David B. Parker

David B. Parker is a founding partner of Parker Shaffie LLP, and a recognized expert in the areas of: professional liability, including legal malpractice and ethics; business insurance, including Directors and Officers liability insurance, and lawyers professional liability insurance; and liabilities of corporate officers and directors, including securities and class action litigation. Mr. Parker was selected to be among California's "Super Lawyers" (Los Angeles Magazine 2004-2005) (www.superlawyers.com), and as one of the leading experts on legal malpractice in "Who You Gonna Call?" in California Lawyer, p. 25 (February 2002) and "The Lawyers' Lawyers" issue the Daily Journal's California Law Business (November 30, 1998) in article "The Malpractice Practice" by Pearl J. Piatt. Mr. Parker was a founding member of, and senior partner at, Lewis, D'Amato, Brisbois & Bisgaard. Mr. Parker graduated Summa Cum Laude and Phi Beta Kappa from the University of California at Los Angeles in 1972, where he also obtained his law degree in 1976, graduating Order of the Coif. In his third year of law school, Mr. Parker served as the Associate Editor of the UCLA Law Review. Mr. Parker is a member of the State Bar of California and is admitted to practice before all of the state courts in California, the States District Courts in California and Hawaii, and the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals. He has tried dozens of jury and non-jury trials and arbitrations. He has acted as the principal attorney in numerous reported decisions of the California Supreme Court and Courts of Appeal, and has served numerous times as an expert witness and as a consultant in his areas of expertise. Mr. Parker has authored numerous law review articles and monographs, and has frequently lectured in his areas of expertise, as well as other subjects, for public and private seminars, for law firms, for legal departments, for bar associations, and for other professional and business groups. Mr. Parker is a past member of the Board of Governors of the Association of Business Trial Lawyers, and is a past Chair of the Errors & Omissions Prevention Committee and former member of the Professional Liability Insurance Committee of the Los Angeles County Bar Association and serves as Chair of the LACBA Ethics and Professional Responsibility Committee. Mr. Parker is active in the community. He has served for many years as a member of the Board of the Directors and Board Secretary to the Scleroderma Foundation. Mr. Parker is a member of the Board of Trustees, and is Board Secretary, for Bridges Academy, Inc. Awards and Honors Super Lawyers® Selectees David B. Parker included in a Super Lawyers® list Honors "AV" Rated by Martindale-Hubble "Super Lawyer," Los Angeles Magazine and www.superlawyers.com, 2004 - 2009 Recognized as One of Southern California's "Top 100" Attorneys, 2009 "Who You Gonna Call?," California Lawyer, 2002 "The Lawyers' Lawyers," Daily Journal's California Law Business, 1998 "The Malpractice Practice" by Pearl J. Piatt, 2002 Recipient, "Spirit of Hope Award," Southern California Chapter of the Scleroderma Foundation, November 4, 2006 Recipient, "2006 Founder’s Award," Scleroderma Foundation, June 21, 2007 Recipient, "Out of the Box", May 12, 2007 Other Sources of Feedback About David B. Parker Included on the 2026Southern California Super Lawyers list Past Lists 2025 Southern California Super Lawyers list 2024 Southern California Super Lawyers list 2023 Southern California Super Lawyers list 2022 Southern California Super Lawyers list 2021 Southern California Super Lawyers list 2020 Southern California Super Lawyers