Kai Haswell

Kai is a senior associate at the law firm of Kemnitzer Barron & Krieg, LLP. Her career has focused on promoting economic justice for California employees, tenants, and consumers. Kai litigates in state and federal courts throughout California and has secured favorable merits decisions in class actions, collective actions, arbitrations, trials, and appeals.

Prior to joining Kemnitzer Barron & Krieg, Kai practiced as a Senior Attorney in Bay Area Legal Aid’s Consumer Justice Unit, where she spearheaded litigation seeking state-wide injunctive relief for victims of unfair debt collection practices. She also worked as a judicial law clerk for Magistrate Judge Donna Ryu in the Northern District of California.

Kai graduated with honors from Washington University in St. Louis in 2009 and received her law degree from the University of California, Berkeley, School of Law in 2015. During law school, Kai served as the Editor-in-Chief of the Berkeley Journal of Gender, Law & Justice, the Diversity Editor of the California Law Review, and the Co-Chair of the Boalt Hall Committee for Human Rights. She completed internships with the Transgender Law Center, East Bay Community Law Center, National Employment Law Project, Legal Aid at Work, and the Oakland-based employee rights’ firm Levy Vinick Burrell Hyams LLP.