Kathryn C. KlausAssociate
Practice Areas
- Appellate
- Aviation
- Business Law & Litigation
- Government Entity
- Insurance Law and Services
- Personal Injury
- Products Liability
Education
- University of California
Santa Barbara
B.A., 1995 - University of the Pacific
McGeorge School of Law
J.D. 1999
Bar Admissions
- California
- United States Court of Appeals Ninth Circuit
- United States District Court
Northern District of California
Professional Organizations
- Association of Defense Counsel of Northern California and Nevada
Additional Information
Kathryn’s practice is primarily focused upon complex insurance coverage and insurance bad faith disputes. The geographic scope of her practice has required her to be admitted pro hac vice in several states. She has also been responsible for coordination of the defense of complex litigation in several jurisdictions and has managed enormous volumes of materials necessary for the litigation of these cases.
Kathryn’s practice has extended beyond insurance matters as well. She has been extensively involved with aviation, products liability, and public entity litigation. She has litigated a number of these cases successfully as the responsible attorney. Recently, she was an important member of the defense trial team in a high profile and sensitive case stemming from an alleged gang rape. The case presented numerous constitutional and evidentiary issues and Kathryn was instrumental in drafting and arguing many of the motions which produced important rulings for her client.
Kathryn is thoroughly involved in the firm’s private and public lecturing activities. She regularly prepares curricula for and participates in private presentations for the firm’s clients as well as public lectures. These presentations have included such topics as extracontractual liability for aviation insurance carriers, regulatory issues, and insurance bad faith.
In law school, Kathryn was a recipient of the Verne and Annabelle McGeorge Scholastic Achievement Scholarship and she served as a law clerk to the Honorable David A. Huff, judge of the Third Judicial District Court of Nevada.