list 2019 Southern California Super Lawyers list 2018 Southern California Super Lawyers list 2017 Southern California Super Lawyers list 2016 Southern California Super Lawyers list 2015 Southern California Super Lawyers list 2014 Southern California Super Lawyers list 2013 Southern California Super Lawyers list 2012 Southern California Super Lawyers list 2011 Southern California Super Lawyers list 2010 Southern California Super Lawyers list 2009 Southern California Super Lawyers list 2008 Southern California Super Lawyers list 2007 Southern California Super Lawyers list 2006 Southern California Super Lawyers list 2005 Southern California Super Lawyers list 2004 Southern California Super Lawyers list

• Founding Partner, since 1995

• Overton, Lyman & Prince, Associate, 1976 - 1979
• Lewis, D'Amato, Brisbois & Bisgaard, Senior Partner, 1979 - 1995

• Lecturer, Consent and Judgmental Immunity, September 14, 1981
• Lecturer, Liabilities of Directors, Officers and Volunteers, March 29, 1984
• Lecturer, Officers and Directors Insurance: What You Must Know to Protect Your Clients, Century City Bar Association, Corporate Law and Business Litigation Departments Section, April 27, 1984
• Lecturer, D & O Policies from a Broker and Carrier's Viewpoint, Community Associations Institute, October 25, 1984
• Panelist, Recent Developments in Securities Litigation, Practicing Law Institute Program, December 10, 1984
• Lecturer, Directors and Officers, Accountant and Attorney Liability Insurance: What You must Know in Order to Protect Your Clients, Practicing Law Institute Program, December 10, 1984
• Sweaty Palms: Dealing with the Policy Limits Demand, Association of Southern California Defense Counsel, January 26, 1985
• Speaker, Gold Insurance Agency on Malpractice Prevention, Mid-Cities Independent Insurance Agents Association, June 14, 1985
• Lecturer, Directors and Officers Liability Policy--Coverage Issues--Litigation of Policy Suits, National Conference on Community Association, October 17, 1985
• Panelist, Securities Litigation: Prosecution and Defense Strategies, Practicing Law Institute Program, October 3, 1985
• Lecturer, Role of Liability Insurance in Securities Litigation, Practicing Law Institute Program, October 3, 1985
• Litigation Against Lawyers in the Intellectual Property Field, LACBA, Intellectual Property and Unfair Competition Sections, April 24, 1986
• The Liability Crisis, The Impact of the Crisis on Lawyers, State Bar of California, Business Law Section, May 9, 1986
• Lecturer, Malpractice Crisis: Avoiding Malpractice Claims Against Accountants, California Society of Certified Public Accountants, Orange County/Long Beach Chapter, May 21, 1986
• Panelist, Symposium, Child Care: A Cost of Doing Business, City of Irvine, September 26, 1986
• Panelist, Symposium, Child Care: A Cost of Doing Business, Irvine Company, September 26, 1986
• Panelist, Symposium, Child Care: A Cost of Doing Business, Industrial League of Orange County, September 26, 1986
• Liability and Tax Implications of Child Care, The AMI/The Irvine Medical Center, September 26, 1986
• Moderator, Scientific Jury Selection and Persuasion, October 26, 1986
• Participant, Scientific Jury Selection and Persuasion, October 26, 1986
• State of the Art Trial: Innovative Use of Experts and Trial Techniques, Association of Business Trial Lawyers, October 26, 1986
• Lecturer, Liability and Insurance Considerations, November 13, 1986
• Lecturer, Directors and Officers Liability Insurance: How to Buy It, Where to Buy It, How to Avoid Losses at Insurance Seminar, Young Presidents Organization, November 20, 1986
