Kathleen Balderrama is a counsel in Crowell & Moring's Litigation Group in the Los Angeles office. She has experience with all phases of litigation from obtaining preliminary injunctions at the inception of a case through trial and post-judgment motions. Kathleen has taken and defended numerous fact witness and expert depositions, successfully argued and defended against dispositive motions, and prepared, presented, and defended witnesses at trial. She has experience defending complex civil matters and class actions.

Kathleen has experience in securities, antitrust, telecommunications, and intellectual property litigation. She has litigated before California state courts, federal and bankruptcy courts, and the California Public Utilities Commission.

Kathleen served as a law clerk to the Honorable William J. Rea, of the United States District Court for the Central District of California in 2003-2004. She graduated as valedictorian from Loyola Law School of Los Angeles in 2002, and she obtained a B.A. in music from Loyola Marymount University in 1998. Southern California Super Lawyers magazine has three times named Kathleen to its "Rising Stars" list.

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Speaking Engagements

• "Investment Litigation Issues for Public Pension Systems," CALAPRS Attorney Roundtable, San Jose, California (January 2011). Presenters: Michael L. Cypers and Kathleen Balderrama.
  
  
• "DOJ on Line One, WSJ on Line Two: How to Make the Right Calls in the Worst Case Scenario," Association of Corporate Counsel, Southern California Chapter, August ACCess MCLE program (August 2010). Presenters: Kelly Currie, Michael Cypers, Janet Levine, Jeff Rutherford, Mark Troy and Katie Balderrama.
  
  
• "Working with Forensic Accountants on Financial Cases," California Society of Certified Public Accountants, Executive Board, San Francisco (2008). Presenters: Michael L. Cypers and Kathleen Balderrama.
  
  

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