- Area of Specialization:
- Psychiatric malpractice cases (plaintiff only)
- Sexual abuse cases (plaintiff only)
- Sexual misconduct cases (plaintiff only)
- Education:
- New England School of Law, Boston, MA (J.D. cum laude, 1990)
- Wells College, Aurora, NY (B.A., philosophy, 1987)
- Professional Affiliations:
- American Bar Association
- Women's Bar Association (co-chair, Justice & Gender Committee)
- Massachusetts Bar Association
- Mass. Academy of Trial Attorneys (member, editorial board of MATA Journal)
- ATLA
- Publications:
- Pamela K. Sutherland & Gina Yarbrough,
High-Tech Gossip: Physician-Patient Confidentiality & Computerized
Managed Care, Trial 58 (November, 1996).
- Pamela Sutherland,
Sexual Abuse by Therapists,
Physicians, Attorneys, and Other Professionals,
World Wide Legal Information Association (1996).
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- Pamela K. Sutherland, A Plaintiffs' Attorney's Perspective, in Litigating Sexual
Misconduct Cases (M.C.L.E.ed., 1996)
- Pamela K. Sutherland, Insurance Coverage in Massachusetts for Therapist-Patient
Sexual Misconduct, MATA Journal 42 (July, 1995).
- Linda M. Jorgenson, Pamela K. Sutherland, Steven Bisbing, Outside The Rules:
Multiple Victims' Testimony in Sexual Misconduct Suits, Trial 3O (May
1995).
- Article -
- Linda M. Jorgenson, Pamela K. Sutherland, Steven Bisbing, Masters of Their Fate:
Employer Liability in Therapist Sexual Misconduct Cases, 60 Brooklyn Law
Review 1421 (1995).
- Steven B. Bisbing, Linda Mabus Jorgenson & Pamela K. Sutherland, Sexual Abuse
by Professionals: A Legal Guide (Michie/Butterworth Company, 1995).
- Abstract -
- Link
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- Paul Appelbaum, Linda Jorgenson & Pamela Sutherland, Sexual Relationships
Between Physicians and Patients, 154 Archives of Internal Medicine 2561
(1994).
- Abstract -
- Pamela K. Sutherland, Linda Jorgenson & Steven Bisbing, Litigating Sexual Abuse
Cases by Health Care Profesionals, MATA Journal 44 (April-May 1994).
- Linda Jorgenson & Pamela Sutherland, A Question of Ethics: Attorney-Client Sexual
Contact, Trial 68 (Sept. 1993).
- Linda Jorgenson & Pamela Sutherland, Alternative Theories of Psychotherapist
Liability: What's Sex Got To Do With It?, Trial 22 (May 1993).
- Linda Jorgenson & Pamela Sutherland, Liability of Physicians, Therapists and Other
Health Professionals for Sexual Misconduct with Patients, Medical Liability
Issues for Lawyers, Physicians, and Insurers: Current Trends and Future
Directions A-117 (Tort and Insurance Practice Section ed. 1993).
- Linda Jorgenson & Pamela Sutherland, Lawyers' Sex With Clients: A Proposal for
a Uniform Standard, 12(11) Fairshare 11 (1992).
- Thomas Gutheil, Linda Jorgenson & Pamela Sutherland, Prohibiting Lawyer-Client
Sex, 20 Bulletin of the American Academy of Psychiatry and Law 365 (1992).
- Abstract -
- Larry Strasburger, Linda Jorgenson & Pamela Sutherland, The Prevention of
Therapist Sexual Contact: Avoid the Slippery Slope, 46(4) American Journal
of Psychotherapy 544 (1992).
- Abstract -
- Linda Jorgenson, Steven Bisbing & Pamela Sutherland, Therapist-Patient Sexual
Misconduct and Insurance Liability, 27 (3) Tort & Insurance Law Journal 595
(1992).
- Linda Jorgenson & Pamela Sutherland, Attorney-Client Sexual Contact: An Informal
Survey, 14(41) National Law Journal 26 (1992).
- Linda Jorgenson & Pamela Sutherland, Fiduciary Theory
Applied to Attorneys'
Personal Dealings: Attorney-Client Sexual Contact, 45 Arkansas Law Review
458 (1992).
- Presentations:
- "Ethics Town Hall Meeting: Attorney-Client Sexual Contact," 1993 American Bar
Association Annual Meeting (August 6, 1993).
- "To Sue or Not To Sue: What Are Your Questions," TELL (Therapist Exploitation Link Line)
Open Meeting (November 11, 1994).
- "Doctors in Court: A Survival Guide," Harvard Medical School Department of Continuing Education
(December 10, 1994).
- "Tort Recovery in Professionals' Sexual Abuse Cases," 1995 Massachusetts Academy
of Trial Attorneys Annual Convention (October 26, 1995).
- "Litigating Sexual Misconduct Cases," Massachusetts Continuing Legal Education (January 31,1996).
- Testimony Before Rhode Island Senate in Support of Proposed Civil Legislation on
Therapist-Patient Sexual Contact (March 28, 1996).
- "Sexual Misconduct by Psychotherapists: A Complete Legal View," Toronto 1996
American Psychological Association Annual Conference (August 13, 1996).
- Additional Information:
- PAMELA K. SUTHERLAND is a litigation attorney who has represented plaintiffs in cases
pending in Massachusetts, Rhode Island, New Hampshire, New York,
North Carolina, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, Ohio, Georgia, and
Florida. Ms. Sutherland has taught at New England School
of Law. She is married to a musician (Philip A.
Lipman), and lives outside of Boston with their Bouvier and cat.
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