- Consumer Attorney Association of Los Angeles (CAALA)
- Consumer Attorneys of California (CAOC)
- American Bar Association (ABA)
- Los Angeles County Bar Association (LACBA)
- Women Lawyers Association of Los Angeles (WLALA)
- American Association for Justice (AAJ)
Stephanie Charlin
Partner
Stephanie Charlin is a Partner at Kabateck LLP, where she represents plaintiffs in high-stakes litigation involving personal injury, products liability, mass torts, wrongful death, property damage, and insurance bad faith.
Known for her relentless advocacy and strategic litigation skills, Ms. Charlin has recovered over $200 million on behalf of her clients.
Her practice spans a wide array of complex civil matters, from representing policyholders in insurance coverage disputes to securing justice for victims of catastrophic wildfires and defective products. Ms. Charlin is particularly proud of her role in obtaining more than $100 million for victims of the Woolsey Fire and securing multimillion-dollar recoveries in insurance bad faith and product defect cases.
Recognized for her excellence in advocacy, Ms. Charlin was named one of California’s Top 40 Under 40 Lawyers by the Los Angeles Daily Journal in 2023. She has also been selected to the Southern California Super Lawyers Rising Stars list for six consecutive years (2020–2025).
Ms. Charlin earned her J.D. from Loyola Law School in Los Angeles in 2017, where she was awarded the Alumni Scholarship and Byrne Trial Advocacy scholarships. A standout member of Loyola’s nationally ranked Byrne Trial Advocacy Team, she gained extensive trial training and competed in mock trial tournaments across the country. She also served as an editor of the Loyola of Los Angeles Law Review and as Vice President of the Consumer Law Society.
Ms. Charlin holds dual bachelor’s degrees in Psychology and Legal Studies from the University of California, Santa Cruz, where she graduated cum laude with honors in Legal Studies.
PROFESSIONAL ASSOCIATIONS & MEMBERSHIP
AWARDS & RECOGNITION
- Daily Journal Top 40 under 40 Lawyer in California, 2023
- Southern California Super Lawyers Rising Stars, 2020–2026
PRACTICE AREAS
- Insurance Bad Faith
- Sexual Abuse
- Wrongful Death
- Personal Injury
- Wildfires & Natural Disasters
- Mass Tort
- Consumer Rights
EDUCATION
- Loyola Law School, Los Angeles, Ca J.D., 2017
- University of California, Santa Cruz. B.A. Legal Studies; B.A. Psychology, 2013
BAR ADMISSIONS
- California
PUBLICATIONS
- CAOC Forum Magazine, How Young Female Attorneys Can Stand Up, Step Forward, and Stand Out During the New Work-from-Home Era (March/April 2021)
- Advocate Magazine, California Damages: An Update (June 14, 2019)
- The Recorder, Timing is Everything When Suing a Dead Person (March 5, 2019)
- Clicking the “Like” Button for Recklessness: How Elonis v. Unites States Changed True Threats Analysis. 49 Loyola of Los Angeles Law Review 705 (2016)
MEDIA MENTIONS
- The Merced Focus, Shoddy repairs? Workers drinking on the job? Complaints paint troubling picture of ‘fixes’ made to flood-ravaged homes in Merced County (March 20, 2026)
NOTABLE RESULTS
$100+ million – Recovered for survivors of the 2018 Woolsey Fire and 2018 Thomas Fire in claims against the utility responsible
$6 million – Patient infected with a drug-resistant “superbug” from a contaminated Olympus medical scope
$5.99 million – Graduate student seriously injured during a flying-trapeze lesson her professor built into a required-credit course; claims against the university, the professor and the trapeze school
$3.6 million – First-party insurance bad faith settlement for Palisades Fire homeowner
$3 million – Child seriously injured by a defectively designed jacuzzi drain
$3 million – First-party insurance bad faith claim in federal court against a hotel owner’s insurer resulting from a fire related coverage dispute
$2.43 million – Combined product defect and insurance bad faith claims arising from a house fire
$1.75 million – Breach of contract settlement involving Woolsey Fire homeowners and their insurer related to a disputed subrogation assignment
$925,000 – Serious injuries from a motor vehicle collision
$750,000 – First-party insurance bad faith claim against a homeowner’s insurer for mishandling claim related to CZU Lightning Complex Fire
$375,000 – Child injured in a dog attack; claim against the dog’s owner
Past results do not guarantee a similar outcome in future matters.