Leslie J. Karst is the Firm's senior associate, specializing in appellate work and legal research and writing. Her practice is primarily in litigation, and includes insurance defense, administrative and municipal law, real estate law, probate, and other civil matters.

Ms. Karst has been involved on behalf of the prevailing party in several cases which have resulted in published opinions, including: Cassista v. Community Foods (1993) 5 Cal.4th 1050; Radovich v. Locke-Paddon (1995) 35 Cal.App.4th 946; and Meister v. Regents of University of Calif. (1998) 67 Cal.App.4th 437.

Ms. Karst received her J.D. from Stanford University Law School in 1988, and during her tenure at Stanford was awarded the Hilmer Oehlmann, Jr. Prize for Research/Writing. She received her B.A. in English Literature from the University of California, Santa Cruz in 1978. Ms. Karst speaks Spanish, French and Italian. In 1988, she was admitted to the California bar, the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California, and the U.S. Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit.

Ms. Karst sings with the Cabrillo College Symphonic Chorus, and in her spare time also enjoys traveling, photography, cooking, reading, and gardening.