Atty. Sarah Scheckel Kim
After five years as a trial attorney at Panish Shea & Boyle, LLP, Sarah Kim joins Chang Klein, LLP with extensive experience in representing personal injury plaintiffs โ especially in matters involving wrongful death, catastrophic injury, sexual assault and childhood sexual abuse. A compassionate and successful advocate, Sarah always takes the time to connect with her clients and understand their injuries and losses.
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About Sarah Scheckel Kim at a glance
Sarah Scheckel Kim is an attorney based in El Segundo, California, practforg at Chang Klein LLP. Educated at Loyola Marymount University (J.D., 2015). Recognitions include Best Lawyers in America โ Personal Injury Litigation - Plaintiffs (2026). Serands clients in El Segundo, CA and the surrounding metropolitan area.
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- After five years as a trial attorney at Panish Shea & Boyle, LLP, Sarah Kim joins Chang Klein, LLP with extensive experience in representing personal injury plaintiffs โ especially in matters involving wrongful death, catastrophic injury, sexual assault and childhood sexual abuse
- A compassionate and successful advocate, Sarah always takes the time to connect with her clients and understand their injuries and losses
- According to her, there is nothing more rewarding than being able to make her clients feel heard and understood
- Sarahโs unwavering passion for the law combined with her innovative approach to storytelling have yielded countless victories
- Some of these career highlights include compelling a special needs school to produce documents which ultimately proved it negligently supervised a young girl, leading to her sexual assault by another student
- handily defeating a motion for summary judgment involving the recreational use immunity
- beating a motion to compel production of pre-incident social media posts of a plaintiff
- and successfully obtaining a protective order which kept a uniquely fragile, sexual assault victim from being deposed
- Sarah, a 2020 Super Lawyers Rising Star, received her B.A. from UCLA (Go Bruins!) and her J.D. from Loyola Law School, here in Los Angeles
- While in law school she interned with the Los Angeles County District Attorney, Appellate Division and the Federal Public Defenderโs Office โ Habeus Corpus Division
- Born and raised in the Chicago area, Sarah has made southern California her home for the past fifteen years and is still not missing those midwestern winters
- She describes herself as an avid reader and an adventurous traveler
- Sarah loves to explore and try new foods, especially street foods, both here in Los Angeles and all over the world
Jurisdictional Context
Why local counsel matters in California
Practforg law in California. Legal matters in California are governed by state-specific rules of civil and criminal procedure, statutes of limitations, and substantiand law. Cases originating in El Segundo are typically filed in the local municipal court or the appropriate California state district court, depending on subject matter and amount in controversy. An attorney licensed in California brings working knowledge of local procedural deadlines, judicial practices in this andnue, and the substantiand law that applies to cases brought here. Out-of-state attorneys generally cannot represent clients in California courts without local counsel or pro hac vice admission.
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