Background
Watkins, Shirley K. was born on July 19, 1957 in Yokosuka, Japan.
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Shirley K. Watkins
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University of California at San Diego (Bachelor of Arts, 1979). California Western School of Law (Juris Doctor, 1982).
Career
Worked at Mazursky, Schwartz & Angelo (Los Angeles, California) specializing in Major Tort Litigation emphasizing Major Personal Injury, Insurance Bad Faith, Product Liability, Premise Liability, Professional Malpractice, Medical Malpractice and Business Torts. Civil Trial and Appellate Practice and Toxic Tort Litigation. Admitted to the bar, 1982, California.
1991, United States. Supreme Court. Author: "A Short Course in Malicious Prosecution", LATLA Advocate, September 1994. "Crucial Discovery in Third Party Cases", LATLA Las Vegas Seminar Syllabus, October 1992 and October 1994.
"Discovery of Sexual Conduct of Plaintiff in Civil Sexual Harassment or Sexual Assault Case", LATLA Advocate, June 1992 (with Steven B. Stevens). "Discovery Privileges and Protections", LATLA MCLE Fair, April 1993. "Opposing Defendant's Motion for Discretionary Relief from Default", LATLA Advocate, January 1993 (with Steven B. Stevens).
Recipient: American Jurisprudence Award in Remedies. Faculty Awards in Employment Law, Discrimination Law and Anti-trust. Contributing Editor, The Advocate, 1993.
Judge Pro Tem, Los Angeles Superior and Municipal Court, 1991. President, Women's Law Association, 1979-1980. Member, Bench and Bar Committee, Los Angeles Superior Court.
Member: State Bar of California. Japanese-American Bar Association. Consumer Attorneys Association of Los Angeles (Board of Governors, 1991).
The Association of Trial Lawyers of America. Consumer Attorneys of California. Women Lawyers Association of Los Angeles (Board of Governors, 1993-1996).
California Women Lawyers. Trial Lawyers for Public Justice (Member, Board of Directors, 1996). (Also Member, Watkins & Stevens).
The Firm was founded in November, 1988 by Charles Mazursky, Arnold Schwartz and Christopher Angelo. After working together for many years, and having established themselves among the outstanding lawyers in their field, they decided to form their own firm.
Membership
Member, Bench and Bar Committee, Los Angeles Superior Court. Member: State Bar of California. Japanese-American Bar Association.
Consumer Attorneys Association of Los Angeles (Board of Governors, 1991). The Association of Trial Lawyers of America. Consumer Attorneys of California.
Women Lawyers Association of Los Angeles (Board of Governors, 1993-1996). California Women Lawyers. Trial Lawyers for Public Justice (Member, Board of Directors, 1996).
(Also of Counsel, Mazursky, Schwartz & Angelo).
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American
Awards
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Recipient: American Jurisprudence Award in Remedies. Faculty Awards in Employment Law, Discrimination Law and Anti-trust. Contributing Editor, The Advocate, 1993. Judge Pro Tem, Los Angeles Superior and Municipal Court, 1991. President, Women's Law Association, 1979-1980.Recipient: American Jurisprudence Award in Remedies. Faculty Awards in Employment Law, Discrimination Law and Anti-trust. Contributing Editor, The Advocate, 1993.
Judge Pro Tem, Los Angeles Superior and Municipal Court, 1991. President, Women's Law Association, 1979-1980.