Serena M. Warner

Since joining Angelo, Kilday & Kilduff, LLP in early 2010, Ms. Warner has developed an emphasis in employment litigation, and defense against DFEH complaints and wage and hour claims. In 2021, she tried a 14-day jury trial in Solano County involving allegations of sexual harassment and disability discrimination resulting in a complete defense verdict. With Partner Carolee Kilduff, Ms. Warner tried a ten-week age discrimination trial in 2014 and an eight-week retaliation and disability discrimination trial in 2016. She was also lead arbitration counsel in a 7-day wage and hour arbitration in 2018. Although her focus is on employment litigation, Ms. Warner also handles cases with claims of defamation, excessive force, and personal injury, charges of unconstitutional child removals, challenges to nuisance regulations, SLAPP suits, and appeals. Ms. Warner has argued before the Ninth Circuit and California Third District Court of Appeal. She was recognized as a Rising Star among Northern California attorneys by Super Lawyers.com in 2016-2021 and a Top Lawyer in Sacramento Magazine from 2017-2021.

In 2019, Ms. Warner graduated from the TIPS/ABOTA National Trial Academy. Held annually at the National Judicial College, the Trial Academy allows practicing attorneys to hone their trial skills by competing against other attorneys from around the country.

Ms. Warner is a California-native, raised locally in Elk Grove, CA. She received her bachelor of arts with high honors from the University of California Santa Barbara and graduated law school, cum laude, from the University of California, Hastings College of the Law. She is the President of the Sacramento Filipino American Lawyers Association (Sac-FALA), Vice-Chair of the Labor and Employment Committee for the Sacramento County Bar Association, and a member of the Federal Bar Association, National Filipino American Lawyers Association, and National Asian Pacific American Bar Association. Ms. Warner volunteers her time judging for the annual Sacramento County Gordon D. Schaber Moot Court Competition, a program she previously coached from 2013 to 2020. Ms. Warner is also the proud mom of a strong-willed, sweet-spirited five-year old and a hard-charging toddler. Although mom-life has monopolized the majority of her time outside of work in the past few years, she finds time to read or take an occasional yoga class. She also hopes to be able to resume her hobby of beer-brewing in the near future.