Real Estate Civil

Katherine M. Heersema

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EDUCATION

University of Southern California Gould School of Law

Juris Doctor, May 2009 GPA: 3.24

High Honors Grades: Gifts, Wills & Trusts; Taxation; Remedies; Special Topics on the Philosophy of Law

Honors Grades: Estate Planning; Family Law; Contract Drafting and Negotiation; Business Organizations; Criminal

Procedure; Local Government; Real Estate Transactions Problems; Real Estate Finance Problems

Dissertation: Authored dissertation analyzing income taxation and the innocent spouse exception to joint and several

liability for deficiencies and underpayment

Activities: Women’s Law Association

University of California Los Angeles

Bachelor of Arts, Political Science with an Emphasis in American Politics, December 2004

Minor: French

Honors: Dean’s List

Study Abroad: French Business Program, Paris, France (Summer 2004)

EXPERIENCE

Trope and Trope LLP Los Angeles, CA

Associate Attorney March 2010 – Present

Summer Associate/Law Clerk May 2008 – April 2009

Manage cases from intake to completion, including initial case analysis, preparation for and appearances at hearings

on motions and orders to show cause, preparation for trial, and settlement

Research and draft motions and orders to show cause regarding issues ranging from separate and community property to civil

procedure, evidence, taxation, torts, professional responsibility, spousal and child support, child custody, property division,

attorney’s fees, and domestic violence

Take and defend depositions, propound and respond to discovery requests, and formulate discovery strategy

Prepare and analyze financial disclosures, including Income and Expense Declarations and Schedules of Assets and Debts, and

work with forensic accountants with respect to complex financial and accounting matters

Draft premarital agreements, settlement briefs, judgments, and client and third party declarations

Handle enforcement of judgments and orders, including writs of execution, liens, and abstracts of judgment

Trope & DeCarolis LLP Los Angeles, CA

Associate Attorney September 2009 – March 2010

Researched and prepared motions and orders to show cause regarding various family law and civil litigation issues

Drafted declarations, financial disclosures, and memoranda of points and authorities

Propounded and responded to discovery requests, assisted clients with responses thereto, and corresponded with opposing

counsel regarding the same

Collins Collins Muir & Stewart LLP South Pasadena, CA

Law Clerk May 2007 – November 2007

Drafted motions, memoranda and applications relating to various stages of civil litigation, from preliminary evaluation to

enforcement of a judgment, and conducted research regarding the same

Drafted discovery requests and interrogatories, prepared documents for production, and analyzed produced discovery items

Homeless Court, Public Counsel/Los Angeles City Attorney’s Office Los Angeles, CA

Legal Intern April 2005 – September 2005

Worked in conjunction with Public Counsel Law Firm and other jurisdictions within Los Angeles County to resolve warrants,

citations and other legal issues faced by homeless and underprivileged individuals

Conducted background checks and organized Homeless Court sessions

PROFESSIONAL QUALIFICATIONS

License: State Bar of California (2009)

Admissions: Supreme Court of California, Central District of California, Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals

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