Criminal Law

• Criminal Defense
  While in law school, Catherine completed a summer internship with the Office of Chief Counsel, Internal Revenue Service in Washington D.C. in their Employee Benefits, Exempt Organizations, and Employment Tax division, where she worked on guidance. Catherine served as an Article Editor for the University of California Davis Law Review,  was the Asylum National Moot Court Competition Vice Chair for the Davis School of Law Moot Court Honors Board, and a Board Member for the Trial Practice Honors Board. In recognition of her written and oral advocacy skills in both of those programs, Catherine received the Order of the Barristers award and was invited to become a national member. Catherine also received Witkin awards for the highest-class grade in the courses Civil Procedure, Criminal Law, and Federal Income Tax.
• Juvenile Crimes

Business and Corporate Law

• Corporate Law
  “The Two Year Wait Continues: How USC’s Attempt to Compel Arbitration Fails Before the Ninth Circuit, but Hope Remains for An Appeal to the Supreme Court,” ABA Annual Review of Developments in Business and Corporate Litigation, 2019
• Mergers and Acquisitions
  Corporate mergers and acquisitions can create complex employee benefits issues. Because we are familiar with a full range of plan types and operations, we have a feel for the practical as well as the technical issues related to a transaction. We also are sensitive to the practical complications that can arise following the closing of a merger or acquisition.
• Business Disputes
  During law school, Adrine served as a judicial extern to the Honorable Andrew J. Wistrich of the Central District of California. She also served on the executive board of the Berkeley Business Law Journal.

Employment Law

• Employment Discrimination
  E.g., calculation of lump sum benefits and annuities, age discrimination, QDROs, Code section 415 limits, compensation limits, and Social Security benefit adjustment options);

Property Law

• Real Estate Litigation
  She joined Trucker Huss in 2011 as Director of Finance after she served for more than 20 years as the Director of Finance/Administration for the real estate law firm Ellman Burke Hoffman & Johnson, APC where she directed all financial, tax and administrative functions, including the administration of all employee retirement and benefit programs. Prior to Ellman Burke, Nancy was a CPA and Senior Tax Specialist for the international accounting firm KPMG. She received her CPA Certificate from the Arizona State Board of Accountancy which she has continuously maintained since 1988.

Finance Law

• Tax Law
  Trucker Huss works with many privately-held and publicly-held companies, and has extensive expertise in the unique rules that affect employees of tax-exempt employers. Our goal is to assist our clients in designing plans that effectively defer the taxation of compensation and to apprise our clients of the tax issues that frequently arise.