Tuesday, Feb 21 2012 02:24 PM
Catherine E. Bennett and Leonard K. Welsh
By The Bakersfield Californian
Catherine E. Bennett and Leonard K. Welsh have been named one of the region’s top lawyers in 2012 by Southern California Super Lawyers magazine. The honor signifies a high degree of peer recognition and professional achievement; it is given to about 5 percent of Southern California lawyers, not including those in the San Diego area.
Bennett is senior counsel at Bakersfield’s Klein, DeNatale, Goldner, Cooper, Rosenlieb & Kimball LLP. With more than 15 years of legal experience, she specializes in civil litigation and appeals and writs. She graduated from Highland High School in 1976 and went on to earn a bachelor’s degree in psychology and a master’s in business administration at Cal State Bakersfield before receiving her law degree from California Pacific School of Law in 1995. Past president of the Kern County Bar Association, she serves as chairwoman of the State Bar of California’s Standing Committee on the Delivery of Legal Services.
This is Welsh’s second time on the list. He is an of-counsel attorney for Klein DeNatale. He earned his law degree at Washington & Lee University in 1980, and now has more than 28 years of experience practicing law. A member of the Central California Bankruptcy Association who is nationally certified in business and consumer bankruptcy law, Welsh focuses on bankruptcy, insolvency, business and farm reorganizations, and debtor and credit rights.
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