• Panel, Attorney Malpractice Prevention, Los Angeles County Bar Association, Attorneys Errors & Omissions Prevention and Insurance Committees, 1987
• Speaker, Litigation Night Dinner Symposium, 1987
• Speaker, Recent Developments in Securities Class Actions, Los Angeles County Bar Association, Business and Corporations Law Section and the Litigation Section, February 25, 1988
• Speaker, Recent Development in Directors and Officers Liability Insurance, Orange Country Bar Association, Insurance Law Section, April 5, 1988
• Panel, Legal Malpractice: To Sue or Not to Sue? That is the Question, Association of Business Trial Lawyers, April 12, 1988
• Panel, 1988 State Bar Meeting Legal Opinions in Business Transactions, September 26, 1988
• Lecturer, Policy Limits Demands, Chubb Insurance Company in Orange County, February 14, 1989
• Panelist, Malpractice Prevention, Home Insurance Company, 1989
• Panelist, Recent Developments Concerning Attorneys Liability in Business Transactions, Los Angeles County Bar Association, Corporation and Business Law Section, April 24, 1990
• Lecturer, Expert Witnesses: the Good, the Bad and the Ugly, Coopers & Lybrand, Litigation Services Department, September 17, 1990
• Panelist, Insurance, Excess and Reinsurance Coverage Disputes, Practicing Law Institute Program, 1991
• Lecturer, Current Coverage Issues in Directors and Officers Insurance, Practicing Law Institute Program, 1991
• Lecturer, Written Fee Agreements and Conflicts of Interest for Entertainment Lawyers, Armstrong, Hendler & Hirsch, 1991
• Moderator, 1991 Glendon Tremaine Symposium on Recent Developments of Interest to the Business Lawyer, Los Angeles County Bar Association, Business and Corporations Law Section, April 24, 1991
• Moderator, Recent Developments Concerning Professional Liability in Business Transactions, Los Angeles County Bar Association, Business and Corporations Law, April 24, 1991
• Panel, Recent Developments in Business Torts, Los Angeles County Bar Association, Litigation Section, 1991
• 24th Annual Securities Regulation, LACBA, Business and Corporations Law Section, October 30, 1991
• Participant, Recent Developments in Insurance Law, Lorman Business Center, Inc., February 5, 1993
• Participant, Recent Developments in Insurance Law, Lorman Business Center, Inc., February 12, 1993
• Lecturer, The Perils and Pitfalls of Malpractice, Business Litigators, Loeb & Loeb, Litigation Department, March 13, 1993
• Participant, Business Insurance, Johnson & Higgins, 1993
• Glendon Tremaine Seminar on Recent Developments in Ethics and Professional Liability for Corporate and Securities Lawyers, Ethical Considerations in Rendering Legal Opinions, April 13, 1994
• Participant, Professional Liability, Rutter Group., May 31, 1995
• Lecturer, Law of Causation in Legal Malpractice Cases, Consumer Attorneys of California, 34th Annual Convention, November 16, 1995
• Law of Causation in Legal Malpractice Cases, Lawyers Professional Liability Bar Association, November 21, 1995
• Recent Developments in D & O Insurance, Legal Department of California Federal Savings, November 21, 1995
• Defensive Law in the 1990's, Troy & Gould, November 15, 1996
• Settling Complex Business Litigation, George McBurney Inn of Court, May 1, 1997
• Lecturer, Partial Settlements of Class Action and other Business Litigation, the Role of Insurance Pitfalls, May 1, 1997
• Panelist, The Practice Of Defensive Law By Corporate Securities Lawyers In The 1990's, Los Angeles County Bar Association, Business Law Section, October 24, 1997
• Panelist, Protecting Directors and Officers from Liability, California Continuing Education of the Bar and State Bar Business Law Section, May 6, 1998
