Kira L. Klatchko

Partner

Indian Wells
74-830 Highway 111
Suite 200
Indian Wells, California 92210

Phone: 760.501.0923
Fax: 760.771.6373
Email: [email protected]

Kira L. Klatchko handles both state and federal appeals arising from all areas of civil practice for clients as varied as cities, businesses and families. She is vice chair of the firm’s national Appellate Practice Litigation group, and holds the unique distinction of being an Appellate Law Specialist, certified by the State Bar of California Board of Legal Specialization.

Kira served for six years on the State Bar of California’s Standing Committee on Appellate Courts, including a term as its chair. She is co-author of the “California” chapter of the “Appellate Practice Compendium” (ABA 2012), an insider’s guide to appellate practice. She is co-contributing editor of “California Civil Appeals and Writs” (Matthew Bender 2014), a comprehensive two-volume practice guide for appellate counsel and general litigators.

Kira has been named to the list of Super Lawyers for Southern California in Appellate Law in 2015 and 2016. She is president of the Riverside County Bar Association, and previously served five terms as chair of the RCBA Appellate Section. Kira also sits on the Executive Board of the ABA's Council of Appellate Lawyers, and is a member of the California Academy of Appellate Lawyers.

Kira also serves as a volunteer mediator for the Fourth Appellate District, Division Two, and conducts private mediations in addition to mediations as part of the Riverside County Court’s Civil Mediation Panel. She has served as an adjunct professor at La Verne College of Law, teaching legal research and writing. She has also lectured on appellate ethics and practice at numerous conferences and seminars, including the California State Bar Annual Convention and the State and Local Legal Center Supreme Court Practice Seminar. She is a member of the State Bar of California’s Justice Gap Fund Committee, dedicated to supporting free civil legal services for low-income Californians, and serves as chair of the ABA Council of Appellate Lawyers’ Pro Bono Committee. Kira also contributes to the International Municipal Lawyers Association's Appellate Practice Blog.

In 2014, Kira was inducted into the Desert Bar Association Hall of Fame, as Outstanding Young Attorney of the year. In 2010, Kira was recognized by the City of Palm Springs and Palm Springs Chamber of Commerce with the Athena International Award for Young Professional Leadership, recognizing her professional success and work in the community. Kira sits on the board of directors for Angel View, a nonprofit dedicated to serving disabled children and adults in the Inland Empire region of Southern California. She also sits on the board of directors for OperaArts, a nonprofit presenting music and arts to the community, with emphasis on programs for children and senior citizens.

Kira received her bachelor’s degree in political science, with distinction, from the University of California, Berkeley. She earned her master’s degree in business administration from the Executive Management Program at the Peter F. Drucker and Masatoshi Ito School of Management at Claremont Graduate University. She earned her law degree at the University of California, Davis, School of Law, where she served as editor-in-chief of the U.C. Davis Journal of Juvenile Law & Policy.

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