Background
Gilliland Fitch, Cathleen was born on December 6, 1954 in San Francisco, California, United States.
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Cathleen Gilliland Fitch
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University of California at Davis (Bachelor of Arts, 1977). University of Lund, Lund, Sweden. Hastings College of the Law, University of California (Juris Doctor, 1980).
Spoken languages: Swedish.
Career
Worked at Coughlan, Semmer & Lipman (San Diego, California) specializing in Civil and Criminal Litigation. Federal Court Litigation, Legal Malpractice, Accounting Malpractice, Director and Officer Representation, Securities, White Collar Crime, Class Action, Partnership Disputes, Wrongful Termination, Civil Rights, Product Liability. Admitted to the bar, 1980, California.
Phi Beta Kappa.
Member, 1978-1979, and Chief Articles Editor, 1979-1980, Hastings International and Comparative Law Review. Extern to the Honorary William Schwarzer, United States. District Court, Northern District of California, 1980.
Member: San Diego County Bar Association.
State Bar of California (Member, Committee on the Administration of Justice, 1985-1987). The Firm handles only litigation matters, with an emphasis on the defense of complex commercial litigation, both civil and criminal.
The practice includes the representation of professionals (particularly lawyers and accountants), government regulatory agency matters, corporate criminal investigations, banking, securities, civil RICO, product liability, insurance coverage, class action litigation, and white collar criminal matters. Each of the partners is an experienced trial attorney, each having tried in excess of 100 cases.
The Firm has represented national and local corporate entities, as well as individual clients.
Achievements
Membership
Member, 1978-1979, and Chief Articles Editor, 1979-1980, Hastings International and Comparative Law Review. Extern to the Honorary William Schwarzer, United States. District Court, Northern District of California, 1980.
Member: San Diego County Bar Association.
State Bar of California (Member, Committee on the Administration of Justice, 1985-1987).