• Panelist, Directors and Officers Liability Insurance and Corporate Indemnification, California Continuing Education of the Bar and State Bar Business Law Section, June 11, 1998
• Lecturer, Practicing Defensive Law in the 1990's, Troy & Gould, June 3, 1999
• Lecturer, Management of Litigation Risks, Young Executives Organization, Los Angeles Chapter, July 13, 1999
• Panelist, How to Avoid Malpractice in Securities Transactions, Los Angeles County Bar Association, Business and Corporations Law Section, October 22, 1999
• Panelist, How to Avoid Malpractice in Securities Transactions, Securities & Exchange Commission, October 22, 1999
• Panelist, How to Avoid Malpractice in Securities Transactions, California Department of Corporations, October 22, 1999
• Panelist, How to Avoid Malpractice in Securities Transactions, National Association of Securities Dealers, October 22, 1999
• Panelist, How to Avoid Malpractice in Securities Transactions, North American Securities Administrators Association, Inc., October 22, 1999
• Moderator, How to Avoid Malpractice in Securities Transactions, Los Angeles County Bar Association Business and Corporations Law Section, October 22, 1999
• Moderator, How to Avoid Malpractice in Securities Transactions, Los Angeles County Bar Association, State Bar Business Law Section, October 22, 1999
• Moderator, How to Avoid Malpractice in Securities Transactions, Securities & Exchange Commission, October 22, 1999
• Moderator, How to Avoid Malpractice in Securities Transactions, California Department of Corporations, October 22, 1999
• Moderator, How to Avoid Malpractice in Securities Transactions, National Association of Securities Dealers, October 22, 1999
• Moderator, How to Avoid Malpractice in Securities Transactions, North American Securities Administrators Association, Inc., October 22, 1999
• Panelist, The Pearls and Perils of Investing with Clients, Los Angeles County Bar Association, Business and Corporations Law Section, October 20, 2000
• Panelist, The Pearls and Perils of Investing with Clients, Los Angeles County Bar Association, State Bar Business Law Section, October 20, 2000
• Panelist, The Pearls and Perils of Investing with Clients, Securities & Exchange Commission, October 20, 2000
• Panelist, The Pearls and Perils of Investing with Clients, California Department of Corporations, October 20, 2000
• Panelist, The Pearls and Perils of Investing with Clients, National Association of Securities Dealers, October 20, 2000
• Panelist, The Pearls and Perils of Investing with Clients, North American Securities Administrators Association, Inc., October 20, 2000
• Moderator, The Pearls and Perils of Investing with Clients, Los Angeles County Bar Association, Business and Corporations Law Section, October 20, 2000
• Moderator, The Pearls and Perils of Investing with Clients, Securities & Exchange Commission, October 20, 2000
• Moderator, The Pearls and Perils of Investing with Clients, California Department of Corporations, October 20, 2000
• Moderator, The Pearls and Perils of Investing with Clients, National Association of Securities Dealers, October 20, 2000
• Moderator, The Pearls and Perils of Investing with Clients, North American Securities Administrators Association, Inc., October 20, 2000
• Lecturer, Voyage Into the Vagaries, Virtues and Vulgarities of Insurance Defense, Beverly Hills Bar Association, October 26, 2000
• Panelist, Never-End Story: Malicious Prosecution, Association of Business Trial Lawyers, January 16, 2001
• Panelist, Malpractice Tips, State Bar of California, Real Estate Section, April 22, 2001
• Co-Panelist, Legal Intimidation: the Ethical Challenge, Beverly Hills Bar Association, Litigation Section, November 29, 2001
