California Insurance Defense Lawyers

Plumtree & Associates is a boutique construction law firm specializing in representing general contractors, custom homebuilders, 8a contractors, remodelers, subcontractors, suppliers, engineers and architects in both California and Nevada. The firm represents clients in public, industrial, commercial and residential construction. Area of representation include, contract litigation, mechanics liens, bonded stop notices, delay claims, differing site conditions, change order negotiation/litigation, disgorgement, California Home Improvement Contract Issues, contract drafting/negotiation, CSLB license issues, business formation, expansion and dissolution, zoning, code enforcement, etc.

Our managing attorney Michael L. Mau, Esq. has gained extensive experience as a trial lawyer and advocate. He has extensive experience in the areas of Construction Law, Real Property and Commercial Litigation, Collections, Business Counseling and Insurance / Surety Defense. He has experience handling cases at all stages of litigation including trial work.

Initially he worked and gained a wide variety of experience as an Independent Contract Attorney. He then practiced for five plus years with Simpson, Aherne & Garrity, P.C., a construction law firm with offices in San Mateo and San Francisco. After a shorter stint at McLemore, Collins...

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During my practice I have gained extensive experience in all facets of complex litigation. My expertise includes litigation of employment, general liability, class action, construction, products, and general business litigation matters – from start through trial, and appeal. Further, I have prepared volumes of employment handbooks, construction and real estate disclosures and agreements, and general business contracts aimed to fully protect my clients and, when applicable, transfer risk to the appropriate parties. This allows me to offer a unique perspective to my clients and create strategies for any scenario.

I provide aggressive representation for Real Estate, Construction, and Insurance Defense law matters, as well as Defense of Motor Vehicle, Premises Liability and Personal Injury claims. I advocate for clients in California state and federal courts.

In addition to experience, skill and knowledge, I am dedicated to exceptional service and cost-effective representation. I am committed to achieving successful resolutions to meet my clients' needs.

Born in Seoul, Korea, I was brought up on the West Coast. I attended college and law school in California, and have been licensed since 2001.

Handling the most difficult criminal cases in San Diego County, California, Mr. Gomez is considered one of the "elite" criminal practitioners in North County Vista & San Diego. With more than 47 years in practice, Mr. Gomez has represented thousands of clients throughout San Diego County providing them with first-class representation. During this time, Mr. Gomez has handled everything from DUI, traffic/auto accidents, personal injury, domestic violence, to murder cases. Mr. Gomez has participated in more than 100 jury trials, and has established a reputation for being able to negotiate great outcomes for his clients who find themselves...

For 38 years, Attorney Paul Jacobs has practiced business law, specializing in business litigation. His legal background includes serving as corporate counsel for Thrifty Corporation in Los Angeles. Thrifty Corporation was the parent company for Thrifty Drug Stores, Payless Drug Stores, Big 5 Sporting Goods, Gart Sporting Goods, Crown Books, Trak Auto and Newman Importing. Mr. Jacobs also served as Senior Trial Counsel for the distinguished law firm of Haight, Brown & Bonesteel. While at that firm, Mr. Jacobs represented many high-profile clients, including the State of California, IBM, Carls Jr., Leviton Manufacturing and the Koll Company.

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Attorney Zein Obagi and friend Seth Stodder founded Obagi Law Group. P.C. in 2013, having worked previously with Allen Matkins LLP and Jones Bell LLP. Attorney Obagi focuses on several areas of the law, in particular litigation, debt collection, and bad faith insurance cases. A graduate of the University of Southern California, Gould School of Law, Attorney Obagi is admitted to practice law in California and in the U.S. District Court for the Central and Southern Districts of California. For your no-cost case evaluation to discuss your issue with the firm, call Attorney Obagi today at (310)...

