas City, Big Brothers Big Sisters, and Harvesters.

Representative Matters

• Represent physicians in licensing matters and disciplinary proceedings before State Boards of Healing Arts;
• Take and defend fact and expert witness depositions;
• Win motions to dismiss for healthcare clients;
• Coordinate factual and expert discovery;
• Provide education training seminars to case management and physician staff;
• Develop compliance policies for healthcare clients;
• Handle internal risk management investigations for hospitals and healthcare clinics;
• Represent hospitals seeking the appointment of guardian/conservator for patients that lack capacity to make healthcare decisions.