First Admitted: 2004

Bar/Professional Activity:

Verdicts/Settlements (Case Results):

Represented an internationally-known author against his former business manager; obtained a judgment in excess of $300,000 for fraud, elder abuse, defamation, and more, 2019

Videos:

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Special Licenses/Certifications:

Certified Green Business, 2015-present (the first attorney in West Contra Costa County to qualify); re-certified every two years., 2024
Notary public 2008-2024 (consecutive commissions), 2024
Certified Mediator: BBB Auto Line, 2008

Pro bono/Community Service:

Member, Contra Costa County Bar Association Pro Bono Honor Roll Selected for inclusion every year since this award was inaugurated - currently five years, 2024
Berkeley Animal Care Services - volunteer weekly, 2022
Pro bono Wills Clinic (Contra Costa County Senior Legal Services), 2020
Sponsor, Rotary Club of El Cerrito "Sip and Savor" fundraiser each year
Speaker, Rotary Club of El Cerrito, 2019
Member of the Board of Directors for the Center for Sex and Culture (San Francisco, CA)
Member of El Cerrito Rotary Club (and past board member)
Member: Paul Harris Society (Rotary International), 2014
Member of the Board of Directors of the Feilding Foundation

Honors/Awards:

Best Attorney, Best of El Cerrito, 2023
Best Attorney, Best of El Cerrito, 2022
Best Lawyer, Expertise.com, 2022
Named Best in the East Bay in the only year that this category has ever been included in the East Bay Express' annual round-up., Best of the East Bay: Attorney-Trusts & Estates, East Bay Express, 2021
I was named among the top probate attorneys based on my expertise and professionalism, among other criteria., Best Probate Attorney, Expertise.com, 2021
Super Lawyers Rising Star, 2014
Top Women Attorneys, Northern California, Super Lawyers, 2014
Super Lawyers Rising Star, 2013
Super Lawyers Rising Star, 2012

Educational Background:

Editor-in-Chief, Hastings Communication and Entertainment Law Journal,, 2002
M.S. in Education, as well as Single Subject and Multiple Subject teaching credentials - California State University, Hayward, 1993
B.A. in English - University of California at Berkeley (having been admitted as a freshman at age 14), 1990

Scholarly Lectures/Writings:

U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit, Office of the Circuit Executive - I wrote this guide to Alternative Dispute Resolution for the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit, Office of the Circuit Executive. It was distributed to every federal judge in the entire Circuit., ADR Guidebook, 2003
Guarding the Schoolhouse Gate - This was an overview of the state of then-current law related to creationism and intelligent design in the public schools. It was intended to help school districts deal with threats to the teaching of evolution., National Center for Science Education, 2001

Kathleen Hunt