Gretchen Ramos

Biography

Gretchen's practice focuses on complex commercial litigation and data privacy compliance.  She has handled dozens of complex multi-million dollar commercial matters invovling insurance coverage over the last fifteen years in courts across the country. Gretchen also has extensive experience with privacy/data breach issues, varoius types of class action matters, and is a Certified Informational Privacy Professional/US and in Europe..Gretchen regularly partners with her clients at the early stage of a conflict in an effort to avoid future actions or to favorably position them should litigation ensue.  Her detailed analysis and early planning has resulted in her achieving a favorable resolution of numerous complex multi-million dollar coverage disputes in a cost-efficient manner.  She has extensive courtroom experience having litigated and tried complex insurance disputes in federal and state courts throughout the country, and before arbitration panels.Following law school, Gretchen clerked for the United States District Court for the District of Nevada for two years.  She began working for CBM  in 2000 and became a partner in 2004. In 2010, she was named a Rising Star by Law 360. At CBM, Gretchen has been active in management, serving as Chair of the Practice Group Chairs for 4 years, and the Chair of the Insurane Practice Group for the past 3 years.

When not busy practicing the law,  Gretchen teaches martial arts classes in San Francisco as she is a 4th degree black belt in Kwan Um Do Kwang (zen sword). She also enjoys biking, doing acrobatics, and learning French.

Education

• Advanced graduate work or PhD

Admissions/Licenses

• Bar Admissions: CA, MA