Gwen Freeman
Knapp, Petersen & Clarke
500 N. Brand Boulevard, 20th floor
Glendale, CA 91203-1904
 

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Phone: (818) 547-5161
E-mail: gf@kpclegal.com
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GWEN FREEMAN

Ms. Freeman was born in Alexandria, Virginia, in 1956. She attended the University of Virginia and graduated from the College of Arts and Sciences with honors in 1978, receiving a bachelor of arts degree in philosophy. She studied law at the University of Virginia, receiving a juris doctor degree in 1981. Ms. Freeman was admitted to the Pennsylvania Bar in 1981 and the California Bar in 1982. From 1981 to 1982, Ms. Freeman served as law clerk to the Honorable Paul A. Mueller Jr., Court of Common Pleas in Lancaster, Pennsylvania.

Ms. Freeman specializes in both the coverage and defense aspects of litigation involving environmental matters, employment and discrimination disputes, intellectual property, reinsurance and coinsurance, indemnity obligations, bad faith, professional malpractice, product liability and construction defects.

Ms. Freeman practices in both state and federal courts and is admitted to practice before each of the United States District Courts of California and the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals.  Her appellate experience is extensive and includes cases involving contribution and apportionment between insurance carriers and bad faith. Ms. Freeman has been appointed by the United States District Court for the Central District of California to represent death row inmates in federal habeas corpus proceedings.

Areas Of Practice:
Litigation and appeals
Insurance law
Environmental law
Employment discrimination -- employee
Intellectual property law
Professional malpractice law
Products liability law
Construction law
Bar Admissions:
Pennsylvania, 1981
California, 1982
U.S. District Court Central District of California
U.S. District Court Eastern District of California
U.S. District Court Northern District of California
U.S. District Court Southern District of California
U.S. Court of Appeals Ninth Circuit
Education:
University of Virginia School of Law, Charlottesville, Virginia, 1981
Juris Doctor
 
University of Virginia, Charlottesville, Virginia, 1978
B.A.
Honors: With Honors
Major: Philosophy
Past Employment Positions:
Court of Common Pleas, Hon. Paul A. Mueller, Jr., Lancaster, Pennsylvania, Law Clerk, 1981 - 1982
Birth Information:
1956, Virginia

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500 North Brand Boulevard
  20th Floor
  Glendale, CA 91203
  Phone: (818) 547-5000 or (323) 245-9400
  Fax: (818) 547-5329