Kathleen A. Cashman-Kramer practices in the areas of business and commercial litigation, with emphasis on bankruptcy, real estate and title insurance matters. She has practiced in these areas in California since 1987. She was a member of a small general practice firm in Brockton, Massachusetts until 1987 when she moved to San Diego. In addition to her work in state and federal courts, she represents creditors, committees, trustees and debtors in bankruptcy court and parties in non-bankruptcy work-outs. She has represented clients in connection with many local San Diego and Southern California matters during her years of practice.
Ms. Cashman-Kramer graduated from Stonehill College in 1981, summa cum laude, and from the New England School of Law in 1984. She was admitted to practice law in January 1985 in Massachusetts, in California in 1987, and in 1993 she was admitted to practice law in the District of Columbia. She remains a member in good standing in each of these jurisdictions. In addition, she is admitted to practice in each federal jurisdiction in California, as well as certain federal district courts in Massachusetts.
Ms. Cashman-Kramer presently serves on the Board of Directors of the San Diego Bankruptcy Forum, acting as secretary. She previously served on the same board from 1995 through 1998, acting as treasurer in 1996 and vice-president in 1997. She has been a member of the California and San Diego Bankruptcy Forums in 1989, and during that time she has participated in several local seminars on real estate and construction issues in bankruptcy; exemptions, pre-bankruptcy planning and ethical considerations, and preferential transfers. She co-chairs of the Bankruptcy Section of the San Diego County Bar Association and serves on the Mediation Panel for the Bankruptcy Court for the Southern District of California. She is a member of the American Bar Association, the California Trustee's Association, the Association of Insolvency Accountants, the National Association of Bankruptcy Trustees and the San Diego County Bar Association.