Kathleen Kerner - Baltimore, MD

Awards and Honors

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Education

• Legal Education

  • University of Baltimore School of Law, Baltimore, Maryland, 2013
    Juris Doctorate
    Honors: magna cum laude
    Honors: Civil Advocacy Clinic, Student Attorney
    Honors: Senatorial Scholarship
    Honors: Delegate Scholarship
    Honors: Teaching Assistant for Criminal Law
    Honors: Highest grade in Torts I course
    Law Journal: Journal of Land & Development, Managing Editor

• Non Legal Education

  • Salisbury University, 2009
    Bachelor of Arts
    Honors: magna cum laude
    Honors: Dean’s List (Spring 2006 – Spring 2009)
    Honors: Justin Shen Award for Most Outstanding Graduate in Political Science, 2009
    Honors: Thomas E. Bellavance Honors Program graduate
    Honors: Who’s Who Among Students in American Colleges and Universities
    Major: Political Science

Current Employment Position(s)

• Partner

Past Positions

• Janet, Jenner & Suggs, LLC, Associate Attorney, January 2013 – May 2018
• Verderaime & DuBois, PA

Classes and Seminars

• “Bellwether Programs and Strategies,” American Association for Justice Mass Torts Seminar, July 2022.
  
• “Emerging Mass Torts: CPAP Litigation,” Maryland Association for Justice, 2022.
  
• “Practical Application of Daubert Challenges: Protecting Your Witness,” Maryland Association for Justice, 2021.
  
• Gadolinium II: Case Background & Intake Criteria, American Association for Justice, March 2018.

Published Works

Articles

• “Tips and Best Practices for Litigation and Trial Prep: A New Lawyer Perspective,” Journal of the Maryland Association for Justice, Special Issue 2020.
  
• “Fracturing The Environment?: Exploring Potential Problems Posed By Horizontal Drilling Methods,” University of Baltimore Journal of Land & Development 1.2 (Spring 2012).
  

Bar Admissions

• Maryland, 2013
• U.S. District Court District of Maryland, 2014

Other Affiliations

• Maryland Association for Justice, Products Liability Section Co-Chair
• Maryland Association for Justice, New Lawyers Section, Former Co-Chair