• Speaker, Cross-Examination of Legal Malpractice Experts, Lawyers Professional Liability Bar Association, March 20, 2002
• Speaker, Malicious Prosecution, Lawyers Professional Liability Bar Association, June 19, 2002
• Panelist, Protecting Directors and Officers From Liability in the Post-Enron Environment, California Continuing Education of the Bar, August 3, 2002
• Panelist, "Nuts & Bolts: Basic Litigation Skills: Essential Tools for Lawyers", Los Angeles County Bar Association, December 7, 2002
• Panelist, "A Tool Box for Malicious Prosecution", December 7, 2002
• Panelist, Recent Developments In Ethics for Litigators, Desert Bar Association, November 1, 2003
• Panelist, Recent Developments in Ethics for Litigators, Los Angeles County Bar Association Trial Practice Inn of Court, December 3, 2003
• Panelist, "Nuts & Bolts: Basic Litigation Skills: Essential Tools for Lawyers", Barristers of the Los Angeles County Bar Association, December 6, 2003
• Panelist, "A Tool Box for Malicious Prosecution", December 6, 2003
• Panelist, "Getting in and Getting Out: Avoiding Malpractice in the Representation Process", CEB, January 10, 2004
• Panelist, "Getting in and Getting Out: Avoiding Malpractice in the Representation Process", CEB, January 30, 2004
• Speaker, "New CACI Jury Instructions in Legal Malpractice Cases", Lawyers Professional Liability Bar Association, February 18, 2004
• Panelist/Speaker, Ethics and Entertainment Law in California: The Essentials, Film & Television Law Symposium, CLE International, June 21, 2004
• Panelist/Speaker, "Advising Corporate Officers and Directors in a Post-Sarbanes World", Continuing Education of the Bar, November 20, 2004
• Panelist/Speaker, "Advising Corporate Officers and Directors in a Post-Sarbanes World", Continuing Education of the Bar, December 3, 2004
• Panelist/Speaker, Responding Ethically and Effectively To Hardball Tactics, as part of Ethics 2004-Keeping Current in a World of Change, The Professional Responsibility and Ethics Committee of the Los Angeles County Bar Association, November 24, 2004
• Panelist, Recent Developments in Ethics for Litigators, Los Angeles County Bar Association Trial Practice Inn of Court, December 1, 2004
• Panelist, Annual Entertainment Law Update, Legal Ethics, Beverly Hills Bar Association, January 19, 2005
• Panelist, Recent Developments in Ethics, Whittier Bar Association, February 8, 2005
• Panelist/Speaker, Ethics and Entertainment Law in California: The Essentials, Film & Television Law Symposium, CLE International, June 24, 2005
• Panelist, Recent Developments in Ethics, Whittier Family Law Study Group, August 10, 2005
• Panelist, Legal Roundtable, Handling Complex Legal Malpractice Cases, State Bar "Big News" Publication, September 15, 2005
• Speaker, Protect Yourself: Zone Out, The 2nd Annual Conference of Filipino American Lawyers of California, September 24, 2005
• Panelist/Speaker, Fee Disputes, as part of Ethics 2004-Keeping Current in a World of Change, The Professional Responsibility and Ethics Committee of the Los Angeles County Bar Association, December 10, 2005
• Panelist/Speaker, The Unknown Ethical Quagmire Under The New Bankruptcy Law, Understanding the Bankruptcy Reform Act of 2005, Lorman Educational Services, December 16, 2005
• Panelist/Speaker, Current Ethics Issues in Insurance Law and Practice, Quisenberry Law Firm Seminar, Insurance Bad Faith Litigation in an Era of Tort Reform, January 11, 2006
• Panelist, "Nuts & Bolts: Basic Litigation Skills: Essential Tools for Lawyers", Barristers of the Los Angeles County Bar Association, January 21, 2006
