On Tuesday, November 19, 2024, Lieff Cabraser partner Katherine Lubin Benson will speak at the Northern District Practice Program Fall 2024 Civil Law Symposium in San Francisco, CA. Katherine will participate in a panel discussion on “Avoiding Disaster: Getting Your Expert Opinion Admitted,” alongside U.S. Magistrate Judge Laurel Beeler, Sonal Mehta, a partner at WilmerHale, and Priya Swaminathan, senior counsel at McManis Faulkner.
The Northern District of California Federal Practice Program is a not-for-profit organization created by judges and attorneys from the Court’s Bar. It serves as a forum for judges and legal practitioners to collaborate, share ideas, and enhance the administration of justice. The program offers continuing legal education (MCLE) through various events and symposia, fostering professional relationships between the Bench and Bar.
For more information and to register visit the Northern District Practice Program’s website.
About Katherine Lubin Benson
A partner in Lieff Cabraser’s San Francisco office, Katherine Lubin Benson specializes in securities and derivative suits and antitrust class actions. She was one of the firm lawyers heading the shareholder derivative action against Wells Fargo’s current and former officers and directors arising from the bank’s massive illicit sales practices scandal, which settled for a $240 million cash payment and corporate governance reforms in late 2018. The settlement received final approval in April 2020, and represents the largest insurer-funded derivative settlement in history. Lieff Cabraser’s work on the case was recognized by the American Antitrust Institute, which honored the firm with the 2020 Outstanding Private Practice Antitrust Achievement award. Katherine was awarded AAI’s Outstanding Antitrust Litigation Achievement by a Young Lawyer award for her contributions to the case.
Katherine was recently named as one of six lawyer representatives to the Ninth Circuit Judicial Counsel for the 2020-2023 term, and currently serves on the Board of Directors of the Northern District Practice Program, which provides continuing legal education programing for judges and practitioners in the district. She also serves on the Board of Directors of the East Bay Community Law Center, a non-profit affiliated with Berkeley Law providing free legal services to low-income communities.
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