Professional Experience

Ms. Knudson’s practice focuses on litigation, including commercial, public pension fund, insurance coverage, and employment matters.  She has prior experience in other areas of litigation, including land use and contract disputes.  Her experience in litigation includes trial preparation, law and motion work, mediations, and fact and expert witness discovery.

Before joining Manatt, Ms. Knudson was an associate at a litigation firm.  While attending law school, she was a moot court case counsel and served as the student representative to the Faculty Appointments Committee.  Prior to law school, Ms. Knudson worked as a human resources manager in the nonprofit, consulting and biotech sectors. 

Education

University of San Francisco School of Law, J.D., 2006.
Senior Staff Member, University of San Francisco Law Review.

St. Mary’s College of California, M.B.A., 1999.

University of the Pacific, B.S., Business Administration, 1996.

Memberships & Activities

Admitted to practice in California.

Publications

Author, “California State Disability Insurance: Privatization Is the Answer to Employee Woes,”  40 U.S.F. L. Rev. 539, Winter, 2006.

Co-author, “Double the Coverage: Because Wrongful Acts Were Not ‘Related,’ Insured Was Entitled to Coverage Under Two E & O Policy Periods,” November, 2007.

Co-author, “Court Affirms County’s Authority to Exclude Returning and Redepositing Members From Retroactive Application of Newly-Enacted Enhanced Benefit Formulas,” June, 2007.