Katherine Wenger

Wellesley College, B.A.,  1999

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University of California, Berkeley School of Law, J.D., 2002

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Litigation Attorney at Simpson Thacher & Bartlett LLP, 2002 – 2005

Principal at Morgan Miller Blair, 2005 – 2011

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Partner at Brown, Church & Gee LLP, 2011 – Present

Katherine Wenger’s practice emphasizes the litigation of complex business and real estate related disputes, for both private and public companies.

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Katherine counsels and assists companies in mergers, acquisitions, intellectual property, employment issues, corporate governance, insurance, residential and commercial real estate development, and resolving contract and financing disputes through pre-litigation counseling, mediation, arbitration and/or trial.

Experience

Partner at Brown, Church & Gee LLP, November, 2011 – Present

Principal at Morgan Miller Blair, April 2005 – October 2011

Litigation Attorney at Simpson Thacher & Bartlett LLP, September 2002 – April 2005

Admissions

California
United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit
United States District Court, Northern District of California

Awards

From 2010 through 2017 Katherine has been named as a Northern California Rising Star by SuperLawyers, a designation received by only 2.5 percent of young lawyers in the area.

Memberships

Contra Costa County Bar Association
American Bar Association

Representative Matters

• Assistance to companies in obtaining insurance coverage for various disputes as they arise.

• Successful resolution of disputes regarding construction and development of commercial and residential real estate

• Counseling of clients regarding protection of copyright and trademark rights and protection of trade secrets and other proprietary business information.

• Successful prosecution of claims for defaults on various promissory notes resulting in jury verdict in excess of two million dollars.

• Successful defense and prosecution of trade secret misappropriation and unfair competition claims.