Cathryn “Katy” Fund

Cathryn “Katy” Fund is a Partner at JML Law and has represented plaintiffs for the entirety of her career.  Katy began her career at a firm in Century City where she focused on litigating catastrophic injury and other personal injury matters.  After two years, Katy joined JML Law where she has remained ever since.

During the course of her career, Katy has successfully tried numerous trials and arbitrations to verdict, resulting in favorable results for her clients, and has had one of the cases she litigated argued in the U.S. Supreme Court.  She has also been named a Super Lawyers’ “Rising Star” since 2017, a distinction that only 2.5 percent of attorneys in Southern California receive, and Top 50 Women Rising Stars since 2020.  Some of Katy’s recent accomplishments include:

• $1,000,000 confidential settlement for negligence claim
• $819,013.40 arbitration award for relation in violation of the FEHA
• $815,000 confidential settlement for a dangerous condition on public property claim
• $695,000 confidential settlement for sexual harassment claim
• $628,986 jury verdict for a premises liability claim
• $450,000 confidential settlement for retaliation in violation of Labor Code Section 1102.5 claim
• $400,000 confidential settlement for wrongful death claim
• $150,000 jury verdict for a motor vehicle negligence claim

Outside of work, Katy enjoys spending time with her husband and daughter, hiking, and traveling.  Some of her favorite trips include travels to New Zealand, Chile, Dubai, Norway, Utah, and Nepal, to hike to the Everest Base Camp.