Kelly M. Dermody
Partner
San Francisco
Practice Areas Include: Consumer Protection, Employment
Bar Information
Admitted to practice in California, 1994; U.S. District Court, Northern District of California, 1995; U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit, 2001; U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit, 2008; U.S. Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit, 2008, U.S. Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit, 2006; U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit, 2007; U.S. District Court, District of Colorado, 2007.
Education
Boalt Hall School of Law, University of
California, Berkeley (J.D. 1993); Moot Court Executive Board (1992-1993);
Articles Editor, Industrial Relations Law Journal/Berkeley Journal
of Employment and Labor Law (1991-1992); Harvard University (A.B. magna
cum laude, 1990); Senior Class Ames Memorial Public Service Award.
Prior Employment
Law Clerk to Chief Judge John T. Nixon,
U.S. District Court, Middle District of Tennessee, 1993-1994; Adjunct
Professor of Law, Golden Gate University School of Law, Employment
Law (Spring 2001).
Awards
The Best Lawyers in America, 2010; Northern California Super Lawyer, Law & Politics, 2004-2010; Top 50 Female Northern California Super Lawyers, Law & Politics, 2007-2010; Top 100 Northern California Super Lawyers, Law & Politics, 2007, 2009; 500 Leading Lawyers in America, Lawdragon, 2010; 500 Leading Plaintiffs' Lawyers, Lawdragon, 2007; Top Women Litigators in California, San Francisco and Los Angeles Daily Journal, 2007, 2010; Community Justice Award, Centro Legal de la Raza, 2008; Community Service Award, Bay Area Lawyers for Individual Freedom, 2008; California Lawyer Attorney of the Year (CLAY Award), California Lawyer, 2007; Trial Lawyer of the Year Finalist, Public Justice Foundation, 2007; Award of Merit, Bar Association of San Francisco, 2007; Consumer Attorney of the Year Finalist, Consumer Attorneys of California, 2006; California's Top 20 Lawyers Under 40, Daily Journal, 2006; Living the Dream Partner, Lawyers' Committee for Civil Rights of the San Francisco Bay Area, 2005.
Publications
"Class Actions: Latest Developments
in Litigating and Settling Employment Discrimination Class Actions" (American
Bar Association Labor and Employment Section Equal Employment Opportunity
Committee, Mid-Year Meeting 2001); "A Road Map to Discovery
in Employment Discrimination and Wage/Hour Class Actions" (with
James M. Finberg) (Glasser Legal Works Seminar, 2000); "Employment
Discrimination Class Actions in the Wake of Allison v. Citgo
Petroleum Corp. and Fed.R.Civ.P. 23(f)" (Federal Bar Association
Convention, 1999); Co-Author with James Finberg, "Discovery
in Employment Discrimination Class Actions," in Litigation
and Settlement of Complex Class Actions (Glasser Legal Works
1998).
Member
Northern District of California Lawyer Representative to the Ninth Circuit Judicial Conference (2007-present); Bar Association of San Francisco (Board of Directors: 2005-present, Treasurer: 2009-present, Secretary: 2008-2009; Litigation Section, Executive Committee, 2002-2005); American Bar Association Labor and Employment Law Section, Governing Council (2009-present), CLE Conference Task Force (Co-Chair, 2008-2009, Vice-Chair, 2007-2008), Committee on Equal Opportunity in the Legal Profession (Co-Chair, 2006-2007), Equal Employment Opportunity Committee (Co-Chair, 2003-2006; Midwinter Meeting Planning Committee, 2000-2006), Katrina Task Force (Member, 2005-2007); National Association of Women Judges (Resource Board, 2005-present); Carver Healthy Environments and Response to Trauma in Schools (Carver HEARTS), Steering Committee (2007-present); American Bar Foundation (Fellow, 2006-present); Lawyers' Committee for Civil Rights of the San Francisco Bay Area (Board of Directors, 1998-2005; Secretary, 1999-2003; Co-Chair, 2003-2005); National Center for Lesbian Rights (Board of Directors, 2002-2008; Co-Chair, 2005-2006); Pride Law Fund (Board of Directors, 1995-2002; Secretary, 1995-1997; Chairperson, 1997-2002); Equal Rights Advocates (Litigation Committee, 2000-2002); State Bar of California; Consumer Attorneys of California; National Employment Lawyers' Association; Bay Area Lawyers for Individual Freedom; Public Justice.
About Lieff Cabraser
Lieff Cabraser Heimann & Bernstein, LLP is a sixty-plus attorney law firm that has represented plaintiffs nationwide since 1972. We have offices in San Francisco, New York and Nashville. We represent plaintiffs in class and group actions and in individual lawsuits in cases involving substantial losses. For the last seven years, The National Law Journal has selected Lieff Cabraser as one of the top plaintiffs' law firms in the nation.
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