Expert No. 354588 – Insurance Expert – CA(N) / CA(S)
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Expertise Description: Experienced in insurance claim, coverage, and bad faith. Over 14 years claim experience, from claim rep to supervisor. More than 25 years as coverage and bad faith defense lawyer with 24 published and unpublished appellate cases. Qualified trial testimony in over 100 trials involving first and third party claims, underwriting, legal malpractice, coverage, rescission, reformation, cancellation coverage, and advice of counsel. Testimony for both policy holders and insurance companies.
Areas of Expertise:
Representative Litigation Experience:
- Bad faith claim handling both for and against insurers, which includes first and third party policies and excess/umbrella policies
- Bad faith; duty to settle and/or indemnify for judgement creditors
- Coverage and bad faith issues on professional liability policies, directors and officers policies, warranty policies, general liability policies, first part policies
- Insurance underwriting bad faith issues, including cancellation, reformation , and rescission
- Agent/Broker/Insurer relationships and standards
- Attorney malpractice and/or standard of care in the community
- Advice of counsel as an affirmative defense
- Waiver and estoppel regarding coverage
- Windmill coverage
- Self-insurance and deductibles
- Pollution exclusions
- Insurable interest
- Stipulated judgements, assignments and covenants not to execute
- Retraxit
- Default judgements
- Public Utilities Commission
- Conflicts of interest
- Reasonableness of attorneys' fees
- Post claim and policy conduct during litigation
- Malicious prosecution and abuse of process
Representative Consulting Services and/or Projects:
- evaluated coverage, claim handling, bad faith and other insurance related matters occurring in the state of Alaska, Arizona, California, Delaware, Georgia, Idaho, Illinois, Louisiana, Minnesota, Montana, Nevada, Texas, and Washington
- determined which expert for the insurer or for the policyholder was correct in bad faith lawsuit
Licenses & Certifications:
| State Bar of California |
Education:
| Degree | Subject | Institution | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bachelor of Arts | University of California, Santa Barbara | ||
| Juris Doctorate | University of San Fernando Valley |
Professional Appointment/Association Affiliations:
- State Bar of California
Other Career Highlights:
| Annual Convention of California Association of Independent Insurance Adjusters, Guest Lecturer |
| West Valley Claim Association, LA, CA, Guest Lecturer on Prevention of Bad Faith |
| Insurance Corporation of British Colombia, Vancouver, British Colombia, Guest Lecturer |
