Our Partners

Senior & Managing Partner

Ken Kasdan is one of the nation’s leading construction defect attorneys and has been the managing partner of Kasdan Turner Thomson Booth LLP, which he established, for more than 25 years. He earned his law degree from the State University of New York, at Buffalo, and his bachelor of arts degree, cum laude, from Bernard M. Baruch College of the City University of New York. Ken was admitted to the California State Bar in 1976, and is licensed to practice before the U.S. District Court, Central District of California. He was admitted to the Arizona State Bar in 2003 and the Hawaii and New Mexico State Bar in 2017.

Ken is a member of the American Bar Association (Member: Business Law Section); Committee on Commercial Financial Services; Subcommittee on Interest and Usury, Creditor Rights; Litigation Section; Construction Industry Forum Committee; State Bar Association of California; Orange County Bar Association (Member: Business Litigation Section); Orange County Trial Lawyers Association; Judge Pro Tem, Orange County Superior Court; the Orange County Superior Court Judicial Arbitration Panel; the Maricopa County Bar Association; and Consumer Attorneys of California (CAOC).

Ken has been rated AV-Preeminent by Martindale-Hubble, the highest rating achievable for both skill and ethics. He has also been selected for inclusion as a Southern California Super Lawyer in 2015, 2014, 2013, 2012, 2011, 2010, 2009 and 2006.

Ken is a member of the Community Associations Institute (CAI) and the Educational Community for Homeowners (ECHO).

Ken sits on the Board of the Construction Defect Community Charitable Foundation (CDCCF). Established to provide financial assistance for active members of the construction defect community, the CDCCF helps individuals who have uninsured expenses due to a disability, illness, and/or the death of a community member or an immediate family member.

2015-2012 SPEAKING ENGAGEMENTS

West Coast Casualty’s 22nd Annual Construction Defect Seminar
Member: Speakers and Topics Committee
May 14-15, 2015
Disneyland Hotel & Convention Center, Anaheim, California

MC Consultant’s 21th Annual Construction Defect Conference
Member: Speakers and Topics Committee
September 16-18, 2015
Manchester Grand Hyatt, San Diego, California

West Coast Casualty’s 21st Annual Construction Defect Seminar
Member: Speakers and Topics Committee
May 15-16, 2014
Disneyland Hotel & Convention Center, Anaheim, California

West Coast Casualty’s 21st Annual Construction Defect Seminar
Featured Panelist: “A Multi-Jurisdictional Review of Consent Judgments and Bad Faith Set-Up Cases”
May 15-16, 2014
Disneyland Hotel & Convention Center, Anaheim, California

MC Consultant’s 20th Annual Construction Defect Conference
Member: Speakers and Topics Committee
September 17-19, 2014
Manchester Grand Hyatt, San Diego, California

HB 2013 Construction Litigation Leaders’ Forum
Leadership Panel: Ken Kasdan, Esq., Richard Glucksman, Esq., William Mayer, Thomas Brown
March 14-15, 2013, Los Angeles, California

West Coast Casualty’s 20th Annual Construction Defect Seminar
Member: Speakers and Topics Committee
May 15, 16 and 17, 2013, Anaheim, California

MC Consultant’s 19th Annual Construction Defect Conference
Member: Speakers and Topics Committee
September 18-20, 2013, San Diego, California

MC Consultant’s 18th Annual Construction Defect Conference
September 20-21, 2012, San Diego, California

DRI Construction Law Seminar
September 20-21, 2012, Phoenix, Arizona

WESTCON
June 20, 2012, Berkeley, California

West Coast Casualty’s 19th Annual Construction Defect Seminar
May 12-13, 2012, Anaheim, California

HB Construction Litigation Leaders’ Forum
March 8-9, 2012, Marina del Rey, California