Kathleen Janetatos Smith | Oxnard Real Estate Lawyer

Ms Kathleen Janetatos Smith

Ms Kathleen Janetatos Smith

Schneiders & Associates LLP

Education, Real Estate, State Government, Contract, General Practice, Labor Law, Public Interest Law, Intellectual Property, Litigation, Trusts

Experience: 40 years
Language(s): English, Spanish

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About Kathleen

Kathleen J. Smith advises clients on and handles all types of civil litigation, including employment matters, business, real property, trademark disputes, class action defense, trust and probate, and homeowners association disputes. Kathi is experienced in all types of dispute resolution, from mediation to arbitration to jury trial.

Kathi’s accomplishments at the trial level include; judgments in favor of breach of contract, multiple settlements on eve of trial relating to landlord/ tenant breach of contract of commercial lease, contract disputes, business dissolution, and partition. Kathi has also won affirmed arbitration judgment at the appellate level. In a recent case, Kathi’s client was awarded $1,006,000 in a residential landslide non-disclosure dispute, including a punitive damage award from JAMS arbitrator.

Kathi’s successful mediations include multiple FEHA mediations for plaintiffs in age discrimination, sexual harassment, disability discrimination, retaliation disputes; multiple trust and probate dispute mediations; multiple commercial dispute mediations.

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Experience

Attorney

Schneiders & Associates, L.L.P.

2013 - 2015

Associate

Norman Dowler, LLP

2008 - 2013

Associate

Reboul MacMurray Hewitt Maynard & Kristol

1986 - 1994

Judicial Law Clerk to Hon. William J. Rea

U.S. District Court, Central District Of California

1984 - 1986

Admission

Verified California

1985

Education

Coll of the Holy Cross; Worcester MA

Bachelor

Recognitions & Achievements

Associations
  • Ventura County Committee on School District Organization
  • Women Lawyers of Ventura County President
    2014 - Present
  • Jerome H. Berenson Inn of Court Member
    2011 - Present
Honors / Awards
  • Certified Mediator by Southern California Mediation Institute –
    1993

Notable Work

Publications

Lunch Speaker Collecting Judgments

2012



Candidate Academy Conflicts of Interest and Financial Disclosure for Public Officials

2012


Dinner Speaker E-Discovery

2011