Candice focuses her practice on litigation matters and represents both public and private sector clients. She represents policyholders in insurance recovery disputes in first-party and third-party actions. Candice also represents public agencies in disputes brought by constituents and employees, as well as in eminent domain actions.

Candice has experience litigating the interpretation of contracts related to employment, business relationships, and leases. She has litigated trade secret disputes, and she has helped resolve disputes in arbitration.

Candice’s pro bono work includes securing permanent residence for an asylee and assisting a mobile home owner in a dispute against the park owner.

As a law student, she externed for the Honorable Alan Jaroslovsky, Chief Judge of the United States Bankruptcy Court, Northern District of California.

Prior to law school, Candice was a journalist for nine years. She was a reporter and editor for the Orange County Register and the Mountain View Voice.

Bar Admissions

• California
• U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California
• U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of California
• U.S. District Court for the Southern District of California
• U.S. District Court for the Central District of California

Education
J.D., cum laude, University of California, Hastings College of the Law (2013)
B.A., Haverford College (2001)

Professional Associations

• Leadership Counsel on Legal Diversity, 2017 Pathfinder
• Bar Association of San Francisco
• Association of Business Trial Lawyers, Northern California Chapter
• Asian American Bar Association of the Greater Bay Area

Professional Activities and Experience
Accolades

• California Lawyers Association, Wiley W. Manuel Pro Bono Legal Services Award (2015, 2019–2021)

• Business Interruption Insurance May Cover Losses Related to Coronavirus

  By Candice Shih |March 2020

Additional Articles"Court Finds in Favor of Restaurants Seeking Coverage for Loss of Business Income," California Education of the Bar (February 2021)
"Court Finds in Favor of Restaurants Seeking Coverage for Loss of Business Income," Litigation & Dispute Resolution Law Alert (January 2021)
"Business Interruption Insurance May Cover Losses Related to Coronavirus," co-author, Insurance Recovery Law Alert (March 2020)
"Revised California Rules Intended to Streamline Demurrer Process With New Meet-And-Confer Requirements," CMCP Diversity Matters Newsletter (Spring 2016)
"Calif.'s Post-Sanchez Unconscionability Doctrine," co-author, Law360 (September 2015)
Note, Dropped Calls: The Extent of the Free Speech Guarantee to Wireless Communications Services, 35 Hastings Comm. & Ent L.J. 223 (2012)

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