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Kandy attended the
University of Mississippi and obtained her
Juris Doctor, cum laude, from
Pepperdine University School of Law in 1996,
where she served as Literary Editor of the
Pepperdine Law Review and won several
moot court awards and competitions.
After law school, Kandy
clerked for the Tennessee Court of Appeals
in Memphis, Tennessee. In 1997, she then
began practicing law in Nashville in the
corporate and securities group at Waller
Landsden Dortch & Davis LLP. She then
returned to California where she joined the
corporate group at Snell & Wilmer, LLP. At
Snell & Wilmer, Kandy negotiated mergers and
acquisitions, prepared copyright and
trademark registrations, and worked on
corporate-related litigation matters. Kandy
then joined Brobeck Phleger & Harrison LLP’s
corporate and securities group, where she
negotiated venture capital financings on
both the venture capital fund side and the
company side in the high technology and
emerging growth sectors.
After taking some time
off to be at home with her two children,
Kandy relaunched her legal career by
consulting with entrepreneurs and start-up
companies, and eventually started her own
law firm. She currently advises and
represents entrepreneurs and start-up
companies in business entity formation
issues, trademark registrations, and other
general corporate or limited liability
company issues. She has handles general
business litigation matters. Kandy is
admitted to practice in both California and
Tennessee.
Kandy recently
participated in the Trial Attorney
Partnership program with the Orange County
District Attorney's Office where, as a
Deputy District Attorney, she successfully
prosecuted a jury trial and argued numerous
preliminary hearings, motions, and other
evidentiary matters.
In addition to her
legal career, Kandy sits on the Board of
Directors and the Governance Committee of
Hope University, which provides an
arts-centered curriculum for adults with
developmental disabilities. |
