Member

Representative Matters

• Obtained jury verdict in excess of $4 million in a two week insurance bad faith lawsuit involving an insurance company's denial of coverage for an employment related lawsuit.
• Obtained a $1 million default judgment against an insurer in connection with a claim for coverage of a construction defect dispute.
• Successfully negotiated a $19 million insurance recovery for a municipality for damages arising from a defectively constructed water system which supplies water to 40% of the municipality's residents.
• On behalf of a trust company, successfully recovered $1.7 million in attorney's fees and costs incurred in connection with a breach of fiduciary duty claim under a Bankers Professional Liability policy.
• On behalf of a bank, successfully negotiated a $6 million recovery from an insurer under a directors' and officers' liability policy to settle claims asserted against the bank for alleged securities violations.
• Successfully negotiated a settlement of a multi-million dollar construction surety dispute during the middle of a three week trial.
• Successfully negotiated coverage for settlement of oil spill related personal injury claim involving $50 million in alleged damages.
• On behalf of a contractor, successfully negotiated payment in full by the client's insurer of a settlement in a $5 million construction defect claim involving a multi-unit condominium project.
• Successfully negotiated the reinstatement of a $3 million life insurance policy following the life insurance company's attempt to cancel the policy for alleged non-payment of premium.
• On behalf of a contractor, successfully negotiated the payment of $4.5 million by several insurers to resolve a defective window claim brought by a condominium association.
• On behalf of a developer, successfully negotiated the payment in full by the client's insurer of a settlement in a $1 million personal injury claim arising from the defective construction of a model home.
• On behalf of a prior owner of land, successfully negotiated the payment in full by the client's insurer of a settlement in a $1 million construction defect claim involving damages arising from a heaving soil condition.
• Successfully negotiated payment by a client's property insurer in connection with a claim for the cost to repair a college dormitory building owned and operated by the client which was damaged by fire.
• Successfully negotiated a favorable settlement of a $600,000 stop loss health insurance claim where the stop loss insurer sought improperly to rescind the policy.

Professional Activities

• Member, American Bar Association - Tort and Insurance Practice Section
• Member, Association of Trial Lawyers of America - Insurance Section

Education

• Juris Doctor, University of California - Los Angeles School of Law, 1991
• Bachelor of Arts in Economics, Claremont McKenna College, 1988