Kitty K. Szeto

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Kitty is a Partner at the Parris Law Firm and one of the firm’s preeminent trial lawyers.  With over a decade of experience, Kitty is a relentless champion for justice and a master cross-examiner. Kitty has devoted her entire career to the firm’s class action practice protecting employees, consumers, and the injured against wage theft, illegal employment practices, and fraudulent business practices. Kitty has obtained class action settlements exceeding eight figures and first chaired a class action trial all the way to a $4,300,000.00 jury verdict. Possessing unparalleled expertise in complex class and representative actions, Kitty has served as class counsel in scores of federal and state cases.

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  • State Bar of California
  • United States Supreme Court
  • United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
  • United States Court of Federal Claims
  • United States District Court for the Central District of California
  • United States District Court for the Northern District of California
  • United States District Court for the Eastern District of California

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  • Loyola Law School: Juris Doctor 2008
  • University of Southern California: Bachelor of Science in Business Administration 2005
  • Gerry Spence Method: Class of July 2023

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  • Super Lawyers Southern California (2023)
  • Super Lawyers Top Women Attorneys in Southern California (2016-2018)
  • Super Lawyers Southern California Rising Stars (2016-2018)
  • Antelope Valley Bar Association Trial Lawyer of the Year (2015)
  • The Recorder’s Top California Verdicts of 2014 – California’s second largest million dollar fraud verdict in 2014

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Selected verdicts and settlements:

  • $29,500,000 settlement in a wage and hour class action
  • $15,000,000 settlement in a wage and hour class action
  • $8,500,000 settlement in a wage and hour class action
  • $7,809,600 settlement in a wage and hour class action
  • $7,000,000 settlement in a wage and hour class action
  • $5,625,000 settlement in a wage and hour class action
  • $5,300,000 settlement in a wage and hour class action
  • $4,300,000 class action jury verdict

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CAOC Annual Convention 2019

Topic: How to Identify a Class Action from Your Products Liability Case

Bridgeport’s 2017 Gender Issues in the Courtroom Conference

Topic: Working with Clients and Opposing Counsel

Bridgeport’s 2016 Consumer Class Action Litigation & Management Conference:

Topic: Trying Class Action Cases From the Plaintiffs’ Perspective

Illinois Trial Lawyers Association 2016 – Cognitive Science and Behavioral Economics in the Courtroom:

Topic: The Science Behind Bonding with Strangers

CAOC Annual Convention 2012

Topic: Who is in Charge? (If Not You, You Are Probably Successful): The Role of Management, Staff and Attorneys in Successful Law Firms

CAOC Annual Convention 2011

Topic: How to be a Technologically Savvy Lawyer in the Courtroom

Trial Lawyers University 2023

Topic: Gender Bias in the Legal Profession

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  • Deputy Mayor of Lancaster
  • Bringing BYD and other Chinese businesses into the City of Lancaster

Our Attorneys Serve Clients on a Contingency Fee Basis.

We cover the costs of fighting for you—including the costs of filing a lawsuit, performing any needed investigations, and going to trial if necessary. Once your case has been resolved, our team will obtain a percentage of the result we secured for you.

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