Kirstin Jarstad

Senior Counsel

Sanders Roberts San Diego
Kirstin has practiced civil litigation for the past ten years, specializing in business litigation and probate litigation, with practice areas including real property, contract disputes, product liability, construction law, consumer law, breach of fiduciary duty, fraud, constitutional law, personal injury, and wrongful death.
 

Before joining Sanders Roberts, Kirstin worked for several boutique business litigation
firms in San Diego.

 

While in law school, Kirstin published a law review article in the Thurgood Marshall School of Law Journal on Gender, Race, and Justice, was Writer and Editor of the California Western Law Review, completed two judicial externships in the Southern District of California, for Hon. Ruben Brooks and Hon. Anthony Battaglia, served as a research assistant, and completed internships for the Legal Aid Society and the San Diego Volunteer Lawyer Program.


Kirstin graduated summa cum laude from California Western School of Law in 2014. She earned her B.A. in political science from the University of Nevada, Las Vegas, graduating summa cum laude in 1995.

Education
  • B.A., University of Nevada, Las Vegas
  • J.D., California Western School of Law
Admissions
  • California
Publications
  • Co-author, “Bench Trials,” in California Trial Practice: Civil Procedure During Trial, 3rd ed., ed. Linda Compton et al., (Berkeley, CA: CEB, 1994)
  • Co-author, Recent Developments in Arbitration of Employment Discrimination Disputes, National Employment Law Council, 1998
Published Opinions
  • PUBLISHED OPINIONS HUD v. Rucker, 535 U.S. 125 (2002)
  • Ingram v. Pacific Gas & Electric Company, 690 Fed.Appx. 527 (9th Cir. 2017)
  • Veloz v. Pacific Gas & Electric Company, 655 Fed.Appx. 537 (9th Cir. 2016)
  • Gregory v. Nationwide Mut. Ins. Co., 611 Fed.Appx. 410 (9th Cir. 2015)
  • Goos v. Shell Oil Co., 451 Fed.Appx. 700 (9th Cir. 2011)
  • Embury v. King, 179 Fed.Appx. 409 (9th Cir. 2006)
  • Embury v. King, 361 F.3d 562 (9th Cir. 2004)
  • Lifescan, Inc. v. Premier Diabetic Services, Inc., 363 F.3d 1010 (9th Cir. 2004)
  • U.S. ex rel. Honeywell, Inc. v. San Francisco Housing Authority, 83 Fed.Appx. 181 (9th Cir. 2003)
  • Rucker v. Davis, 304 F.3d 904 (9th Cir. 2002)
  • Rucker v. Davis, 237 F.3d 1113 (9th Cir. 2001)
Speaking Engagements
  • “Vore, vire, vua- what the …?? Figuring out Voir Dire,” National Association of Minority and Women Owned Law Firms Driving Diversity & Leadership Conference, March 2024
  • “Electronic Evidence Issues In The Modern Era: Laying A Foundation For Trial,” National Employment Law Council Annual Conference, May 2023
  • “Off the Record: The Real Experience of POC Attorneys,” California Minority Counsel Program Business Conference, October 2022
  • “Inclusive Sourcing: Insights from Minority and Women-Owned Legal Firms and the In-House Teams That Hire Them,” National Association of Minority and Women Owned Law Firms Annual Meeting, September 2022
  • “Labor Issues in the Biden Administration,” Elevating Black Excellence Regional Summit (Midwest, Virtual), June 2021
  • “Labor Issues in the Biden Administration,” Elevating Black Excellence Summit (Virtual), April 2021
Education
  • B.A., Dartmouth College
  • J.D., University of California at Berkeley, School of Law
Admissions
  • California