Mary Kate brings sharp insight into the regulatory and litigation challenges financial institutions face.
Overview
Mary Kate is an experienced commercial litigator, emphasizing individual consumer complaints, consumer class actions, financial institution litigation and complex business disputes.
Mary Kate's experience includes defending bank and non-bank financial institutions in business disputes arising from complex lending agreements, consumer protection laws and regulatory disclosure requirements and in actions arising from fiduciary relationships, insurance bad faith, and business torts. She is also experienced in class action matters, representing mortgage banking and auto finance companies in class actions involving loan payoff and reconveyance procedures, and raising claims based on statutory violations, unfair business practices, breach of contract, and fraud. Mary Kate also has experience with appeals and extraordinary writ proceedings in state and federal appellate courts.
Practices & Industries
Admissions
- California
Education
University of California, Hasting College of the Law, J.D., 1995
University of San Francisco, B.S., Nursing, 1984