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Andrew is a senior counsel in the Oakland/East Bay office of Ericksen Arbuthnot and co-chair of the firm's Appellate Practice Group. He is AV® Peer Review Rated by Martindale-Hubbell and has been selected as a Northern California Super Lawyers Rising Star by Thomson Reuters. Andrew has extensive litigation experience representing individual and institutional clients in state and federal court. His areas of practice include insurance coverage and defense, intellectual property, personal injury, professional liability, real estate, and other commercial issues.

Andrew has B.A. degrees in Cognitive Science and History, and a minor in Philosophy, from the...

Mr. Gomes was raised in Siskiyou County, California. He graduated from California State University, Chico with a degree in Political Science in 1996, and obtained his Juris Doctorate and certificates in public interest and high technology law from Santa Clara University School of Law in 1999. During law school he interned in and directed the Consumer Law Program at the East San Jose Community Law Center, worked in the legal department at Computer Curriculum Corporation, and externed for Magistrate judge Patricia V. Trumbull at the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California, in San Jose. After law...

Marvin J. Straus earned his law degree from Thomas Jefferson School of Law in 1997. He is a Partner of Parker Straus LLP’s San Diego and Los Angeles officers. Primarily focusing on areas of complex fraud litigation and insurance defense, he has earned a reputation for his landmark case results and in-depth knowledge of the insurance industry. He has conducted many depositions, mediations, discovery, and examinations in cases ranging from arson, property theft, commercial, cargo, to specialty claims. Passionate about educating others on insurance defense, he frequently presents to insurance companies and organizations on fraud, coverage, and examinations.

Andrew C. Hubert. Over 30 years experience in general casualty litigation, including catastrophic injury, and SIU. Practice also includes products liability and premises liability matters. Clients include major regional and national insurance carriers and self-insured corporations. Education and Certifications: Claremont McKenna College (B.A., English Literature, concurrent B.A., Political Science, 1981); University of Nantes, France (Political Science); Southwestern University (J.D., 1984); Pepperdine University School of Law, Straus Institute for Dispute Resolution, Mediation Program. Court Affiliations: Judge Pro Tem, Los Angeles County Municipal Court (1994-1995), United States District Court, Arizona, Central District of California, the Ninth...

Robert Lockhart is a founding member and serves as the managing partner of the Sacramento, California and Scottsdale, Arizona offices of Lockhart Park, LLP. Mr. Lockhart has more than 20 years experience litigating personal injury, construction defect and commercial matters. Mr. Lockhart has special expertise in the representation of subcontractors, manufacturers and material suppliers in construction related disputes. Mr. Lockhart was a partner at LaMore, Brazier, Riddle & Giampaoli before founding Lockhart Park, LLP with JuLyn Park. He has litigated complex construction cases through arbitration and trial in both state and federal courts. Lockhart Park, LLP's construction litigation practice...

As a dedicated Rancho Santa Fe attorney at LiMandri & Jonna LLP, Charles LiMandri has had a lot of success. His extensive legal history includes many successful trials and cases. Through hard work, tenacity, and the relentless pursuit of excellence, he has obtained tens of millions of dollars on behalf of his clients. He started his legal career at the University of San Diego and went on to Georgetown University Law Center. His list of accolades include inclusion into the Million Dollar Advocates Circle, recognition as one of “San Diego’s Top 120 Top Most Influential, and more. If you want...

Erica Rosasco is a partner at McKague Rosasco LLP in Rocklin, California. She has received an “AV® Preeminent™” Rating by Martindale-Hubbell, which is the highest rating available from Martindale-Hubbell, the leading independent attorney rating entity. She also was just named this year as a Super Lawyer of Northern and last year as a Super Lawyer California Rising Star, Sacramento Magazine’s 2016 Top Lawyers in Sacramento and a Who’s Who Top Attorney for 2016. Her clients sing her praises, resulting in Ms. Rosasco receiving Avvo’s Client’s Choice award for 2015 and a “superb” attorney rating. ...

