Cynthia Beek
Summary
Ms. Beek has a wide breadth of experience assisting clients in a variety of areas of law, including trust litigation, insurance defense, business formation, and general liability.
Ms. Beek received her undergraduate degree from Hofstra University in New York, graduating cum laude. She later attended Boston College Law School where she received her law degree. While attending Boston College she was one of twelve students selected participate in an international legal work study program where she attended Kings College, Dickson Poon School of Law in London while simultaneously working for Symantec Corporation in their in-house legal department. During law school Ms. Beek also clerked for the Orange County District Attorney’s Office.
Before joining Bohm Wildish & Matsen, Ms. Beek worked for a large insurance defense firm in Newport Beach where she honed her courtroom skills and defended clients in variety of matters, including business litigation, personal injury and construction defect. During this time, she became well versed in all phases of litigation, including prelitigation strategy, discovery, law and motion, defending and taking depositions, and mediation. She additionally worked with the firm’s emerging markets corporate legal team, assisting clients in corporate formation, city permitting, commercial leasing, and policy.
Since joining the firm, a large part of Ms. Beek’s focus has been in the area of trusts and estates. Ms. Beek has assisted clients in complex multi-million-dollar trust litigation, at both the trial court and appellate level.
A Newport Beach native, during her time away from the office Ms. Beek enjoys sailing, hiking, camping, snowboarding, and beachgoing.
Practice Areas & Focus
- Appellate Law
- Business Law
- Commercial & Corporate
- Construction Defect Law
- Insurance law
- Litigation
- Personal Injury
- Probate
- Trusts
- Wills
Education
- Boston College Law School, J.D., 2014
- Hofstra University, B.A., 2006
Admissions
- State Bar of California, 2015
Professional Associations/Memberships
- Orange County Bar Association
- OCBA College of Trial Advocacy
Costa Mesa , California, 92622