Teresa Beck
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Member of CLM Since: 2012
Nominated By Karen Rice
CLM Committees
- Diversity, Equity & Inclusion
- Construction
- Annual Conference - Diversity Open House
- Municipal Law
- Committee Conference
- Construction Claims
- Casualty & Risk Management
- Religious & Non-Profit
- Webinar Development
- Employment Practices Liability (EPL)
- Webinar Development
- Cyber, Management & Professional Liability
- EPL (Fiduciary)
- Management Liability
CLM Contributions
- Speaker - 2013 Annual Conference
- Speaker - 2013 Construction/ Environmental/ ADR/AFA Conference
- Speaker - 2014 Annual Conference
- Speaker - 2014 Annual Conference TEST FOR ANDROID
- Speaker - 2016 Annual Conference
- Speaker - 2017 Annual Conference
- Speaker - 2018 Annual Conference
- Speaker - 2018 CLM Midwest Conference
- Speaker - 2019 Annual Conference
- Speaker - 2020 CLM Focus: Diversity & Inclusion, Product Liability, Transportation, Claims & Litigation
- Speaker - 2022 Annual Conference
- Speaker - 2022 CLM Focus: November
- Speaker - Women's Forum
Articles
Practice Areas
- Claims Management
- Class Action/Mass Torts
- Construction/Real Estate/Surety
- Cyber Liability
- Diversity Equity & Inclusion
- Employment Liability/Litigation
- Insurance Coverage
- Litigation Management
- Personal Injury
- Premises Liability
- Product Liability
- Professional Liability
- Religious & Non-Profit
- Social Media/Technology (Data Security/Privacy)
- Subrogation
- Transportation
Biography
Ms. Beck was awarded CLM's Outside Counsel of the Year in 2018. She is the leading author of CLM Magazine's award-winning Blame Game series which analyzes verdicts in cases across the country. She has joined the powerhouse firm of Klinedinst Law as a shareholder with an entire team of lawyers, paralegals, and staff covering CA, AZ and NV, as she and her team practice in all three states. She co-chairs the firm's diversity, equity, and inclusion efforts with Sacramento Office Managing Shareholder Natalie Vance. She was formerly Chair of Arizona Litigation and Co-chair of California Litigation with Buchanan, Ingersoll & Rooney, an AM Law 100 firm. Exemplar clients include LEGO, Inc., the San Diego Zoo, Sea World, Walsh Construction, Chipotle, the San Diego Tourism Authority, McDonald’s Corporation, Sprouts Farmers Markets, various insurance companies, and many others.
Admitted to CA Bar (1990); U.S. District Court (Southern District of California) (1990); admitted to AZ Bar (2005); admitted to NV Bar (2019).
Preparatory Education: San Diego State University (B.S. 1986).Legal Education: University of San Diego (J.D. 1990, Magna Cum Laude).
Memberships: President-Elect, National Conference of Women’s Bar Associations; VP of the National Diversity Council's Southern California Diversity Council; Co-creator of GOOD Guys (GOOD=Guys Overcoming Obstacles to Diversity); San Diego County Bar Association; CLM; American Bar Association (Woman Advocate Committee, co-chair of the Book Sub-Committee); Lawyers Club of San Diego (founder and past co-chair of the Professional Advancement Committee and past co-chair of the Balance Committee); Girl Scouts, San Diego-Imperial Council, Inc.
Other: Extern to Justice Howard B. Wiener, California Court of Appeal, Fourth Appellate District (1990); Internship and Clerk for Office of the United States Attorney, Organized Crime Drug Enforcement Task Force (1986-1988).
Ms. Beck is deeply committed to issues of diversity, equity, and inclusion, and is an active organizer, speaker, and writer on these issues.
Education
No information available.
Admissions/Licenses
- Bar Admissions: CA, AZ, NV