California Healthcare Institute Appoints Barbara L. Morrow as New General Counsel.Business Editors & Health/Medical Writers BIOWIRE2K LA JOLLA La Jolla (lə hoi`yə), on the Pacific Ocean, S Calif., an uninc. district within the confines of San Diego; founded 1869. The beautiful ocean beaches, in particular La Jolla shores and Black's Beach, and sea-washed caves attract visitors and , Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Oct. 1, 2002 Barbara L. Morrow was appointed vice president-general counsel for the California Healthcare Institute (CHI) in September. CHI is a non-profit public policy research organization representing leading academic biomedical research institutions, biotech, pharmaceutical and medical device firms in California. "Over the past few years, CHI and many of our members have worked with Barbara in Sacramento on a variety of tort reform issues and we have been uniformly impressed by her energy and political skills, " said David Gollaher, Ph.D., president and CEO (1) (Chief Executive Officer) The highest individual in command of an organization. Typically the president of the company, the CEO reports to the Chairman of the Board. of CHI. "In light of the growing importance of state government to the biomedical bi·o·med·i·cal adj. 1. Of or relating to biomedicine. 2. Of, relating to, or involving biological, medical, and physical sciences. R&D community, Barbara offers our members a new level of legal acumen together with a proven ability to get things done in the Capitol. She's a terrific advocate." Prior to joining CHI, Morrow was vice president-legislation of the Civil Justice Association of California (CJAC CJAC Criminal Justice Advisory Council (Salt Lake City, UT) ), a coalition of businesses, individuals and local government groups, where she oversaw the lobbying program. In that position, Morrow managed a wide range of civil liability and procedural issues, including product liability, arbitration, protective orders, summary judgment law, the unfair competition law, class actions, punitive damages Monetary compensation awarded to an injured party that goes beyond that which is necessary to compensate the individual for losses and that is intended to punish the wrongdoer. , toxic torts and construction defect law. Prior to joining CJAC, Morrow served as a legislative aide to Assemblyman Tom Bordonaro (R-Santa Barbara). From 1990-1996, Morrow was in-house counsel to Yamaha Motor Corp. in Cypress, Calif., where she focused on product liability litigation An action brought in court to enforce a particular right. The act or process of bringing a lawsuit in and of itself; a judicial contest; any dispute. When a person begins a civil lawsuit, the person enters into a process called litigation. on a nationwide basis. She holds a B.A. degree from Georgia State University History Georgia State University was founded in 1913 as the Georgia School of Technology's "School of Commerce." The school focused on what was called "the new science of business. and J.D. degree from Whittier College School of Law. Morrow is married to California State Senator Bill Morrow (R-Oceanside). CHI represents more than 200 leading biotechnology, medical device, diagnostics and pharmaceutical companies, and public and private academic biomedical research organizations. CHI's mission is to advance responsible public policies that foster medical innovation and promote scientific discovery. CHI's Web site is http://www.chi.org. |
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