- Antitrust
- Bad Faith
- Business Litigation
- Directors + Officers Insurance
- Employment Practices Liability
- Environmental Insurance Coverage
- General Liability
- Health Care Insurance
- Insurance + Reinsurance
- Litigation + Trial
- Managed Care Payor Disputes, Investigations + Regulatory Counseling
- Media, Technology + Cyber Liability Insurance
- Professional Liability
- Association of Business Trial Lawyers, Orange County Chapter
- American Bar Association
- Orange County Bar Association
- Nevada State Bar Association
- Professor, labor and employment law, Cerritos College
Education
- University of the Pacific, McGeorge School of Law, J.D., magna cum laude, Order of the Coif, Traynor Honor Society, 1997, articles editor, Pacific Law Journal; student body vice president
- University of California, Irvine, B.A., 1993
Bar Admissions
- California
- Nevada
Court Admissions
- U.S. District Court, Central District of California
- U.S. District Court, Eastern District of California
- U.S. District Court, Northern District of California
- U.S. District Court, Southern District of California
- U.S. Court of Appeals, Second Circuit
- U.S. Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit
- U.S. District Court, District of Nevada
- Speaker, “Best Practices for Responding to Settlement Demands Part 1,” Troutman Pepper Locke, May 12, 2025.
- Speaker, “Step-by-Step Recommendations for Dealing with Insolvent Policyholders,” Troutman Pepper, December 12, 2024.
- Speaker, “Best Practices for Preserving Coverage Defenses, Navigating Waiver/Estoppel Issues, Securing Other Sources of Recovery, and Obtaining Proper Documentation from the Insured,” Troutman Pepper, May 23, 2024.
- Speaker, “Understanding the Scope and Limits of Duty to Defend, Duty to Settle and Initiating Settlement Negotiations,” ACI’s 25th National Advanced Forum on Bad Faith Litigation, July 30, 2013.
- Speaker, “Hot Topics in Insurance Coverage and Bad Faith Litigation in California,” Lorman Education Services, December 3, 2004.
- Co-author, “California Law Creates Statutory Safe Harbor for Certain Insurers Receiving Time-Limited Pre-Litigation Settlement Demands,” Troutman Pepper, January 6, 2023.