Attorney Profile

Kelly M. Dermody

Kelly Dermody

Lieff Cabraser Heimann & Bernstein, LLP
275 Battery Street, 29th Floor
San Francisco, CA 94111
Contact Contact Kelly M. Dermody
T: 415-956-1000
F: 415-956-1008

Visit: www.lieffcabraser.com
Practice areas: Employment Litigation: Plaintiff (50%), Consumer Law (50%)

Selected to:

Northern California Super Lawyers 2009
Northern California Super Lawyers 2008
Northern California Super Lawyers 2007
Northern California Super Lawyers 2006
Northern California Super Lawyers 2005
Northern California Super Lawyers 2004

About Kelly Dermody

Admitted: 1994, California

Professional Webpage: www.lieffcabraser.com/bios/dermody.php

Honors and Awards: "Community Justice Award," Centro Legal de la Raza, 2008; "Community Service Award," Bay Area Lawyers for Individual Freedom, 2008; "California Lawyer Attorney of the Year (CLAY) Award," California Lawyer, 2007; "Lawdragon 500 Leading Plaintiffs' Lawyers," Lawdragon, Winter 2007; "Trial Lawyer of the Year Finalist," Public Justice Foundation, 2007; "Award of Merit," Bar Association of San Francisco, 2007; "Top Women Litigators in California," San Francisco and Los Angeles Daily Journal, 2007; Consumer Attorney of the Year Finalist, Consumer Attorneys of California, 2006; California's "Top 20 Lawyers Under 40," Daily Journal, 2006; "Living the Dream Partner," Lawyers' Committee for Civil Rights of the San Francisco Bay Area, 2005.
Bar/Professional Activity: Northern District of California Lawyer Representative to the Ninth Circuit Judicial Conference (2007-present); Bar Association of San Francisco (Board of Directors, 2005-present, Secretary, 2008-present; Litigation Section, Executive Committee, 2002-2005); American Bar Association Labor and Employment Law Section, Governing Council (2009-present), CLE Conference Task Force (Co-Chair, 2008-2009, Vice-Chair, 2007-2008), Committee on Equal Opportunity in the Legal Profession (Co-Chair, 2006-2007), Equal Employment Opportunity Committee (Co-Chair, 2003-2006; Midwinter Meeting Planning Committee, 2000-2006), Katrina Task Force (Member, 2005-2007); National Association of Women Judges (Resource Board, 2005-present); American Bar Foundation (Fellow, 2006-present).
Pro bono/Community Service: Carver Healthy Environments and Response to Trauma in Schools (Carver HEARTS), Steering Committee (2007-present); Lawyers' Committee for Civil Rights of the San Francisco Bay Area (Board of Directors, 1998-2005; Secretary, 1999-2003; Co-Chair, 2003-2005); National Center for Lesbian Rights (Board of Directors, 2002-2008; Co-Chair, 2005-2006); Pride Law Fund (Board of Directors, 1995-2002; Secretary, 1995-1997; Chairperson, 1997-2002); Equal Rights Advocates (Litigation Committee, 2000-2002).
Scholarly Lectures and Writings: Adjunct Professor of Law, Golden Gate University School of Law, Employment Law (Spring 2001).  Writing: "Class Actions: Latest Developments in Litigating and Settling Employment Discrimination Class Actions" (American Bar Association Labor and Employment Section Equal Employment Opportunity Committee, Mid-Year Meeting 2001); "A Road Map to Discovery in Employment Discrimination and Wage/Hour Class Actions" (with James M. Finberg) (Glasser Legal Works Seminar, 2000); "Employment Discrimination Class Actions in the Wake of Allison v. Citgo Petroleum Corp. and Fed.R.Civ.P. 23(f)" (Federal Bar Association Convention, 1999); Co-Author with James Finberg, "Discovery in Employment Discrimination Class Actions," in Litigation and Settlement of Complex Class Actions (Glasser Legal Works 1998).
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