Ms. Bernhardt has focused her practice since 1991 in the litigation field. Ms. Bernhardt has a solid background in construction defect, wrongful death, brain injury, dog bite cases, uninsured and under-insured motorist cases, public entity cases, and crop damage cases, as well as contract disputes, indemnity, subrogation cases, and special investigation unit cases. She has taken and defended hundreds of depositions of every type of witness, from plaintiffs and defendants to expert doctors, economists, engineers and accident reconstructionists. Ms. Bernhardt has been successful in numerous civil jury trials in California’s Superior Courts.

Ms. Bernhardt also has experience representing clients in Family Law matters.  She represents clients through divorce, support, custody, visitation, property division and domestic violence matters.

Concentration in general Civil Litigation in areas of Agricultural Law, Business Law, Class Actions, Commercial Litigation, Construction Law, Consumer Law, Contracts, Fraud & Deceit, Unfair Competition, Insurance Defense, Negligence, Personal Injury, Premises Liability, Products Liability, Torts and Trucking Law, as well as Family Law matters.