About Claudia Borsutzki

Claudia Borsutzki is a partner in the firm's Thousand Oaks office. Her practice focuses on civil litigation and high-exposure matters, including transportation, products liability, toxic tort, habitability, subrogation, catastrophic injury, and medical malpractice cases.

Claudia obtained her law degree from the Westfalische Wilhelms University in Munster, Germany, in 2004. Thereafter, she completed her two-year legal traineeship at the Higher Regional Court in Hamm, Germany. In 2007, Claudia relocated to Los Angeles and began her legal career at a well-known defense litigation firm. She started her career as a paralegal, representing German clients in her role as German counsel, before successfully passing the California Bar Exam.

Afterward, she worked as in-house counsel for a third-party insurance administrator, where she burnished her litigation skills in defending residential and commercial property owners in premises liability, habitability, and discrimination claims. Claudia then proceeded to a medical malpractice firm where she defended healthcare providers, including skilled nursing facilities, residential care facilities, hospitals, physicians, and nurses, focusing on elder abuse, negligence, medical malpractice, and wrongful death. Most recently, Claudia gained valuable experience at a plaintiff’s firm focusing on habitability matters, providing her with insights and facets of the “other side of the aisle” which make her ability to defend similar cases stronger and much more efficient.

Claudia is licensed to practice in all California state courts, the United States District Court for the Central and Northern Districts of California, the United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit, and all German courts.

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News

•Claudia Borsutzki Returns as Partner in the Ventura Office of WSHB
Firm News, 11.10.25

Publications

•California Court Affirms Summary Judgment for Transit Agency After Bus Fall: A Fall on a Public Bus Doesn't Automatically Equal Negligence
Article, 1.31.26

In the News

•California Court Affirms Summary Judgment for Transit Agency After Bus Fall: A Fall on a Public Bus Doesn't Automatically Equal Negligence
•Claudia Borsutzki Returns as Partner in the Ventura Office of WSHB

 

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Areas of Law

  • Transportation
  • Other 7
    • Product Liability
    • Toxic Tort and Occupational Exposure
    • Mold and Water Damage
    • Property Management and Tenant Litigation
    • Medical Malpractice and Healthcare Law
    • Subrogation
    • Complex Tort and Casualty

Practice Details

  • Languages
    German
    Conversational French
    Spanish
  • Firm Information
    Position
    Partner
    Firm Name
    Wood, Smith, Henning & Berman LLP
  • Representative Cases & Transactions
    Cases
    Experience: WSHB Successfully Defends HOA on Appeal After One Resident is Attacked by Another on Premises
    3.6.23
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Experience

  • Bar Admission & Memberships
    Admissions
    California
    U.S. District Court, Central District of California
    U.S. District Court, Northern District of California
    U.S. Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit
    Germany
    Memberships

    Professional Associations and Memberships

    •Los Angeles County Bar Association

    •Pasadena Bar Association

    •German State Bar

    •Bar Association of Dusseldorf, Northrhein-Westphalia

    •German-American Business Association (GABA)

    •German-American Lawyers Association (Deutsch-Amerikanische Juristen-Vereinigung e.V.)

  • Education & Certifications
    Law School
    Westfälische Wilhelms University in Münster, Germany
    Class of 2004
    J.D.

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Attorneys FAQs

  • Is this attorney admitted to practice in any U.S. Federal Courts?
    Claudia Borsutzki is admitted to practice before the United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit, United States District Court for the Central District of California and United States District Court for the Northern District of California.
  • Does this attorney speak any other languages?
    Claudia Borsutzki speaks German, Conversational French and Spanish.
  • How many attorneys are in this law firm?
    Wood, Smith, Henning & Berman LLP has 500 attorneys at this location.
  • What law school did this attorney attend?
    Claudia Borsutzki attended Westfälische Wilhelms University in Münster, Germany.