Kristi Weiler Dean

Kristi Weiler Dean

Stone | Dean LLP
  • Business Law, Insurance Defense
  • California
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Biography

Kristi W. Dean, Managing Partner, is a skilled trial lawyer who represents clients in business disputes. Kristi was named a 2013 Trusted Advisor by the San Fernando Valley Business Journal. She has been consistently named a "Southern California Super Lawyer" and recognized as "one of the top" lawyers in Southern California by her peers in Los Angeles Magazine, Law & Politics Media, Inc., and Super Lawyer publications. Kristi represents corporations and business organizations in various litigation disputes, including breach of contract, shareholder disputes, unfair business competition, trade secret misappropriation, tortious interference, wage & hour, shareholder derivative actions, and breach of fiduciary duty claims. She also acts as general counsel for businesses who seek to avoid litigation through effective risk management techniques. Kristi has a unique understanding of the operations, procedures, responsibilities and concerns of the insurance industry, retail agencies and brokerages, surplus line brokers and underwriters in MGA and GA capacities. Her experience spans a broad and exhaustive spectrum of insurance issues, including errors and omissions claims, drafting and negotiating agent and broker agreements, producer agreements, insurance policy construction and interpretation, drafting of manuscript endorsements, insurance coverage analysis, declaratory relief and insurance bad faith litigation, third party defense litigation, and both corporate and regulatory matters specific to the insurance industry. She represents insurance professionals and businesses ancillary to the insurance industry such as loss adjusters, auditing agencies, premium finance companies, property and risk inspectors, and software providers. Utilizing her knowledge of the inner-workings of the insurance industry, Kristi helps her clients navigate through regulatory and litigation environments.

Practice Areas
Business Law
Business Contracts, Business Dissolution, Business Finance, Business Formation, Business Litigation, Franchising, Mergers & Acquisitions, Partnership & Shareholder Disputes
Insurance Defense
Additional Practice Area
  • Insurance Bad Faith
Jurisdictions Admitted to Practice
California
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Languages
  • English: Spoken, Written
Professional Experience
Managing Partner
Stone | Dean LLP
- Current
Principal
Stone, Rosenblatt, and Cha
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Owner, President
Law Offices of Kristi Weiler Dean
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Education
California St Univ Fresno
Undergraduate Degree
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Pepperdine Univ School of Law
Law Degree
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Professional Associations
California Insurance Wholesaler's Association (CIWA)
Current
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National Association of Professional Surplus Lines Offices (NAPSLO)
Current
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The Esquire Network (TEN)
Current
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Insurance Brokers and Agents of the San Fernando Valley (IBASFV)
Current
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DRI - The Voice of the Defense Bar
Current
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Council on Litigation Management and Committees on Bad Faith and Fraud
Current
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California State Bar  # 117358
Member
- Current
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Websites & Blogs
Website
Stone | Dean Website
Blog
Stone | Dean Law Blog
Contact & Map
Stone | Dean LLP
21600 Oxnard St
Suite 200
Los Angeles, CA 91367
Telephone: (818) 999-2232
Fax: (818) 999-2269