Kamran represents clients in complex insurance, employment, construction, general liability and business litigation. Those clients include some of the world’s largest insurance carriers, governmental entities, Fortune 500 companies, several of California’s largest publicly- held and privately-held businesses, builders, real estate developers and contractors. In connection with the litigation practice, he also advises and represents a wide spectrum of London market insurers, reinsurers and intermediaries in all lines of insurance business, including professional liability, construction, property, maritime, general liability, environmental, energy, and directors & officers (D&O) policies. Kamran’s coverage practice includes knowledge and experience relating to the different types of insurance...

Mr. Schluederberg is an experienced litigator, having successfully represented plaintiffs and defendants in a wide range of complex commercial, insurance, and personal injury matters. Prior to starting his own firm, Mr. Schluederberg worked for several years as an attorney with a small law firm where he devoted his practice exclusively to representing policyholders in insurance coverage and bad faith litigation, resulting in numerous six and seven figure judgments and settlements, including a $4.3 million settlement.

In addition to his insurance practice, Mr. Schluederberg worked for more than a decade as a commercial litigator handling all aspects of complex business litigation ranging...

Kirk A. Lauby has a varied and comprehensive background in business management which is of particular benefit to the firm's business and business litigation clients. Mr. Lauby was admitted to the State Bar of California in 1978, and has combined his legal practice with business endeavors in the food marketing industry, oil and gas exploration, and real estate building and development.

Mr. Lauby is an experienced trial attorney with a focus on business litigation, construction defect litigation, construction injury litigation, premises liability, contractor general counsel assignments and personal injury. He has the distinction of having represented the developer defendants in what...

Michael Wellen earned his Bachelor of Arts degree in political science from the University of California, Los Angeles. He earned his J.D. from Southwestern University School of Law, where he was on Law Review. While pursuing his law degree, Mr. Wellen worked in the Orange County Distrct Attorney's Office, felony panel unit.

Mr. Wellen has been practicing for over ten years and has concentrated on civil liability with a focus on medical malpractice, personal injury, public entity liability, premises liability and general civil liability matters. He has also worked on employment law matters and public entity defense.

Mr. Wellen currently focuses...

My focus is insurance and professional liability law. I have been litigating cases in California state and federal courts for over 10 years. I am an author of a new book called California Legal Malpractice Law published by the ALM.

William Kaufman has been a litigator throughout his career and has extensive experience in multiple practice areas of civil litigation. Mr. Kaufman’s legal career began representing individuals in bankruptcy and family law matters. Over the last several years, his focus has been exclusively on construction litigation. Prior to joining Lockhart Park. LLP, Mr. Kaufman was an associate attorney at Leonidou & Rosin representing large general contractors, subcontractors, and suppliers in construction litigation matters involving mechanic’s liens, stop payment notice, payment bonds and delay claims. Thereafter, Mr. Kaufman was a senior associate at LaMore, Brazier, Riddle &...

Douglas F. Welebir is the founder of Welebir Tierney & Weck. He received his Bachelor of Arts degree from La Sierra College in 1962 and then attended the University of Southern California School of Law where he earned his J.D. degree in 1965. In 1970, Mr. Welebir began specializing exclusively in plaintiffs’ personal injury law and went on to form the predecessor to this firm in 1973. From 1970 to 1974, Mr. Welebir served as the first mayor of the city of Loma Linda, California. Mr. Welebir served as lead plaintiff’s counsel in the Stringfellow Acid Pits Trial case that resulted in...

James Olson is an associate in the Riverside office of Fernandez & Lauby. Mr. Olson graduated from University of California, San Diego in 2004 with a Bachelor of Arts degree in Psychology. In 2008, he received his Juris Doctorate degree from the University of San Diego School of Law. While in law school, Mr. Olson volunteered for the San Diego County Public Defender's Office and received recognition for honors in Advanced Legal Writing and Negotiations. Also while in law school, Mr. Olson clerked for Kolod Wager Law Offices. Mr. Olson has worked as an associate attorney at...

