Katherine Cox
Trial Attorney
Katie is a California native and has lived and worked in the Bay Area since 2010. Katie was born and raised in Rancho Cucamonga, California, in the Inland Empire, but has lived in the Bay Area since she graduated from high school in 2010. Katie loves the people, food, and scenery in the Bay Area and can’t imagine living anywhere else.
Katie graduated from the University of California, Davis, with honors in 2020 with a bachelor’s degree in history. While at UC Davis, Katie helped start the UC Davis History Club. During the summer of 2019, Katie studied abroad through a UC Davis history program in Vienna, Austria. While in Austria, Katie traveled through Munich, Prague, Krakow, and Budapest.
Afterward, she began her legal education at the University of California College of the Law, San Francisco (formerly UC Hastings) in 2021. While in law school, Katie was a member and coach of the highly ranked UC Law SF Moot Court team. Additionally, Katie was an Editor, and later Executive Editor of Articles, for the UC Law SF Journal of Race & Economic Justice.
As a disabled person, Katie is passionate about disability rights and advocacy, which motivated her to work alongside other students to create the UC Law SF Disability Rights Association and serve as its inaugural president. Katie also worked as a teaching assistant for legal research and writing courses during her second and third years of law school. During her third year of law school, Katie participated in the Individual Representation clinic. In this role, she helped a client get their criminal record expunged in San Mateo County and won another client’s appeal of their denial of Social Security Disability benefits. Katie graduated cum laude from UC Law SF in 2024 with a concentration in social justice lawyering.
Katie worked as a research assistant for the UC Law SF Legal Research & Writing department during the summer after her first year of law school. During the summer after her second year, Katie interned for the Habeas Corpus Resource Center, defending clients sentenced to death in California in their habeas corpus petitions. Katie passed the July 2024 California Bar Exam and was admitted to the California Bar in March 2025. Katie briefly volunteered for the non-profit, Phillips Black, after passing the bar exam. Afterward, Katie worked in a one-year fellowship with Habeas Corpus Resource Center. During her fellowship with Habeas Corpus Resource Center, Katie largely worked on developing claims under the nascent California Racial Justice Act. Working with death-sentenced clients engendered in Katie a strong sense of justice and an understanding and empathy for those facing major adversity.
Outside of work, Katie loves cooking, baking, travelling, and spending time with her family, including her cat, Pasha, and her dog, Bowie.
Bar Admissions
- California, 2025
Education
- University of California College of the Law, San Francisco (formerly UC Hastings)
- J.D., 2024
- Concentration in Social Justice Lawyering, 2024
- University of California, Davis
- B.A. History, 2020
Areas of Practice
- Personal Injury
- Employment
Mark Venardi’s Results
Settlement
Multi-Million Dollar
Discrimination Claims
Martin Zurada and Mark Venardi led a team that obtained a multi-million recovery for a group of deserving clients. We are not afraid to turn down significant initial offers which are insufficient to compensate our clients and change defendant’s behavior. We roll up our sleeves, put on the gloves, and fight it out with the defense. If getting the best possible result means holding on until trial to resolve the case, or fighting the case at trial, we will do whatever it takes. We put our clients in the best possible position to obtain a maximum result.
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Asentamientos
Acuerdo de varios millones de dólares
Despido Injustificado
Martin Zurada y Mark Venardi lideraron un equipo que obtuvo una recuperación de varios millones de dólares para un grupo de clientes merecedores. No tememos rechazar ofertas iniciales significativas que sean insuficientes para compensar a nuestros clientes y cambiar el comportamiento del demandado. Arremangamos nuestras camisas, nos ponemos los guantes y luchamos contra la defensa. Si obtener el mejor resultado posible significa esperar hasta el juicio para resolver el caso, o pelearlo en el juicio, haremos lo que sea necesario. Ponemos a nuestros clientes en la mejor posición posible para obtener un resultado máximo.
Acuerdo
$28 Millones
Lesiones Personales
El monto exacto del acuerdo es confidencial, pero superó los $28 millones. Acuerdo confidencial contra una organización de mantenimiento de la salud por no supervisar a un cirujano que realizó procedimientos inapropiados en pacientes de urología femenina, causando lesiones significativas y permanentes, incluyendo incontinencia crónica. Las reclamaciones involucraron a más de 80 pacientes y reflejaron una situación de responsabilidad agravada, ya que la organización de salud estaba al tanto del uso recreativo de drogas del cirujano, pero no lo supervisó y ocultó su conducta, formación y experiencia.
Settlement
Settlement in excess of $28 Million
Medical Malpractice
Exact settlement amount is confidential but exceeded $28 million. Confidential settlement against a health maintenance organization for failing to supervise a surgeon who performed inappropriate procedures on female urology patients causing significant, permanent injuries Including chronic incontinence. Claims involved more than 80 patients and reflected an aggravated liability situation since the health care organization was familiar with the surgeon’s recreational drug use but failed to monitor and concealed his conduct, training and experience.
*Obtained prior to joining Venardi Zurada.
Of Counsel
Settlement
$7.125 Million
Boat Accidents
Our client was an 80 year-old passenger in a tender vessel. The vessel rose quickly on a wave and fell quickly causing our client to suffer a spine fracture that required a two-level fusion surgery.
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Client Reviews
"They helped me out when I got into an accident"
VZ are the best in the bay! They helped me out when I got into an accident, I can’t say anything bad about them.
Robert-Christopher G.
"Felt comfortable around the people here"
Friendly and clean environment. Felt comfortable around the people here.
Katarina B.
"They were very understanding"
I really appreciated Venardi Zurada LLP, they were great help and were very understanding of my predicament. Communication was always available and consistent and amicable. I would absolutely recommend them to anyone who has issues at work or otherwise and is seeking legal action or justice for any wrongdoing.
Ava B.
"Call Venardi Zurada for any of your PI needs"
The VZ team are such a great help. Call Venardi Zurada for any of your PI needs they are the best!
Nohra R.
"Overall Great Firm"
Everyone is professional, overall great firm!
Fabian P.
We Take Care Of Our Clients
Our clients are at the heart of everything we do. We take pride in providing exceptional service, personalized attention, and unwavering support throughout each case. The testimonials from our clients reflect their satisfaction with our commitment to their well-being, highlighting the care, expertise, and dedication we bring to every case. We’re honored to have earned the trust and appreciation of those we’ve had the privilege to serve.