Kathleen M. Kearney 
Bar Admissions
State of Texas, 2006
U.S. District Court, Northern District of Texas, 2007
U.S. District Court, Eastern District of Texas, 2007
U.S. Supreme Court, 2010
Education
Suffolk University Law School, Boston, Massachusetts, J.D., 2005
Emory University School of Nursing, Atlanta, Georgia, M.S.N., 2006
Boston College School of Nursing, Chestnut Hill, Massachusetts, B.S.N., 2000
Part-Time Faculty Appointment
Instructor, RN to BSN Program, Legal & Ethical Issues in Healthcare
Nursing Licensure and Board Certification
Registered Nurse, Texas Board of Nursing, 2000
Pediatric Nurse Practitioner-Primary Care, Pediatric Nursing Certification Board, 2007
Recent Honors and Awards
Super Lawyer Rising Star (a Thompson Reuters service), 2012 - 2013
Top 40 Under 40, The National Trial Lawyers, 2012
Big Sister of the Month, Big Brothers Big Sisters of North Texas, 2010
Litigation Section Member of the Year, The American Association of Nurse Attorneys, 2009
Professional Associations and Memberships
The American Association of Nurse Attorneys (Past President & Board of Directors, Texas Chapter)
Sigma Theta Tau International Honor Society of Nursing
Dallas Trial Lawyers Association
Texas Trial Lawyers Association
American Association for Justice
Dallas Women Lawyers Association
Dallas Association of Young Lawyers
DAYL Foundation
Texas Nurses Association
Publications
The Nurse's Duty to Report Child Abuse Versus the Attorney's Duty of Confidentiality: The Nurse Attorney's Dilemma, Journal of Nursing Law, 2009.
Textbook Peer Reviewer, Legal & Ethical Issues in Nursing, 2011
Lectures
Legal Issues for Nurse Practitioners, Georgia NAPNAP, Atlanta, 2013
Documentation from a Jury's Perspective, Scottish Rite Hospital, Dallas, 2010
Legal Issues in Nursing, Concorde Career Institute, Arlington, 2007 - 2008
Legal Issues for Advance Practice Nurses, Emory University, Atlanta, 2006
Legal Issues in Healthcare, Dorchester House, Boston, 2005