Katherine E. Cervantes

AssociateKatherine E. Cervantes

Katherine Cervantes is an Attorney at TencerSherman LLP, where her practice focuses on employment law and school district defense. Her employment practice includes defending employers against claims of discrimination, harassment, retaliation, and wrongful termination under the Fair Employment and Housing Act (FEHA), as well as individual, class action, and Private Attorneys General Act (PAGA) wage and hour disputes. Her school district defense work encompasses personal injury claims, dangerous condition of public property, student sexual assault, and FEHA employment claims.

Prior to joining TencerSherman, Ms. Cervantes practiced at Nukk-Freeman & Cerra, P.C., where she focused on complex business and employment litigation. Before that, she spent several years at Webb Law Group, where she developed her employment litigation practice across all phases of litigation, including motions, discovery, depositions, mediation, arbitration, and trial. Ms. Cervantes has served as first chair in bench and jury trials and has secured notable appellate victories for her clients.

Earlier in her career, Ms. Cervantes served as a Justice Corps Fellow at the Superior Court of Los Angeles, where she assisted pro se litigants in family law, domestic violence, and guardianship matters.

Ms. Cervantes earned her Juris Doctor from Chapman University Dale E. Fowler School of Law in 2020. She received her Bachelor of Arts in Psychology and Public Affairs from the University of California, Los Angeles in 2015.

Ms. Cervantes is fluent in Spanish. She is admitted to the State Bar of California, the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of California, the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California, and the U.S. District Court for the Central District. She is a member of the San Diego Bar Association, Lawyers Club of San Diego, and La Raza Lawyers Association.

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Carnahan v. Lakeside Union School District (San Diego Superior Court)

Sam Sherman and Phil Simpler obtained a complete defense verdict in a jury trial alleging sexual assault by a fourth grade student. Plaintiff alleged the after school program director at the elementary school sexually molested her in his office. The case proceeded to trial against the program director
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Suppici Labor Commissioner Claim

TencerSherman achieved a very favorable outcome for employer after a delivery driver alleged meal and rest period premiums, overtime wages, reimbursable expenses, liquidated damages, and waiting time penalties under the California Labor Code. After a hearing in San Bernardino, the Labor Commissioner only awarded the employee waiting time

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Eldridge Labor Commissioner Claim

Obtained a complete defense decision after a dental hygienist employee filed a claim with the Labor Commissioner in San Diego alleging her employer willfully failed to pay her wages after she submitted a letter of resignation. The employee claimed her employer owed her waiting time penalties. The Labor Commissioner held the of proof to show that the
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