Kira L. Klatchko

Associate

Indian Wells
74-760 Highway 111
Suite 200

TEL: (760) 837-1617
Kira.Klatchko@BBKlaw.com

Appellate Practice Litigation

Kira L. Klatchko is a Senior Associate in BB&K’s Indian Wells office. She began studying appellate law while working as a summer law clerk at the Fourth Appellate District in Riverside.  She has experience with both state and federal appeals and has handled matters arising from all areas of civil practice, ranging from general civil procedure and municipal law to marital dissolution and probate.  Ms. Klatchko is a member of her State and local bar associations, and serves as Chair of the Riverside County Bar Association Appellate Section.  She is Vice-Chair of the Best Best & Krieger Appellate Group, and routinely lectures on topics in appellate law.

Ms. Klatchko received her B.A. in Political Science, with distinction, from the University of California, Berkeley. She earned her J.D. at the University of California, Davis, where she  served as Editor-in-Chief of the UC Davis Journal of Juvenile Law & Policy, and acted as a teaching assistant in both legal research and civil procedure courses.  She was also a voting member of the Minority Recruitment, Retention, and Outreach Fund Committee, and a “Big Sib” Student Mentor.  After graduating from law school Ms. Klatchko began practicing law in her family firm, Klatchko & Klatchko, Attorneys at Law, in Palm Springs.  Thereafter she accepted a position with Best, Best, & Krieger.  Her  practice centers on Civil Litigation and Appeals. Ms. Klatchko is a volunteer  Mediator at the Fourth Appellate District, Division Two, is a member of the Council of Appellate Lawyers, the Ninth Circuit Pro Bono Panel, and has been a member of the Warren E. Slaughter Chapter of the American Inn of Court, as part of its Appellate Outreach Team. 

Ms. Klatchko is a proud member of numerous clubs and organizations in the Coachella Valley.  She sits on the Board of Directors for the Palm Springs Sun-Up Rotary Club, Desert Foundation of Academics, Indian Wells Athena Awards, Angel View Crippled Children’s Foundation, and several other community-based organizations.  For the past four years she has served as attorney-coach for the Palm Springs High School Mock Trial team. 

Bar & Court Admissions

• California, 2004

Education

• JD, University of California, Davis School of Law, King Hall
• BA, University of California, Berkeley

Professional Affiliations

• Warren E. Slaughter Chapter of the American Inn of Court, Appellate Outreach Team