Four USD School of Law Alumni at Klinedinst Named 2024 San Diego Super Lawyers and Rising Stars

SAN DIEGO (April 16, 2024) – Four University of San Diego (USD) alumni at Klinedinst were named by their peers as 2024 San Diego Super Lawyers® or Rising Stars®. Each year, no more than 5% of the lawyers in the state of California are named a Super Lawyer, and only 2.5% of the lawyers in the state are named Rising Stars. The following attorneys were recognized:

• Civil Litigation, Defense: Teresa Beck, ’90 (JD), magna cum laude, is a Managing Shareholder of the Arizona and Nevada offices. She represents a wide variety of clients, including small and large businesses, non-profits, governmental entities, senior care centers, grocery chains, parking management companies, developers, law firms, insurance companies and individuals. 
• Construction Litigation, Business: Kurt Campbell, '93 (JD) is a Shareholder and the head of Klinedinst PC’s Real Estate, Construction and Land Use Department. Mr Campell represents a wide variety of corporate clients including Fortune 500 companies, developers, general contractors, design professionals, subcontractors, and real estate professionals.
• Professional Liability, Defense: Ian Friedman, ‘13 (JD) (Rising Star) is a Shareholder in Klinedinst’s San Diego office. Mr. Friedman’s practice focuses on professional liability defense, business litigation, and personal injury law. He represents business entities, as well as individuals in multi-million dollar disputes involving the ownership and operation of corporations, limited liability companies and partnerships. 
• Professional Liability, Defense: Irean Swan, ‘16 (JD) (Rising Star) is a Shareholder in the San Diego office of Klinedinst PC. Ms. Swan’s practice focuses on complex litigation, with a focus in intellectual property, business, and professional liability matters. She has significant federal and state litigation experience and success with trial, pre-trial, and post-trial motions.

Pictured left to right, top to bottom: Beck, Campbell, Friedman, Swan.

About the University of San Diego School of Law

Each year, USD educates approximately 800 Juris Doctor and graduate law students from throughout the United States and around the world. The law school is best known for its offerings in the areas of business and corporate law, constitutional law, intellectual property, international and comparative law, public interest law and taxation.

USD School of Law is one of the 84 law schools elected to the Order of the Coif, a national honor society for law school graduates. The law school’s faculty is a strong group of outstanding scholars and teachers with national and international reputations and currently ranks 30th nationally among U.S. law faculties in scholarly impact and 41st nationally in past-year faculty downloads on the Social Sciences Research Network (SSRN). The school is accredited by the American Bar Association and is a member of the Association of American Law Schools. Founded in 1954, the law school is part of the University of San Diego, a private, independent, Roman Catholic university chartered in 1949.