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KRISTEN E. CAVERLY kcaverly@hcesq.com
Kristen E. Caverly is a founding partner of Henderson, Caverly, Pum & Charney LLP, and she is the head of the Litigation, Intellectual Property and Probate practices at the firm. Ms. Caverly provides advice, counsel and representation to Henderson, Caverly, Pum & Charney clients in estate and trust controversies, probate matters, civil and commercial litigation, and intellectual property litigation. Ms. Caverly also represents clients before the United States Patent & Trademark Office. Ms. Caverly's trial experience includes a breach of license trial resulting in judgment for the client of $174,900,000; a personal property valuation trial resulting in judgment for the client of more than $7,600,000; a breach of guarantee trial resulting in judgment for the client of more than $1,000,000; a prescriptive easement trial resulting in defense judgment for the client; a breach of contract arbitration resulting in judgment for the client of $359,000; and successful outcomes for clients in numerous estate and trust controversies. Ms. Caverly is certified as a specialist in estate planning, trust and probate law by the State Bar of California Board of Legal Specialization. Ms. Caverly has lectured on various estate administration and estate and trust litigation topics, including for The Southern California Tax & Estate Planning Forum, the National Business Institute, San Diego Estate Planning Counsel, and Legal Secretaries, Incorporated (“LSI”). Ms. Caverly and partner Nancy Henderson co-authored the 2008 two-part article Planning for Family Vacation Homes, published in the California Trusts and Estates Quarterly, the Official Publication of the California State Bar Trusts and Estates Section. Ms. Caverly has been recognized repeatedly as a California “Super Lawyer” by Super Lawyers® magazine in the area of estate and trust litigation. Ms. Caverly also has received the highest possible rating in both legal ability and ethical standards (“AV Preeminent”) from the Martindale Hubble® peer review rating service. Ms. Caverly obtained her law degree from the University of San Diego School of Law, where she graduated second in her class and was elected to the Order of the Coif. Ms. Caverly was Executive Editor of the San Diego Law Review from 1993 to 1994. Ms. Caverly is admitted to practice before the United States Patent & Trademark Office; the United States Supreme Court, the United States Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit and for the Ninth Circuit, all California state courts; and the United States District Courts for the Northern, Eastern, Central and Southern Districts of California. Prior to forming Henderson, Caverly, Pum & Charney LLP in April of 2001, Ms. Caverly was an attorney with the law firm of Brobeck, Phleger & Harrison, LLP. Before attending law school, Ms. Caverly was a physical scientist for the U.S. National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Ninyo & Moore Environmental Consultants, and TorStan, Inc. Environmental Services. She earned her bachelor's degree in Zoology from the University of Maryland in 1989.
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