Kimberly A. Wah

Senior Counsel

Los Angeles – Downtown, CA
D 213.615.7055
kimberly.wah@fmglaw.com

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

Tort & Catastrophic Loss

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.

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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