Professional Experience

Ms. Kerry is an associate with the Healthcare practice in the San Francisco office. Her practice focuses on healthcare related corporate transactions, tax exempt bond financing and licensing and certification of medical facilities.

Prior to joining the Healthcare practice, Ms. Kerry was an associate in the Family Wealth Transfer Planning and Trust and Estate practice where she focused on drafting complex estate plans. She also advised tax exempt organizations in choice of entity and formation issues, federal and state tax exempt status issues and dissolution. In addition, she has experience representing entities in tax controversies with the Internal Revenue Service and Franchise Tax Board.

Education

Santa Clara University School of Law, J.D., cum laude, 2002.
Order of the Coif
Managing Editor, Santa Clara Law Review, 2002.

California State University Hayward, B.S., in Business Administration, cum laude, 1994.

Memberships & Activities

Admitted to practice in the state of California.

Certified Public Accountant licensed in the state of California.

Member, American Health Lawyers Association.

Publications

Co-Author, "The Need to Coordinate Physician "Meaningful Use" Payments - Whose Money Is It" Health Law Newsletter, Manatt, Phelps & Phillips, LLP, April 12, 2011 (with D. Higgins).

Co-Author, "Borrowing on Margin Treated as Unrelated Debt-Financed Income," Taxation of Exempts, May/June 2010 (with M. Lehmann).

“UPMIFA: Uniform Prudent Management of Institutional Funds Act,” Non-Profit Law Newsletter, Manatt, Phelps & Phillips, LLP, February 17, 2009.

“Music on the Internet: Is Technology Moving Faster than Copyright Law?” Santa Clara Law Review, Volume 42, 2002.