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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 - 2023
BV® Rated by Martindale-Hubbell
GBLA Legal Services Award, 2005
KCBA Bench and Bar Award, 2019
CSU Bakersfield Alumni Hall of Fame, Inducted February 28, 2015
Professional Associations and Memberships
Kern County Bar Association, 1995 - Present
- Board of Directors, 2000 - 2007
- Secretary/CFO, 2003
- Vice President, 2004
- President-Elect, 2005
- President, 2006
- Past President, 2007
- Women Lawyers Section, 2013 - Present
- Family Law Section, 2013 - Present
Kern County Bar Association Charitable Foundation
- Board of Directors, 2008 - Present
- Treasurer, 2012 - Present
State Bar of California, Standing Committee on the Delivery of Legal Services, 2007 - 2012
- Vice-Chair, 2010 - 2011
- Chair, 2011 - 2012
Kern County Women Lawyers Association, 1994 - 2012
- Board of Directors. 1996 - 2001, 2002 - 2005
- Secretary, 1997 -1998, 2002 - 2005
- Vice President, 1998 - 1999
- President, 1999 - 2000
Kern County Women Lawyers Foundation
- Board of Trustees, 1997 - 2013
- Treasurer, 2009 - 2013
Bakersfield North Rotary, 2008 - Present
- President 2020 - 2021
Bakersfield North Rotary Foundation, 2009 - Present
- President, 2021 - 2022
- Vice President, 2020 - 2021
- Secretary, 2019 - 2020
- Treasurer, 2012 - 2019; 2022 - Present
