Kimberly A. Wah

Senior Counsel

Location

Los Angeles – Downtown, CA

Phone

213.615.7055

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Overview

Kimberly A. Wah is Senior Counsel in Freeman, Mathis & Gary, LLP’s Los Angeles office. Ms. Wah is a member of the Tort & Catastrophic Loss practice section. As a former prosecutor with over 15 years of courtroom experience, Ms. Wah has tried more than 40 jury trials, including murder, sexual assault, vehicular manslaughter, and white collar crime cases.

During her tenure as a prosecutor, Ms. Wah was assigned to the Sexual Assault Unit, Human Trafficking Unit, Mental Health Unit, and Economic Crimes & Fraud Unit.



In the civil sector, Ms. Wah defended law enforcement agencies in federal civil rights actions involving allegations of excessive force and officer-involved shooting cases. She co-tried a federal civil rights jury trial resulting in a successful defense verdict.

Bar Admissions

California

Publications & Engagements

A New Investigative Lead: Familial Searching as an Effective Crime-Fighting Tool, 29 Whittier L. Rev 909 (2008).

Representative Cases & Clients

2011 Jury Trial, Melendez v. Cathedral City Police Department (and 4 police officers in their individual capacity), EDCV 10-00176 U.S. District Court Eastern Division (Riverside), represented police department and police officers in a case where plaintiff resisted lawful arrest subsequently alleging injuries, verdict for defense with plaintiff to pay trial costs.

Affiliations

California Human Trafficking Investigators & Prosecutor’s Association Founding Board Member 2023-2025 North Orange County Bar Association Secretary & Board Member, 2019-2022 National Asian American Pacific Islander Prosecutors’ Association, 2015-2025

Awards and Recognition

Prosecutor of the Year, Butte County District Attorney’s Office, 2016 Prosecutor Advocate of the Year, Victim Advocates Assistance Bureau of the Butte County District Attorney’s Office, 2015

Classes/Seminars Taught

Instructor, California District Attorney’s Association 2016-2025
  • Human Trafficking Expert Testimony, Human Trafficking Seminar, 2023
  • Human Trafficking 101, Human Trafficking Seminar, 2022
  • Direct Examinations & Objections, New Prosecutor’s Training, February 2017
  • Debtors Examinations / Orders for Examination, Fraud Symposium, November 2016
Orange County Human Trafficking Task Force Instructor (2021-2024) Law Enforcement Academy Instructor, Butte College 2015-2017
  • Direct & Cross Examination of Police Officer Testimony, 2015-2017
Peace Officer Standards & Training (POST) Certified Law Enforcement Academy Instructor

Education

  • J.D., Whittier Law School
    • Certificates in Trial and Appellate Advocacy and Criminal Law
  • B.A., English / B.S., Neurobiology, Physiology, and Behavior, University of California, Davis

Practice Sections