BB&K attorney Kira L. Klatchko has been named among the top up-and-coming appellate law attorneys, 40-years-old or younger or practicing law for 10 years or less, in Super Lawyers’ 2012 Southern California Rising Stars. She previously received this honor in 2009, 2010 and 2011. Super Lawyers lists attorneys who have attained a high degree of peer recognition and personal achievement. Only 2.5 percent of the lawyers in the state are named to Super Lawyers Rising Stars lists.
Klatchko is an appellate law specialist, certified by the State Bar of California Board of Legal Specialization. She handles both state and federal appeals arising from all areas of civil practice. Klatchko has served five terms as chair of the Riverside County Bar Association Appellate Section. In 2009, she was appointed to a three-year term on the State Bar of California’s Standing Committee on Appellate Courts. Klatchko is a volunteer mediator at the Fourth Appellate District, Division Two and conducts private mediations in addition to mediations as part of the Riverside County Court’s Civil Mediation Panel.