Carla R.D. Khal joined KSC in 2019, and brought to the Firm extensive family law experience in assisting families with their legal issues. She is admitted to practice before all state and federal Courts in the State of California.

During her career, Carla spent twenty years as the managing attorney of the Self-Help Resource Center of the Tulare County Superior Court. She also served as the Family Law Facilitator in Tulare County where she built the program into a model self-help center; served as a mentor for new Facilitators throughout California; routinely served as a presenter at the Judicial Council’s annual training; and led the self-help professional community by serving on numerous state-wide boards and projects. Prior to this, Carla was in private practice working in both family law and general civil litigation.

Carla earned her juris doctorate from San Joaquin College of Law where she was valedictorian of the Class of 1993, and served on the San Joaquin College of Law Agricultural Law Review. Carla also competed in national moot court competitions where she was on the First Place Team at the 1992 National Agricultural Advocacy Competition and won the First Runner-Up Team, Individual Oralist and Brief at the 1993 National Tax Moot Court.

Carla completed her first year of law school at Florida State University College of Law where she was Top Scholar in both Constitutional Law and Educational Policy and Law. Carla graduated Magna Cum Laude from the University of Missouri, Columbia in 1986 with a Bachelor of Science in Education. She taught high school English, Creative Writing and Drama prior to attending law school and continued using her teaching experience as an attorney by serving as Adjunct Faculty of the College of Sequoias from 1998-2018 where she taught a wide array of paralegal courses.

Carla was a 20-year volunteer for World Ag Expo and served as the show Chair in 2019. Previously, Carla served on the International Agri Center’s Board of Directors for six years where she held several offices including President in 2016.