Candice focuses her practice on litigation matters and represents both public and private sector clients. She represents policyholders in insurance recovery disputes in first-party and third-party actions. Candice also represents public agencies in disputes brought by constituents and employees, as well as in eminent domain actions.
Candice has experience litigating the interpretation of contracts related to employment, business relationships, and leases. She has litigated trade secret disputes, and she has helped resolve disputes in arbitration.
Candice’s pro bono work includes securing permanent residence for an asylee and assisting a mobile home owner in a dispute against the park owner.
As a law student, she externed for the Honorable Alan Jaroslovsky, Chief Judge of the United States Bankruptcy Court, Northern District of California.
Prior to law school, Candice was a journalist for nine years. She was a reporter and editor for the Orange County Register and the Mountain View Voice.
Publications
"Court Finds in Favor of Restaurants Seeking Coverage for Loss of Business Income," California Education of the Bar (February 2021)
"Court Finds in Favor of Restaurants Seeking Coverage for Loss of Business Income," Litigation & Dispute Resolution Law Alert (January 2021)
"Business Interruption Insurance May Cover Losses Related to Coronavirus," co-author, Insurance Recovery Law Alert (March 2020)
"Revised California Rules Intended to Streamline Demurrer Process With New Meet-And-Confer Requirements," CMCP Diversity Matters Newsletter (Spring 2016)
"Calif.'s Post-Sanchez Unconscionability Doctrine," co-author, Law360 (September 2015)
Note, Dropped Calls: The Extent of the Free Speech Guarantee to Wireless Communications Services, 35 Hastings Comm. & Ent L.J. 223 (2012)
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Blog Posts
"Meet-And-Confer Rules Expand To Motions To Strike And For Judgment On The Pleadings," HB Briefly (February 2018)
"CA Court Refuses To Enforce NY Choice-Of-Law Clause And Jury Waiver," HB Briefly (February 2017)
"Planning To Demur? Review The New Rules For Meet And Confer," HB Briefly (January 2016)
"New CA Supreme Court Justices Meet the Bar," HB Briefly (March 2015)
"SF Complex Litigation Judge to Retire," HB Briefly (November 2014)
"Around the World with Google’s Top Lawyer," HB Briefly (October 2014)
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Presentations
“Sweatpants and a Button-Down: The Insurance Dynamics of a Remote and Restricted Workplaces," American Bar Association's 2021 Insurance Coverage Litigation Committee CLE Seminar (March 2021)
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Honors
California Lawyers Association, Wiley W. Manuel Pro Bono Legal Services Award (2015, 2019–2021)