Katherine K. Huang

Katherine K. Huang is the principal of Mediated Resolutions LLC. Before becoming a full-time mediator, Katherine was a partner at the nationally recognized Am Law 100 law firm Munger, Tolles & Olson LLP and a founding partner of Huang Ybarra Gelberg & May LLP, named as one of the Daily Journal's Top Litigation Boutiques in California. She focused her practice on commercial litigation, ranging from two-party contract disputes to complex, multi-party controversies in industries including the high-tech, pharmaceutical, energy, financial and legal services, media and entertainment, and manufacturing sectors. She also advised individual and corporate clients on business transactions and prelitigation conflicts. Over the course of her career as a litigator, Katherine successfully resolved numerous disputes through negotiated agreements, from walkaway arrangements before a lawsuit was filed to multimillion-dollar deals reached on the eve of trial.

Katherine served as a law clerk for a federal appellate court judge after receiving her J.D. from Yale Law School, where she was Editor-in-Chief of the Yale Symposium on Law and Technology. She received her undergraduate education at Harvard University, graduating summa cum laude with a degree in Chemistry.

Katherine has received accolades for her legal work, including being named a Southern California Super Lawyer, a Daily Journal "Top 20 Under 40" attorney, and one of Los Angeles Lawyers' Magazine's Top Women Attorneys of Southern California. She was the recipient of the Outstanding Taiwanese-American Second Generation award after winning a month-long trial on behalf of a nonprofit corporation dedicated to serving seniors. Her cases have been profiled by Law360 and major media outlets.

A longtime educator, Katherine has trained and mentored dozens of law students and new attorneys. She has taught creative writing to middle school students and continues to teach at local public elementary schools. She enjoys reading, playing tennis, and taking road trips with her two children, during which she is often required to mediate conflict.

"focused on the best path forward"

"Katherine facilitated some difficult conversations with an executive officer and mediated our negotiations for a separation agreement. She kept us focused on the best path forward for both sides rather than letting us dwell on the past. Every time someone raised an issue, Katherine suggested viable alternatives. She just understands people and knows how to address their concerns."

-- Director of a Nonprofit Corporation

Success Stories

Resolution of Intra-Company Disputes

Ongoing Relationship Despite Disagreement

Resolution of Intra-Company Disputes

When disputes arose between a company and one of its founders, Katherine formulated a resolution that let them part ways once and for all. The parties agreed to take certain concrete steps so they would not undermine each other's reputations and business pursuits.

Discovery of Sensitive Documents

Ongoing Relationship Despite Disagreement

Resolution of Intra-Company Disputes

In a complex, multi-party lawsuit, discovery involved the sharing of highly sensitive documents. Katherine negotiated a detailed protocol that ensured protection for the proprietary material while making the relevant information available for use in litigation.

Ongoing Relationship Despite Disagreement

Employee Mobility with Trade Secret Protection

When business partners became locked in a heated letter-writing campaign about a contract dispute, Katherine defused the situation, allowing both sides to stand down without losing face. They have successfully continued their business relationship despite the dispute.

Employee Mobility with Trade Secret Protection

When an employee of a software development company sought to change jobs, Katherine delved into the details of the employee's past and future work to help ensure that the prior employer's trade secrets would not be unlawfully shared.

Agreement to End Infringement

Employee Mobility with Trade Secret Protection

Data-Driven Solution for a Data-Driven Problem

Katherine worked with a patentholder and its competitor to reach agreement on a minimally-intrusive mechanism for the patentholder to periodically monitor whether the competitor was using patented technology.

Data-Driven Solution for a Data-Driven Problem

Employee Mobility with Trade Secret Protection

Data-Driven Solution for a Data-Driven Problem

Two companies had a dispute over hundreds of allegedly overdue payments. By asking the right questions of the right witnesses, Katherine helped the companies parse through their data and reach agreement on the amount owed.

Katherine K. Huang

"focused on the best path forward"

Success Stories

Resolution of Intra-Company Disputes

Ongoing Relationship Despite Disagreement

Resolution of Intra-Company Disputes

Discovery of Sensitive Documents

Ongoing Relationship Despite Disagreement

Resolution of Intra-Company Disputes

Ongoing Relationship Despite Disagreement

Ongoing Relationship Despite Disagreement

Employee Mobility with Trade Secret Protection

Employee Mobility with Trade Secret Protection

Employee Mobility with Trade Secret Protection

Employee Mobility with Trade Secret Protection

Agreement to End Infringement

Employee Mobility with Trade Secret Protection

Data-Driven Solution for a Data-Driven Problem

Data-Driven Solution for a Data-Driven Problem

Employee Mobility with Trade Secret Protection

Data-Driven Solution for a Data-Driven Problem

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