Kathleen Dunham
Ms. Dunham is an experienced attorney with over 20 years in active practice in California. She has taken and defended depositions in a wide range of cases, and has extensive experience in preparing law and motion matters and arguing them before the court. Within the last several years, she won a motion on a real property issue previously undecided in California law, which victory was upheld on appeal and is the subject of a published opinion of the California Court of Appeal. Her trial experience includes an $800,000 judgment. Ms. Dunham received her B.A. Degree in English from U.C. Berkeley and her law degree from U.C.L.A.
Legal articles written by Ms. Dunham have appeared in publications such as The National Law Journal (“Potentially Responsible Parties Can Avoid Some Pollution Exclusion Barriers”, January, 1999) and the Orange County Business Journal (“Judging the Merits of Pursuing Litigation”, September, 1995).
Human rights advocacy is of great interest to Ms. Dunham. In that regard, she was a Court Appointed Special Advocate with the County of Orange in 2002-2004, during which time she mentored a child in the foster care system and prepared court reports and advocated for services for the youth. For three months in 2005, she worked in the legal department of Casa Alianza in Guatemala City, Guatemala, where she prepared legal briefs and appeared at court hearings on human rights cases. Currently, Ms. Dunham provides regular volunteer services to the Center for Human Rights and Constitutional Law in Los Angeles.
Ms. Dunham is fluent in Spanish, certified by the California Department of Education. She has worked and lived overseas for more than four years, including years spent in Ecuador, Honduras and Korea.
3 Hutton Centre Drive
Ninth Floor
Santa Ana, CA 92707
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Tel: (714) 241-4444
Fax: (714) 241-4445