Practice Areas
Admitted to Practice
- The State Bar of California, 2007
Education
- University of San Francisco School of Law, Juris Doctor, 2007
- University of California, Santa Cruz, Bachelor of Arts with Honors, 2002
Kate L. Lozano
San Francisco Office Managing Partner
- Direct Dial: (415) 403-4356
- Phone: (415) 781-6676
- Fax: (415) 781-6823
- Physical Address: 255 California Street, Suite 850, San Francisco, CA 94111-4912
Kate L. Lozano
San Francisco Office Managing Partner
- Direct Dial: (415) 403-4356
- Phone: (415) 781-6676
- Fax: (415) 781-6823
- Physical Address: 255 California Street , Suite 850, San Francisco, CA 94111-4912
- Overview
Kate Lozano is the Managing Partner of our San Francisco office. She joined LFLM in 2007, and represents insurance carriers, third-party administrators, and self-insured employers in all areas of state workers’ compensation defense.
Ms. Lozano regularly presents to clients on a variety of topics including PERS/CERL, California Labor Code Section 4850, settlement strategies, Dahl case law, voucher rules, affirmative defenses, and strategies for litigation of Joinder/Contribution.
Ms. Lozano earned her undergraduate degree from University of California, Santa Cruz. She received her law degree from the University of San Francisco School of Law.
- Industry Involvement
Honors & Awards
- CAAA SF Chapter Defense Attorney of the Year, 2019
Publications
- LFLM Podcast Episode 4 – Discovery for COVID-19 Claims, 2021
- CEB Workers’ Compensation Practice Guide, Co-Editor for 2012 Updates, Chapter 14: Gathering Evidence; Chapter 4: Temporary Disability
- Contributor to The Workers’ Compensation Newsletter
Speaking Engagements
- “Workplace Investigations: The Do’s and Don’ts From Our Time in the Trenches,” (Moderator) PARMA Conference, 2025
- Section 132a, Serious and Willful Litigation from the Defense Perspective, 2015, California Applicant’s Attorneys Association
- Liens, LFLM Spring Seminar, 2012
- Workers’ Compensation Fraud Investigation/Material Misrepresentation, San Francisco District Attorney’s Office, 2011
- Ogilvie, LFLM Spring Seminar, 2008
Representative Experience
- Co-authored defendants’ briefs in Facundo-Guerrero v. WCAB; Nurserymen’s Exchange and Argonaut Insurance Company (case: A119814, 1st District, Division 4), and successfully argued that the Court of Appeal should uphold Section 4064.5(d) and the 24-visit chiropractic cap against constitutional challenge.