About Kimberly Hutchison

Kimberly Hutchison is a Partner with Singleton Schreiber and a tenacious litigator with a long track record of successfully representing clients in and out of the courtroom. A leading member of the Civil Rights team, she helped the firm obtain one of its most prestigious verdicts. She was a core member of a legal team that had oral argument in the Supreme Court of the United States, as well as a core member of a team that represented an individual charged with capital offenses. She joined the firm in fall 2020.

Ms. Hutchison is admitted to practice in California state and federal courts and is an inactive member of the Virginia State Bar. She graduated magna cum laude from Claremont McKenna College in Philosophy before joining Teach for America in Miami. She then attended American University Washington College of Law in Washington, D.C., where she served on the WCL Moot Court Honor Society and the American University Law Review, graduating magna cum laude and elected to the Order of the Coif. She is a 2026 Lawdragon 500 Leading Plaintiff Consumer Lawyer.

Proven verdicts and settlements at Singleton Schreiber

These results are credited to Singleton Schreiber. A result appears under an attorney's own name only when a published source names them as counsel on the case.

A Miami federal jury found Tesla 33% liable for a 2019 Key Largo crash that killed a 22-year-old woman and severely injured her boyfriend, awarding $243 million including $200 million in punitive damages in the first federal trial over a fatal Autopilot accident.

U.S. District Court, S.D. Florida (Miami) · 2025Wrongful DeathRead the full story →
$16.4 millionVerdict

A San Diego County jury awarded $16,420,725 to Jane Neely after a diseased tree branch broke from a state-maintained oak and fell across State Route 79 near Warner Springs, crushing the 75-year-old motorcyclist beneath it and leaving her permanently paraplegic.

San Diego County Superior Court · 2022Motorcycle AccidentsRead the full story →
$12 millionVerdict

A federal jury awarded $85 million against San Diego County after deputies tased, beat, and hogtied Lucky Phounsy during a 2015 mental health crisis; the county later settled for $12 million after the judge vacated the wrongful-death damages and ordered a new trial on that portion.

U.S. District Court, S.D. California (San Diego) · 2022Wrongful DeathRead the full story →

Prior results do not guarantee a similar outcome. Each case is unique and depends on its own facts.

Practice areas

Education

American University, Washington College of Law
J.D.
Claremont McKenna College
Undergraduate

Bar admissions & credentials

State Bar of California

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