Practice

Areas of practice

Named the way a claim file is named. If the caption fits one of these, the matter fits this firm.

Core practice

  1. 01Insurance Defense LitigationTwo-car rear-enders through multi-party wrongful death. Liability, valuation and settlement posture reassessed as the file moves, not once at intake.
  2. 02Examinations Under OathLarge-loss arson, property theft, cargo, trucking, specialty. National primary outside counsel to one of the largest insurers in the country.
  3. 03Insurance CoverageDuty to defend, reservation of rights, efficient proximate cause, pro-rata allocation, subrogation. Opinions written on claims into eight figures.
  4. 04Bad Faith DefenseWhere an adjuster's file note becomes a punitive damages claim. Brandt fees, extra-contractual exposure, and the genuine dispute doctrine.

Also handled

  1. 05Products LiabilityFailed automobile wheels, failed gym equipment, failed safety systems. Expert-heavy, testing-heavy, and tried when it has to be.
  2. 06Real Estate LitigationBoundary disputes, dangerous conditions, negligent inspection. Property matters that arrive as litigation rather than escrow.
  3. 07Autonomous Vehicle LitigationAutomobiles, trucks, vessels and aerial drones. The statutes are still being written while the claims are already arriving.
  4. 08AED LitigationHealth clubs, offices, recreational facilities. Litigation over a defibrillator that was present and not used — or used and second-guessed.
  5. 09Complex Fraud & Qui TamFalse Claims Act actions, Insurance Code §1871.7 counter-claims, SIU referrals. Matters that arrive with regulators already involved.
  6. 10Hospitality & Retail LiabilityHotels, restaurants, venues, public space. Premises claims brought by someone the client invited in.