The attorneys

Experience

Barbara is a partner and Collinson I Greco. Her practice includes general liability, premises liability, products liability, transportation, and catastrophic injury cases. 

Barbara’s legal career has been exclusively in insurance defense litigation, both as private defense counsel and as counsel for two major multi-line insurance carriers. Before joining Collinson I Greco, she was managing attorney for Transamerica Insurance Company’s Southern California staff counsel office.

Upon leaving Transamerica, Barbara worked as an associate with Sheehy & Bullard then Tomaryn &O’Reilly. She handled litigation for various defense clients including public entities.  Ms. Kokkinakis was also a partner with McNulty & Saacke/The Saacke Law Group handling premises liability, products liability and transportation matters.

Education and Background

Her undergraduate degree is from Oklahoma State University, and she earned a Master of Science of Administration at California State University. She received a Juris Doctorate from the University of West Los Angeles in 1983 and was admitted to the California Bar in that year. While earning her law degree, Ms. Kokkinakis was a personnel manager in private industry.

Memberships

Ms. Kokkinakis is certified through the National Institute for Trial Advocacy/ Notre Dame Law School. She is a member of the State Bar of California, Los Angeles County Bar Association and Association of Southern California Defense Counsel. She has served as a volunteer settlement officer for the Los Angeles Superior Court and received her initial mediation training through the Los Angeles County Bar Dispute Resolution Services. She is admitted to practice in all of the California state courts and United States District Court for the Central District.