Katie Benton is a partner in the Los Angeles, Walnut Creek and Dallas offices of GRSM. She specializes in toxic tort matters and has defended national clients, including premises owners, manufacturers, and retailers of construction, automotive, and industrial products.
Trials
- Cami Bivert v. Caterpillar, Inc., et al.
- Parga v. Caterpillar Industrial, Inc., et al.
Admissions
- California
- U.S. District Court, Eastern, Northern, Southern, and Central Districts of California
Memberships
- Central City Association
- American Bar Association
- State Bar of California
Education
- J.D., Pepperdine University School of Law, 2009
- Certificate, Straus Institute for Dispute Resolution
- Winner, Vincent S. Dalsimer Moot Court Competition (2009)
- Note & Comment Editor, Pepperdine Law Review (2008 – 2009)
- Sorensen Award for the Best Student Law Review Article (2008)
- Order of the Barristers
- B.A., magna cum laude, History & Political Science, University of Southern California, 2006
- Phi Beta Kappa National Honor Society
- Dean’s List
- Dean’s Award for Excellence in Undergraduate Research
- Honors in History for Thesis (Union, Nation, and State: Uncovering the Nationalism of Abraham Lincoln)