Hildegarde B. Aguinaldo

Associate

Los Angeles
633 West Fifth Street
Suite 4000
Los Angeles, California 90071

Phone: 213.599.7814
Fax: 213.250.7900
Email: [email protected]

Hildegarde Aguinaldo is an attorney in the Healthcare Litigation practice group of Lewis Brisbois Bisgaard & Smith LLP, where she specializes in the defense of healthcare providers. In that capacity, Ms. Aguinaldo has developed substantial experience in handling companies' and practitioners' general and professional liability claims from pre-suit investigation through resolution. Ms. Aguinaldo's practice benefits from the heightened understanding of healthcare systems she has gained from her Master of Public Health degree from the University of California, Los Angeles, and her past service as a board member of a local Dignity Health hospital.

Ms. Aguinaldo is an appointee to the California Acupuncture Board, with whom she currently serves President of the Board and Chair of its Enforcement Committee. As a Board member, she participates in the administrative law process as the final decision maker in adjudicatory proceedings against practitioners. Ms. Aguinaldo is also an appointee to the Los Angeles County Hospitals and Healthcare Delivery Commission. As a Commissioner, Ms. Aguinaldo advises the Board of Supervisors on healthcare related matters pertaining to the County with a focus on issues arising from health reform.

In addition to the law, Ms. Aguinaldo's longest commitment has been to advocate for the Filipino-American community. From 2014 to 2015, Ms. Aguinaldo served as President of the Philippine American Bar Association (PABA), where she honed the organization’s efforts to advance judicial diversity and civic engagement. Ms. Aguinaldo continues to carry out PABA's mission in celebrating cultural history and contributions and empowering students and attorneys to advance in the legal profession.

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