SUMMARY
Angela Killian is a trial attorney at the firm’s Walnut Creek office. Ms. Killian’s litigation practice focuses on general casualty liability and professional liability, including the representation of architects, engineers, and legal professionals. She represents public entities in civil litigation involving negligence, dangerous conditions, premises liability, and civil rights claims.
Ms. Killian received her Juris Doctor from Loyola University Chicago School of Law and earned her Bachelor of Arts in Psychology and Sociology from the University of Michigan.
EXPERIENCE
Securing Summary Judgment Using Trivial Defect Doctrine: Ms. Killian achieved a complete dismissal on summary judgment on behalf of a public entity for alleged negligence and dangerous condition of public property. She demonstrated that the dangerous condition was a trivial defect, thereby rendering the public entity not liable as a matter of law.
Attaining Ninth Circuit Decision in Trustee Liability Matter: Ms. Killian successfully obtained a dismissal with prejudice in the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals on behalf of an accountant based on collateral estoppel. She articulated that the applicable issues related to the accountant’s conduct as a trustee of an estate were previously decided by a California probate court. She achieved a favorable decision on a motion to dismiss in the United States District Court for the Northern District of California, and the decision was affirmed by the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals.k