Kim Life, Partner
Hi, I’m Kim, and I help companies solve problems.
I am an attorney and corporate executive with more than twenty years of experience in risk management, compliance, and corporate law. I have served as in-house and out-house counsel for large and small public and private companies, especially in the life sciences sector. I am also a recovering litigator, having practiced in a specialty FDA litigation practice at a prominent Washington, DC law firm.
How can I help you?
My clients appreciate my practical perspective and keen appreciation for brevity and consistency, wrapped up in some old-fashioned common sense.
I build personal relationships with my clients. This isn’t just good business; it encourages open dialogue and ensures that formalities and niceties don’t get in the way of rolling up our sleeves and getting down to work.
Here are some of the ways I can help:
- Outside General Counsel and Chief Compliance Officer
- Risk assessments, gap analyses, and due diligence
- Comprehensive Compliance Program development and management
- Negotiate, draft, and review agreements and contracts
- Manage and review outside counsel
- Promotional materials review
- Internal audits and investigations
- Grant assessment and review
- Executive and Board reports and periodic training
- Competitor disputes
Pre-law
Before law school, I was a technical communications consultant, which means I translated really smart people into something the rest of us could understand. This is where I developed my passion for concise language and minimal fuss.
What I do when I’m not working
I live in Baja, so I ride my horse and surf and kayak. I knit and I read. A lot! Currently, I’m reading “Flying Helicopters in Laos for Air America,” by Bill Collier, and re-reading (again) the Aubrey/Maturin series, by Patrick O’Brian.
I also blog at insolentwench.com.
Practice areas
- Compliance counseling and defense
- Corporate
- Corporate governance
- Food and drug law
- Fraud and abuse counseling and defense
- General Counsel services
- Product marketing
- Risk assessment and management
- Stark/self-referral
Contact me
+1 650.619.4954
Education
JD, Duke University School of Law, Durham, North Carolina
BS, Economics, University of Iowa, Iowa City, Iowa
Bar admissions
California
Washington, DC
Organisations
Lawyer’s Club of San Diego
San Diego County Bar Association
Business for Good San Diego