• Panelist, "A Primer: Practical Aspects of Professional ResponsibilityIssues of Disqualification, Discipline and Defense to Malpractice Claims", January 21, 2006
• Panelist, "Using Client SecretsReconciling the Duty of Confidentiality with a Lawyer's Right to Defend Himself or Others", Tenth Annual Statewide Ethics Symposium, State Bar of California Committee on Professional Responsibility and Conduct, University of Santa Clara, May 6, 2006
• Panelist, "Damages or Disqualification? Civil Liability for Conflicts of Interest", Association of Professional Responsibility Lawyers, Santa Monica, CA, August 1, 2006
• Panelist, "Ethical Fallout of Technology", as part of 2006 Institute of Entertainment Law and Business, USC Gould School of Law and Beverly Hills Bar Association, September 9, 2006
• Lecturer, Practicing Law Defensively, Loeb & Loeb, March 17, 1993
• Lecturer, Practicing Law Defensively, Loeb & Loeb, April 15, 2005
• Lecturer, Practicing Law Defensively, Rutan & Tucker, May 17, 1997
• Lecturer, Practicing Law Defensively, Cox, Castle & Nicholson, May 22, 1997
• Lecturer, Practicing Law Defensively, Stradling, Yocca, Carlson & Rauth, September 11, 1997
• Lecturer, Practicing Law Defensively, Berliner Cohen, November 6, 1997
• Lecturer, Practicing Law Defensively, Buchalter, Nemer, Fields & Young, March 8, 1998
• Lecturer, Practicing Law Defensively, Pircher, Nichols & Meeks, June 16, 1998
• Lecturer, Practicing Law Defensively, Pircher, Nichols & Meeks, February 1, 2003
• Lecturer, Practicing Law Defensively, Luce Forward Hamilton & Scripps, June 19, 1998
• Lecturer, Practicing Law Defensively, Rosenfeld Meyer & Susman, January 13, 1999
• Lecturer, Practicing Law Defensively, Troy & Gould, November 15, 1996
• Lecturer, Practicing Law Defensively, Troy & Gould, June 3, 1999
• Lecturer, Practicing Law Defensively, Troy & Gould, May 10, 2001
• Lecturer, Practicing Law Defensively, Fiore Racobs & Powers, May 20, 2000
• Lecturer, Practicing Law Defensively, Riordan & McKenzie, April 3, 2003
• Lecturer, Practicing Law Defensively, Baum Hedlund, April 22, 2004
• Lecturer, Practicing Law Defensively, Squire, Sanders & Dempsey LLP, August 4, 2005
• Lecturer, Practicing Law Defensively, Jackson, Demarco, Titus & Peckenpaugh, October 28, 2005
• Panelist, Protecting Directors and Officers from Liability, California Continuing Education of the Bar, June 11, 1998
• Panelist, Protecting Directors and Officers from Liability, State Bar Business Law Section, June 11, 1998
• Lectured on The Pellican’s Mess: Ethical Considerations for Attorneys Who Hired Private Investigators in the Wake of Pellicano, Film & Television Law Symposium, sponsored by CLE International, 2006
• Lectured on The Unknown Ethical Quagmire Under The New Bankruptcy Law, Bankruptcy in California, sponsored by Lorman Educational Services (co-panelist, William K. Mills), 2006
• Seminar panelist on Bound by the Oath—Limits on a Lawyer’s Right of Self-Defense, as part of Ethics 2006Cutting Edge Issues, sponsored by The Professional Responsibility and Ethics Committee of the Los Angeles County Bar Association, with co-panelists, Diane Karpman and Joel Osman.
• Seminar panelist on Current Ethics Issues in Insurance Law and Practice, Quisenberry Law Firm Seminar, Insurance Bad Faith Litigation in an Era of Tort Reform (co-panelists, John Quisenberry, Gerald Knapton and Lourdes Dearmas)
• Seminar panelist on Real Estate Litigation, sponsored by Lorman Educational Services in Santa Ana and Pasadena, CA; co-panelists: Elaine B. Alston, Mark A. Ross and Uzzell S Branson III, 2007
• Lectured on “Class Action Litigation Ethics” as part of the seminar New Developments in Class Action Litigation, sponsored by The Quisenberry Law Firm, 2007