Karyne T. Ghantous is a California licensed attorney with close to 20 years of litigation and insurance defense experience successfully negotiating the resolution of, and trying cases in State and Federal court, Contra Costa County, Alameda County, San Francisco County, Santa Clara County, Sacramento County, Solano County and Monterey County.

Robyn M. McKibbin, Partner, has a broad-based litigation practice representing both corporate and individual plaintiffs and defendants with primary emphasis on employment law including wage and hour, harassment, discrimination, and wrongful termination. She represents clients in private mediations and arbitrations, before administrative agencies and in state and federal courts. She provides preventive personnel advice concerning hiring, firing, leaves of absence, internal investigations, and disciplinary action. Robyn prepares and evaluates client personnel manuals, policies and forms, and negotiates and drafts employment, confidentiality, separation, and severance agreements. She also provides anti-harassment, discrimination and retaliation training for supervisors and...

All Aspects of Construction, Litigation and Commercial Law

Deirdre Digrande is a litigation attorney with 15 years of experience in a wide breadth of practice areas including commercial disputes, intellectual property, real estate and construction law. In her construction practice, Ms. Digrande has represented property owners, developers, general contractors and subcontractor cross-defendants. Ms. Digrande obtained her undergraduate degree at the University of California at Berkeley and her J.D. at Santa Clara University School of Law. Ms. Digrande has worked in some of the most prominent San Francisco law firms; most recently, the Pittsburgh-based law firm of K&L Gates, LLP.

David Porras has been a civil trial attorney for more than 25 years practicing personal injury defense, public entity defense, self-insured entity defense, insurance coverage defense, product liability defense and worker's compensation defense with civil trial experience in each of those areas.

A seasoned, veteran real estate litigation and transaction attorney and trial lawyer, Nate Bernstein of the LA Real Estate Law Group, serves sophisticated clients in the areas of real estate litigation, business and commercial litigation, and bankruptcy matters and litigation. Nate Bernstein was formerly in house counsel at Fidelity Title Insurance Company and Denley Investment and Management Company, and has been in private practice for 18 years on Southern California.

Civil litigation, maritime and transportation attorney with experience representing cargo handlers, motor carriers, air carriers, freight forwarders, NVOCCs, logistics providers, terminal operators, marinas, warehousemen and vessel operators in both state and federal court throughout California.

Mark is a 20-year civil litigation attorney with a practice focusing on on business, construction, real estate, and personal injury litigation. Mark’s clients include property owners, businesses, contractors, and manufacturers that he has successfully represented in trials involving contract claims, property disputes, jobsite accidents, product liability and professional liability litigation. Mark spent the year 2003 in the record eleven-month construction defect/mold trial of El Escorial v. Santa Barbara Villas. He obtained defense verdicts for his three clients in that case. Prior to joining Christman, Kelley & Clarke, PC, Mark was a founding partner of Hardin & Coffin, LLP...

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...

Facing insurance disputes can cause a great deal of hardship in anyone's situation. If you are being denied a claim, or if you are not receiving the funds that you are entitled to, it is imperative that you seek the assistance of an experienced attorney who knows how to help you fight for your rights. my name is Timothy Morris from Gianelli & Morris, and I am a Los Angeles insurance attorney with many years of experience. Contact my office today to discuss your situation and to pursue the results that you need for your future.

I have extensive experience in all phases of litigation and trial. Before going into private practice, I have served as Deputy Attorney General in California. I've worked with individuals in major class actions and other cases with state and nationwide ramifications. I've also successfully handled a wide range of civil rights matters, especially cases involving police misconduct and employment issues.

"In addition to being an attorney, I am a mom, a grandmother, and was a professor of law. While I consider my three daughters to be my greatest accomplishments, I am very proud of my students, and I also now have grand children! Teaching law, and raising children, means that I am always learning and able to approach family law matters involving children with a special sensitivity. I came to the practice of law a little bit later in life, after having other jobs (including being a medic for 10 years) which is how I...