Katherine E. Harvey-Lee
California Truck Injury Law PC 475 Washington Blvd Marina del Rey, CA 90292 Practice Area(s): Personal Injury, Catastrophic Injuries
Admission Dates & Jurisdictions
- California, 2001
- U.S. Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit, 2001
- U.S. District Court, Central District of California, 2001
- U.S. District Court, Southern District of California, 2011
Education
- Carnegie Mellon University (B.F.A., with University Honors, 1987)
- Whittier Law School, Costa Mesa, California (J.D. summa cum laude, 2001)
Honors & Awards
- The National Trial Lawyers Top 100 Trial Lawyers
- Selected to: Southern California Super Lawyers® 2014 – 2015
- The Best Lawyers in America® 2013 – 2015
(Copyright by Woodward/White, Inc., of Aiken, SC) - Nation’s Top One Percent, National Association of Distinguished Counsel
- Selected to: Southern California Super Lawyers® – Rising Star, 2005 – 2008
- Avvo.com Superb Score 10 out of 10
- Listed, The Bar Register of Preeminent Lawyers™
- Law School Moot Court Honors Board
- Law School Trial Advocacy Honors Board
- Summa Cum Laude graduate from Law School
- American Jurisprudence Awards for the top grade in Torts and Legal Skills
- Cali Excellence Awards for the top grade in Evidence, Juvenile Law, and Public Interest Law
- Southern California Defense Counsel Scholar for Top Performance in Torts & Legal Writing
- College conference record-holder in the 800m, 1986 – 1987
- Ateneo de Davao University, Davao City, Philippines, Exchange Scholar, 1982 – 1983
- Moot Court Honors Board
- Trial Advocacy Honors Board
Professional Associations
- Bus Litigation Group Advisory Board, American Association for Justice
- State Bar of California
- American Bar Association
- Los Angeles County Bar Association
- The American Association for Justice: Leader’s Forum
- Consumer Attorneys Association of Los Angeles
- Consumer Attorneys of California
- Attorneys Information Exchange Group
- Association of Plaintiff Interstate Trucking Lawyers of America®
Press
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- TV
- Telemundo 52 News Los Angeles
- KNBC News Los Angeles
- Radio
- KGO 810 News Radio, The Karel Show
- KPCC 89.3, Southern California Public Radio
- TV
- News
- Associated Press
- Press Enterprise
- San Bernardino Sun
- TRIAL magazine
Speaking Engagements
- Topic: Crash-course covering the basics of litigating a personal injury case from intake to trial or settlement
Organization: Orange County Bar Association
Event: Personal Injury 101: Nuts and Bolts of Personal Injury Practice Seminar
Location: Chapman Law School, Orange, California
Date: September 30, 2011
Publications
- “Put the Brakes on ‘Curbside’ Bus Abuse”
TRIAL Magazine issued entitled, “Danger on the Road,” February 2013 - “Negligent Infliction of Emotional Distress: Double Recovery for Negligence”
Advocate Magazine
April 2009 - “A Tire Safety Issue that Is Coming of Age” (co-authored with Geoffrey Wells)
Advocate Magazine
February 2007 - “SEI Workshop on Software Configuration Management”
Software Engineering Institute Technical Report, ESD-TR-86-209
(CMU/SEI-86-TR-5, 1986)
Service Activities
- Volunteered legal services for the Los Angeles County Juvenile Justice program
- Moot Court Judge for the American Board of Trial Advocates, Moot Court Competition, 2005-2009
- Mentor through Los Angeles County foster child program
- St. Mark Elementary School Parent Action Committee member