
Katherine Kao
Director
BUSINESS LITIGATION
OaklandPH 510.834.6600
FX 510.834.1928
kkao@fennemorelaw.comKatherine Kao
Katherine’s experience includes representing individual and business clients in a wide range of civil litigation matters, including trade secret misappropriation, First Amendment issues, employment disputes and probate matters.
Education
- J.D., University of California, Los Angeles, School of Law
- B.A., University of California, Berkeley
AREAS OF PRACTICE
REPRESENTATIVE MATTERS
- Lead and support litigation in areas of mortgage and lending, easement and boundary
line, contract/business disputes, wage and hour/wrongful termination, and trade secret
misappropriation - Negotiate and settle cases
- Prepare writs and appeals
- Create and manage eDiscovery collection and review plans
AWARDS AND HONORS
- Rising Star, Northern California Super Lawyers®, 2019
ARTICLES AND PRESENTATIONS
- Speaker, “The Devilish Details: Keeping an Eye Out for Mortgage Lien Irregularities That
You May Not Have Bargained For,” Wendel Rosen Client Seminar, February 13, 2018 - Speaker, “What You Don’t Know Can Hurt You!, “Wendel Rosen Client Seminar,
November 8, 2017 - Speaker, “Top 10 Employment Law Changes for 2017,” Wendel Rosen Client Seminar,
January 25, 2017 - Speaker, “Wages and Interest and Penalties, Oh My!” Wendel Rosen Client Seminar,
October 13, 2016 - Speaker, “Discipline Without Fear,” Wendel Rosen Client Seminar, April 6, 2016
PROFESSIONAL AND COMMUNITY ACTIVITIES
- Member, Alameda County Bar Association
Admissions
- California