Pallie is part of the family law team and relies on her experience in civil litigation to help clients with restraining orders, property division, and custody and support issues. Her background includes several years litigating medical malpractice cases under the Medical Injury Compensation Reform Act (MICRA), punitive damages and limitations on general damages, and she represented medical professionals being sued for medical negligence, medical battery, and other intentional torts. An excellent orator, Pallie has particular skills arguing motions on behalf of clients and has done so in Superior Courts in all nine Bay Area counties.

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Pallie is part of the family law team and relies on her experience in civil litigation to help clients with restraining orders, property division, and custody and support issues. Her background includes several years litigating medical malpractice cases under the Medical Injury Compensation Reform Act (MICRA), punitive damages and limitations on general damages, and she represented medical professionals being sued for medical negligence, medical battery, and other intentional torts. An excellent orator, Pallie has particular skills arguing motions on behalf of clients and has done so in Superior Courts in all nine Bay Area counties.

Highlights

• Named to the Northern California Super Lawyers – Rising Stars, 2009.
• Experienced in appeals and drafted a petition for review to the California Supreme Court and a respondent’s brief to the Sixth District Court of Appeals.

Representative Matters

• Negotiated complex property division settlements.
• Tackled issues associated with the discovery of protected materials and the right to privileged information.
• Amicably settled allegations of negligence, 42 U.S.C. §1983 violations, privilege and punitive damages for an inpatient psychiatric treatment facility.

Professional and Community Contributions

Pallie is the co-president of the Northern California chapter of the Pajama Program, a non-profit that collects new books and pajamas for children in shelters. She serves on the Board for Santa Clara County La Raza Lawyers Association.

Admissions

State Bar of California
U. S. District Court, Northern, Southern, and Eastern Districts of California
U. S. Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals

Education

J.D., Santa Clara University School of Law, 1999
B.A., cum laude, San Jose State University, 1994