Catherine E. Bennett, senior counsel in the firm's General Civil and Complex Litigation, Appeals and Writs Department, focuses her practice in the areas of Appeals and Writs and Civil Litigation. Catherine is certified as a specialist in appellate law by the State Bar of California Board of Legal Specialization. She is the former president of the Kern County Bar Association and joined the firm in 1995 after receiving her J.D. from the California Pacific School of Law the same year. She also holds an M.B.A. from California State University, Bakersfield.
Certified Legal Specialties
Certified Specialist Appellate Law, State Bar of California Board of Legal Specialization
Honors and Awards
Super Lawyers, 2012 - 2015
BV® Rated by Martindale-Hubbell
GBLA Legal Services Award, 2005 - Present
Professional Associations and Memberships
Kern County Bar Association, 1995 - Present
- Board of Directors, 2000 - 2017
- Secretary/CFO, 2003
- Vice President, 2004
- President-Elect, 2005
- President, 2006
- Past President, 2007
Kern County Bar Association, Women Lawyers Section, 2013 - Present
Kern County Bar Association, Family Law Section, 2013 - Present
Kern County Bar Association Charitable Foundation, 2008 - Present
- Board of Directors
Kern County Bar Association Charitable Foundation, 2012 - Present
- Treasurer
Fresno County Bar Association, 2009- Present, Appellate Section, 2009 - Present
State Bar of California, Standing Committee on the Delivery of Legal Services, 2007 - Present
- Vice Chair, 2010 - 2011
- Chair, 2011 - 2012, 2007 - Present
Kern County Women Lawyers Association, 1994 - 2012
Kern County Women Lawyers Foundation, 2009 - 2013
- Treasurer
Kern County Women Lawyers Foundation, 1997 - Present
- Board of Trustees
Bakersfield North Rotary, 2008 - Present
Bakersfield North Rotary Foundation, 2009 - Present
- Member of the Board
Kern County Women Lawyers Association, 1996 - 2001
- Board of Directors
Kern County Women Lawyers Association, 2002 - 2005
- Board of Directors
Kern County Women Lawyers Association, 1997 - 1998, 2002 - 2005
- Secretary
Kern County Women Lawyers Association, 1998 - 1999
- Vice President
Kern County Women Lawyers Association, 1999 - 2000
- President