• Seminar panelist on “Ethical Fallout of Technology,” as part of the 2007 State Bar Annual Meeting in Anaheim, CA; Co-panelists: Kevin E. Mohr, Heather Rosing, Judith Gilbert., 2007
• Seminar panelist on “Don’t Lose Your License or Your Savings,” sponsored by Real Estate Section of the Beverly Hills Bar Association; co-panelist, Ellen Pansky, 2008
• Seminar panelist at The Twenty Eighth Annual Labor and Employment Law Symposium, sponsored by Los Angeles County Bar Association, “Liens and Taxes and Bankruptcy: Oh My!, along with co-panelists Lester Jones, Ted Cohen and Robert W. Wood, 2008
• Seminar panelist on “Recognizing Interests and Avoiding Conflicts”, as part of the 2008 State Bar Annual Meeting in Monterey, CA; co-panelists: Brian Forbes and Dan Carroll, 2008
• Lectured on "Best Practices to Stay Out Of Bar Court", San Fernando Valley Bar Association, 2009
• Lectured on Ethics: Considerations for Working with Distress Properties, Real Estate Restructuring, sponsored by CLE International, 2009
• Seminar panelist on “General Practice 101: Avoiding Solo/Small Firm Ethical Traps” sponsored by ABA General Practice, Solo & Small Firm Division Fall Meeting; co-panelist, William K. Mills, 2009
• Seminar panelist in “Avoiding Malpractice Claims” program sponsored by American Academy of Matrimonial Lawyers, Newport Beach, CA, with Diane Karpman and Hon. Sheila Sonenshine, 2012
• Speaker, “Practical Issues of Basic Risk Management”, TEN Esquire Network, Beverly Hills, CA, 2012
• Co-panelist, “Ethics for Cross-Border Practice”, presented at the California State Bar Annual Conference, Monterey, CA; Co-panelists: Alexandra Darraby, John W. Amberg, and Maria Chedid, 2012
• Speaker, "Practical Issues of Basic Risk Management”, TEN Esquire Network, Los Angeles, CA, 2012
• Co-panelist, “Surviving the State Bar and Angry Clients,” at the California State Bar Annual Conference in San Jose, CA; Co-panelists: Kevin Mohr, Wendy Chang, and Judy Gilbert, 2013
• Co-panelist, “Current Ethical Issues for In-House and Outside Counsel”, USC 2015 Tax Institute; copanelists: Wendy Chang, and Judith A. Gilbert, 2015
• Co-panelist, “Current Ethical Issues for In-House and Outside Counsel”, State Bar Annual Conference in Anaheim, CA; co-panelists: Wendy Chang, Kevin Mohr and Judith A. Gilbert, 2015
• Co-panelist, “Legal Malpractice Avoidance and Risk Management, An Ethics CLE” for the PhilippineAmerican Bar Association; co-panelists, Hon. Michael Marcus, William K. Mills, 2015
• Co-panelist: “It Takes All Kinds: The Ethics of Dealing with Difficult Clients” presented at the annual law department meeting of Mitsubishi Electronics U.S.; co-panelist, Joel A. Osman, 2017
• Speaker, Ethically Working with Contract Attorneys, Continuing Education of the Bar (webcast), 2017
• Co-panelist: Legal Malpractice: How to Avoid Being Sued by your Client; co-panelists: Arthur H. Bryant (Public Justice, PC) and John P. Blumberg, 2017
• Co-panelist, Annual, Navigating The New Rules of Professional Conduct, Professional Responsibility and Ethics Symposium, with co-panelist Elizabeth Radley, 2019
• Co-panelist: How to Avoid Ethical Pitfalls in Your Employment Practice, sponsored by LACBA Labor and Employment Section; co-panelists Diane Karpman and Hon. Michael Marcus, 2019
• Co-panelist: Where Lawyers Get Into Trouble: Real Estate Transactions and Litigation, sponsored by Beverly Hills Bar Association; co-panelists Neil Wertlieb and Howard Gould, 2019
• Representative Clients
• Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher, LLP
• Latham & Watkins
• Pillsbury, Madison & Sutro, LLP (now Pillsbury Winthrop)
• Morrison & Foerster
• Bryan Cave, LLP
