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Kari Krogseng

Attorney

Kari Krogseng joined Remcho, Johansen & Purcell in 2005. She is a graduate of the University of Minnesota (B.A., magna cum laude, 1996) and University of California, at Berkeley School of Law (Boalt Hall) (J.D., 2001). She represents clients in constitutional, public policy, and election litigation, and advises clients on nonprofit and tax-exempt corporation law, professional responsibility, and campaign and ethics law.

Prior to joining the firm, Ms. Krogseng was a litigation associate with Bingham McCutchen and a volunteer organizer during the 2004 presidential election. During law school, she authored Minnesota v. Mille Lacs Band of Chippewa Indians, 27 Ecology L.Q. 771 (2000), and was Managing Editor of Ecology Law Quarterly, a member of California Law Review, and a board member of Berkeley Law Foundation. She also clerked for the East Bay Community Law Center, Lawyers' Committee for Civil Rights and the United States Attorney's Office, Department of Justice.

 

Education

  • University of Minnesota (B.A. 1996)
    • magna cum laude
  • University of California, Berkeley School of Law (Boalt Hall) (J.D. 2001)

Admissions

  • California

Representative Cases

  • Riverside County Democratic Central Committee v. Dunmore, Riverside County Superior Court, Case No. RIC 10012986 (2010).
    Won a court order requiring the Registrar of Riverside County to count 12,500 ballots that the Post Office had failed to deliver on Election Day.
  • Migden v. Fair Political Practices Commission, No. 2:08-CV-00486-EFB (E.D. Cal. 2008).
    Won an injunction prohibiting the FPPC from enforcing Government Code section 89519 on the grounds that the provision unconstitutionally restricts individuals from spending campaign funds left over from prior elections.
  • In re Marriage Cases, 43 Cal. 4th 757 (2008).
    Filed amicus curiae brief on behalf of individual California Senators and Assemblymembers in support of the right of same-sex couples to marry.
  • Farmers Brother Coffee v. Workers' Compensation Appeals Board, 133 Cal. App. 4th 533 (2005).
    Successfully argued that federal immigration law does not preempt state workers' compensation law on behalf of amicus curiae California Applicant Attorneys Association.