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Making the complex simple and understandable drives the way LaDonna L. Boeckman works with medical professionals and other clients in the healthcare industry. It’s also how she explains complex medical concepts to juries of lay people at trial. Drawing on her keen appreciation for research and leaving no stone unturned, she uses the information uncovered to shape the defense of hospitals, long-term care facilities, and medical providers and to craft a message to the triers of fact and law.

Clients who have worked with her appreciate the time and attention she spends preparing them to testify both at deposition and at trial. She crafts the message and defenses through deposition and eventually trial testimony to enhance the way in which she defends the lawsuit and secures favorable outcomes.

In addition to defending medical professionals and healthcare entities, Ms. Boeckman has experience defending toxic tort matters. She’s defended product and equipment manufacturers and workplace owners against exposure claims. In her role as a national coordinating counsel for companies subject to these claims, she helped craft the defense theory and message used in courthouses throughout the United States.

  • Drake University Law School, J.D., with honors1998
  • Drake University, B.A. in English & History with Cultural Studies Concentration, magna cum laude,1995

 

Law School Honors/Involvement

  • Drake Law Review
    • Notes Editor (1997-1998)
    • Moot Court Board (1996-1998)
  • Drake Law Women
    • Vice President (1997-1998)
    • Executive Board (1996-1997)
  • Drake Art Law Society (1997-1998)
    • Founding member
  • Extern Law Clerk, Magistrate Judge Celeste F. Bremer, Southern District of Iowa
  • Phi Alpha Delta
    • Executive Board (1996-1997)
  • Illinois
  • U.S. District Courts for the
    • Northern District of Illinois
    • Central District of Illinois
    • Southern District of Illinois

 

Professional Associations

  • Illinois Association of Defense Counsel
    • IDC Quarterly Columnist for Medical Malpractice/Healthcare Law
    • Monograph Committee for Tort Law
    • Medical Malpractice Committee
      • Social Media Chair
  • Defense Research Institute
    • Medical Liability Steering Committee
      • Publications Subcommittee
    • Senior and Long-Term Care Conference Planning Committee
      • Social Media Chair, 2025 Conference (Atlanta)
      • Networking Chair, 2024 Conference (Chicago)
  • Chicago Healthcare and Risk Management Society
Oldenburg and Boeckman Part of Litigation Team that Secures Confirmation from Illinois Supreme Court of Immunity for Healthcare Facilities and Providers During COVID-19 Pandemic
Banasek and Boeckman Secure Summary Judgment on Hospital COVID Negligence Suit
Oldenburg and Boeckman Prevail in Defending Immunity in COVID-19 Cases
  • Obtained summary judgment for hospital named as defendant for apparent agency in wrongful death action.
  • Obtained dismissal of dentist in dental negligence action where patient claimed negligent application of dental veneers.
  • Obtained dismissal of emergency medicine physician in medical malpractice action alleging injury following intubation of patient.
  • Obtained defense verdict for emergency medicine physician in medical malpractice action alleging developmentally challenged woman was improperly discharged from emergency department, resulting in her sexual assault.
  • Obtained defense verdict for premises owner when patron claimed automatic car wash caused damage to vehicle.
  • Obtained dismissal of dental clinic defendant in dental negligence action alleging injury to sinus cavity during tooth extraction.
  • Best Lawyers’ list of “Ones to Watch” (2021-2025)
  • Trial Lawyer Excellence Award for Outstanding Defense Verdict in a dental malpractice matter; awarded by Jury Verdict Reporter (2012)
  • Completed International Association of Defense Counsel Trial College at Stanford University (2007)
28 HeplerBroom Attorneys Honored with Inclusion on 2025 Best Lawyers Lists
28 HeplerBroom Attorneys Honored with Inclusion on 2024 Best Lawyers Lists
HB Elects Two New Partners
HeplerBroom Attorneys Honored with Inclusion on Best Lawyers List
HeplerBroom Attorneys Honored with Inclusion on Best Lawyers Lists
HeplerBroom Attorneys Honored with Inclusion on Best Lawyers List
Chicago Adds Medical and Dental Malpractice Associates
Boeckman and Caldwell Update Illinois Healthcare Risk Managers on HIPAA Changes and Their Impact on Hospitals and Clinics
Boeckman To Address State Healthcare Risk Managers on Virtual/Telehealth Liability Issues
Banasek and Boeckman to Present to Chicago Dental Society
  • “The New Wound Care Regulations and How They May Impact the Defense of the Wound Case,” DRI Senior Living and Long-Term Care Litigation Seminar (Chicago IL, 2024)
  • “Recent Developments in Forum Non Conveniens Law Applicable to Healthcare Providers,” IDC Developments Critical to Medical Malpractice Litigation Seminar (Chicago IL, 2024) (Co-presenter with HeplerBroom associate attorney)
  • “Time for Good Behavior! Creating a Culture Free from Sexual Harassment,” Chicago Dental Society-Midwinter Conference (Chicago IL, 2022). (Co-presenter)
Inaccurate Instructions and Interest on the Verdict: Takeaways from Johnson v. Advocate For the Medical Negligence Professional
What is Objectively Unreasonable Healthcare? Has the Implementation of Kingsley v. Hendrickson Caused an Unworkable Standard for Evaluating a Healthcare Professional’s Medical Decision- Making Under Section 1983?
Boeckman Publishes Article in DRI’s For the Defense on Defending Long-Term Care Wound Cases
Five HeplerBroom Attorneys Publish Features, Articles, and Columns for Illinois Defense Counsel’s Professional Journal
Five HeplerBroom Attorneys Publish Features, Articles, and Columns for Illinois Defense Counsel’s Professional Journal

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