Overview
Katie Llamas leads our Sexual Assault and Sex Trafficking practice group and has been representing victims of personal injury since 2020. A former criminal prosecutor for the City of San Diego, she is an experienced trial attorney who is passionate about seeking justice.
Ms. Llamas developed a keen interest in representing victims when she served as the Coordinator of Victim Services for the San Diego Family Justice Center, where she protected people affected by domestic violence and human trafficking. After earning her law degree at California Western School of Law in 2014, she continued to fight for justice as a criminal prosecutor. Ms. Llamas holds a bachelor's degree in Human Development and Psychology from the University of California, San Diego, and a master’s degree in forensic psychology from Argosy University.
She currently serves on the Board of Directors for Magdalene’s, an anti-human-trafficking organization based in Florida, and previously served on the Board of Directors for Florida’s Circuit 1 Human Trafficking Task Force.
Professional Affiliations
Membership
Member, Society of Women Trial Lawyers
Member, Consumer Attorneys of San Diego (CASD)
News & Publications
News
|Media Mention, ABC10 News San DiegoIn a 30-page lawsuit, a former detainee at the Otay Mesa Detention alleges they experienced a sexual assault by a guard in 2023. The incident occurred while the plaintiff was detained at the ...
|Media Mention, Tahoe Daily TribuneMeagan Verschuren and Katie Llamas, attorneys at Singleton Schreiber, were recently featured in the Tahoe Daily Tribune in an article titled “Sex trafficking lawsuit levied against ...
|Media Mention, The Mercury NewsKatie Llamas, Counsel at Singleton Schreiber in San Diego, was recently featured in The Mercury News' article, "A Contra Costa County woman said she was sex trafficked for years; she’s ...
|Media Mention, San Francisco ChronicleKatie Llamas, Counsel of Singleton Schreiber, was recently mentioned in a San Francisco Chronicle article titled, "East Bay Woman Accuses Multiple Motels of turning Blind Eye to Sex ...
|Media Mention, KIRO 7Singleton Schreiber attorney Katie Llamas was recently featured in a KIRO 7 news segment "Motel 6 Facing Sex Trafficking Lawsuit" on April 20, 2024. Llamas spoke on behalf of a survivor who ...
Speaking Engagements
|Event, Hawai`i Convention Center
Press Releases
Blog Posts
|BlogIn a landmark victory for human rights and survivor advocacy, both the U.S. House of Representatives and the U.S. Senate have passed the Trafficking Survivors Relief Act on a bipartisan ...
|BlogIn February 2025, Assemblywoman Maggy Krell introduced a significant piece of legislation aimed at combating sex trafficking in California. The Survivor Support and Demand Reduction Act
|BlogIn September 2024, California Gov. Gavin Newsom signed Senate Bill 1414 into law, making it a serious felony to purchase sex from a minor under the age of 16. While this is a step forward, it’s ...
Education
University of California, San Diego, B.A. in Human Development and Psychology, 2006
Argosy University, M.A. in Forensic Psychology, 2010
California Western School of Law, J.D., 2014
Admissions
- State of California
- United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth District
- Multiple Federal Districts
Languages
- English
