Katherine Lubin Benson
Top rated Securities Litigation attorney in San Francisco, California
Practice Areas:
Securities litigation,
Antitrust litigation,
Intellectual property
Education Qualification:
University of California Berkeley School of Law
Practice Areas:
Securities litigation,
Antitrust litigation,
Intellectual property
275 Battery Street 29th FloorSan Francisco, California, 94111
First Admitted: 2008, California
Professional Webpage: http://www.lieffcabraser.com/Attorneys/Katherine-L-Benson.sh...
Bar/Professional Activity:
- Lawyer Representative to the Ninth Circuit Judicial Council, 2020-2024; Co-Chair, 2022-23; National Association of Public Pension Attorneys, Securities Litigation Committee Member, 2024-present; Northern District Court Practice Program, Board of Directors, 2016-present; ABA Class Actions National Institute, Planning Committee, 2024-present; Bar Association of San Francisco, Board of Directors, 2021-2023; East Bay Community Law Center, Board of Directors, 2015-2022; State Bar of California; American Bar Association
Honors/Awards:
- Selected for inclusion by peers in The Best Lawyers in America in the field of “Litigation – Securities,” 2023-2025; “Lawdragon 500 Leading Global Antitrust & Competition Lawyers,” Lawdragon, 2025; “Lawdragon 500 Leading Litigators in America,” Lawdragon, 2025; “Lawdragon 500 Leading Plaintiff Financial Lawyers in America,” Lawdragon, 2020-2024; “Rising Star for Northern California,” Super Lawyers, 2016 – 2023; “Rising Star for Securities Law,” Law360, 2021, 2022; “40 and Under Hot List,” Benchmark Litigation, 2018 – 2021; “Outstanding Antitrust Achievement by a Young Lawyer,” American Antitrust Institute, 2020; “Outstanding Private Practice Antitrust Achievement,” American Antitrust Institute, 2020; “Top 40 Under 40 Lawyer,” Daily Journal, 2020, Lieff Cabraser Heimann & Bernstein
Educational Background:
- University of California, Los Angeles, California, B.A. (Cum Laude) – 2005, Major: Political Science
Scholarly Lectures/Writings:
- Moderator, “The Federal Judiciary as Gatekeepers,” Institute for Law and Economic Policy 2024 Symposium: Gatekeeping in a Post-Chevron World, November 2024; Moderator, “Hot Topics in Class Action Settlement Approval,” ABA National Institute on Class Actions, October 2024; Panelist, “What Makes a Good Securities Case: Essentials for Public Funds,” NCPERS Annual Conference & Exhibition (ACE), May 2024; Speaker, “What Makes a Good Securities Case: Essentials for Public Funds,” National Conference on Public Employee Retirement Systems (NCPERS) Annual Conference, May 2024; Moderator, “Effective Advocacy in Federal Court,” Northern District Practice Program, July 2023; Speaker, “The Power of Collective Action to Address Workplace Sex Discrimination,” National Women’s Law Center, February 2023; Moderator, “Big Tech’s Reckoning With Antitrust Has Arrived,” Bar Association of San Francisco Webinar, February 2021; Speaker, National Consumer Law Center Consumer Rights Litigation Conference & Class Action Symposium, November 2020; Speaker, “Building the Best Firewall. Ethical Issues In Settlement Negotiations and Approval of Class Action Settlements,” ABA Class Actions National (Virtual) Institute, October 2020; Speaker, “Shareholder Derivative Actions as a Tool To Improve Corporate Governance,” Institutional Investors Fall Conference, September 2020; Moderator, “Case Management: Best Practices in the COVID-19 World,” Northern District Court Practice Program, July 2020; Speaker, “Predatory Bail Bonds Litigation,” New Statutes Seminar, California Public Defenders Association, March 2019
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