Kimberly Trimble
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Kimberly S. Hutchison, Partner at Singleton Schreiber, was featured by Daily Journal in an article titled “Kimberly Trimble,” published on September 27, 2023.
The profile highlights Hutchison’s work leading the firm’s civil rights practice, where she represents plaintiffs in cases involving police misconduct. Hutchison joined Singleton Schreiber in November 2020 after nine years with Federal Defenders of San Diego. She first worked on the firm’s wildfire cases and became lead of the civil rights practice in December 2021.
The article covers several of Hutchison’s civil rights matters against government entities and contractors in the Southern District of California. These include a $250,000 settlement in Horton v. County of San Diego, a use-of-force case arising near a protest, and Brouhard v. The Geo Group, Inc., involving an alleged assault at a privately run detention center in El Centro. Trimble also settled Arguelles v. County of San Diego, which involved a teen’s death at San Diego’s juvenile hall and state-required safety checks. She also helped prepare K.J.P. v. County of San Diego, an in-custody death case the firm handled, for a retrial that resulted in an $85 million jury award.
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It was always the plan for me to work on civil rights cases down the road.
KIMBERLY S. HUTCHISON, PARTNER
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