Kate Shaffer - Associate

Originally from New Jersey, Kate Shaffer was employed as a legal assistant and paralegal for five years before obtaining her law degree at California Western School of Law where she graduated valedictorian.

Education

• Rowan University, B.A. (English Literature), magna cum laude, 2015
• California Western School of Law, J.D., summa cum laude, 2019
  • California Western Law Journal, Associate Editor
  • Justice Anthony M. Kennedy Scholar
  • Academic Achievement Award Scholarship
  • Wiley W. Manuel Pro Bono Award

Externships

• Extern to the Honorable Margaret M. Mann, U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the Southern District of California, 2017
• California Department of Business Oversight, Enforcement Division
• Extern to the Honorable Gonzalo P. Curiel, U.S. District Court for the Southern District of California, 2018

Publications

• Kathleen Shaffer, Exemption Disputes in Opt-out States: Does State Law Allocate the Burden of Proof?, 35 Bankr. J. 59 (2019)