Kimberly A. Kralowec received her B.A. degree from Pomona College in 1989. She was awarded her J.D. degree in 1992 from the University of California, Davis, School of Law, where she served as Senior Articles Editor of the U.C. Davis Law Review. Ms. Kralowec was admitted to the State Bar of California in 1992. She served as Judicial Clerk to Judge David Mannheimer of the Alaska Court of Appeals (1992-1993) and is a former partner of Severson & Werson in San Francisco (2000-2001; Associate, 1996-2000). She was Of Counsel to The Furth Firm LLP in San Francisco for six years (2001-2008). She currently serves as a member of the Board of Governors of Consumer Attorneys of California.

Publications (Web)

• The UCL Practitioner, a legal weblog on California's Unfair Competition Law (Bus. & Prof. Code §§17200 et seq.) and consumer class actions; and

• The Appellate Practitioner, a legal weblog on appellate practice in California and the Ninth Circuit.

Publications (Print)

• Three Evolving Facets of UCL Restitution, Forum (November 2007);

• UCL Injunctions to Remedy the Past Effects of Wrongful Conduct: Before and After Proposition 64, Forum (September 2007);

• The UCL’s ‘Unfair’ Prong: Recent Case Law Muddies the Waters Even More, Forum (July-August 2007);

• The Class Representative’s Pre-Certification Bill of Rights, The Daily Journal, April 6, 2007;

• The Consumers Legal Remedies Act: An Alternative to the UCL in the Post-Prop. 64 World, Forum (November 2006);

• Proposition 64 and the ‘Statutory Repeal Rule,’  The Daily Journal (May 31, 2006);

• Comment, Estoppel Claims Against ERISA Employee Benefit Plans, 25 U.C. Davis L. Rev. 487 (1992).
   

Speaking Engagements

• 17th Annual Litigation & Resolution of Complex Class Actions Conference, West Legalworks (2007);

• 5th Annual Unfair Competition Law Program, State Bar of California, Antitrust and Unfair Competition Law Section (2007);

• Class Action and UCL Conference, Bridgeport Continuing Education (2006);

• Be Careful What You Wish For: The UCL After Prop. 64, Santa Clara County Bar Association (with Judge James P. Kleinfeld) (2005);

• California Unfair Competition Claims Conference, Practising Law Institute (with Judge Richard A. Kramer) (2005);

• Appellate Practice 101: Master the Basics, Avoid the Traps, Bar Association of San Francisco, Appellate Practice Section (with Court of Appeal Justice Barbara J.R. Jones) (2000);

• Persuasive Statements of Fact, Bar Association of San Francisco, Appellate Practice Section (1999).

Press Profiles

• S.F. Firm Gets First Lateral, The Recorder (Jan. 11, 2008);

• Blogging the Law, Sacramento Bee (Jan. 3, 2005);

• Prop. 64, In Reverse, The Recorder (Jan. 24, 2005).
   

Writing Awards

• Patrick J. Hopkins Memorial Writing Award, U.C. Davis Law Review (1992);

• F.S. Jennings Prize in Expository Writing, Pomona College (1986).