Candace C. Herling is a partner with the Firm whose practice is devoted to defending healthcare providers and healthcare entities in medical malpractice and professional negligence matters. She represents hospitals, long-term care and skilled facilities, healthcare professionals, and related entities in professional liability and negligence claims, guiding clients strategically from pre-suit investigation through trial.
Candace brings a distinctive, firsthand understanding of the operational realities of long-term care. Having grown up working in her family's assisted living facility she has the practical, working knowledge of the regulatory pressures, staffing challenges, and day-to-day demands her long-term care clients face — insight that informs her defense strategy in every case.
In addition to litigation, Candace regularly represents healthcare professionals in matters before their respective licensing and regulatory boards. She has successfully assisted and defended providers before the same. She understands that defending a claim often requires protecting not only the case itself, but the provider's license, reputation, and long-term career.
Candace earned a B.A. in Communication (cum laude, Dean's List, 2008) and an M.A.T. in Curriculum and Instruction (2010) from La Sierra University before obtaining her J.D. (cum laude, 2014) from Thomas Jefferson School of Law. She has received repeated recognition as a Super Lawyers — Rising Star. Candace is licensed to practice across state and federal courts in Nevada.