• Loeb and Loeb
• Riordan & McKinzie
• Hennigan, Bennett & Dorman (formerly, Hennigan, Mercer & Bennett)
• DeCastro, West & Chodorow
• Kindel & Anderson
• Jeffer, Mangels, Butler & Marmaro
• Nossman, Guthner, Knox & Elliott LLP
• Lyon & Lyon
• Buchalter, Nemer, Fields & Younger
• Rutan & Tucker
• Robinson, Diamant & Wolkowitz
• Mitchell, Silberberg & Knupp
• Troy & Gould
• Wyman, Bautzer, Kuchel & Silbert
• Sedgwick, Detert, Moran & Arnold
• Fiore, Racobs & Powers
• Cox, Castle & Nicholson
• Crosby Heafey Roach & May LLP (now Smith Reed)
• Hill, Farrer & Burrill
• Manatt Phelps & Phillips
• Kirkpatrick & Lockhart LLC (Now K & L Gates)
• Lewis, Brisbois Bisgaard & Smith LLP
• Thelen, Reid & Priest LLP
• Knobbe, Martens, Olson & Bear
• KMZ Rosenman
• KNR Law Group
• Folger & Levin
• Wilson, Elser, Edelman & Dicker
• Jackson, DeMarco, Tidus & Peckenpaugh, PC
• Baum Hedlund
• Hunt, Ortmann, Blasco, Palffy & Rossell
• SulmeyerKupetz, a Professional Corporation
• Newmeyer & Dillion LLP
• Travelers Insurance Company
• MGIC Indemnity Corporation
• Orion Group
• American International Group
• Coregis Insurance Group (fka Crum & Forster)
• Cameron & Colby
• AON Group
• Golden Eagle Insurance Company
• CNA Insurance Companies
• Home Insurance Company
• Chubb Group (including Executive Risk)
• Lawyers Mutual Insurance Company
• Attorneys Insurance Mutual Risk Retention Group
• Old Republic Insurance Company
• State Farm Insurance Company
• Farmers Group of Insurance Companies
• GEICO
• Shand Morahan/Evanston Insurance Company
• Lloyd’s of London
• Oxford Insurance Company
• Legion Insurance Company
• St. Paul Fire & Marine
• Ranger Insurance Company
• Executive Risk Indemnity, Inc.
• LTL Insurance Services, Inc.
• Monitor Liability Managers, Inc.
• Midland National Life Insurance Company
• AON Risk Management
• Attorneys' Liability Assurance Society
• Admiral Insurance Co.
• Tandon Corporation
• American Multiline Corporation
• Baby Treasures, Inc.
• Alper Development
• Len Sheridan Toyota
• American Wireless Networks
• JM Temporary Services & Affiliates
• Inteplast Corporation
• Global Master Apparel, Inc.
• Amplicon, Inc. (now known as California First National Bank Corp.)
• Hawker-Pacific
• Wiz Technology
• European Benefits Administrators
• Gibralt Capital Corporation
• Hanil Construction Co. Ltd.
• Hanil Cement Manufacturing Ltd.
• Siemens
• Golden Den, Inc.
• GV Diversified
• AmerisourceBergen
• Great American Ink
• Tri/Sam Development, Inc.
• Micom Circuits, Inc.
• Bridges Academy, Inc.
• Regency Outdoor Advertising
• Automobile Club of Southern California
• Mylan Labs
• Henkels & McCoy
• LawFund Management Group, LLC
• City of Hope
• DAS Corporation
• WeBillCards
• Cove Management Partners LLC
• Local 1442, United Food and Commercial Workers Union
• Local 659, International Alliance of Theatrical and Stage Employees
• Brother Records, Inc. (The Beach Boys)
• Virgin Records, U.S.A.
• Paula Abdul
• John Fogerty
• William Devane
• Morton Downey, Jr.
• Michael Bolton

• Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher v. Superior Court
• Citation: 94 Cal.App.3d 347
• Year: 1979
• Zeavin v. Lee
• Citation: 136 Cal.App.3d 766
• Year: 1982
• Lumpkin v. Friedman
• Citation: 131 Cal.App.3d 450
• Chen v. Flemming
• Citation: 147 Cal.App.3d 36
• Year: 1983
• Botos v. Los Angeles County Bar Association
• Citation: 151 Cal.App.3d 1083
• Year: 1984
• Securities Investor Protection Corp. v. Vigman
• Citation: 587 F.Supp. 1358
• Court: C.D. Cal.
• Employers Reinsurance Corp. v. Phoenix Ins. Co.
• Citation: 186 Cal.App.3d 545
• Year: 1986
• Sukoff v. Lemkin
• Citation: 202 Cal.App.3d 740
• Year: 1988
• Ceriale v. Taback
• Citation: 48 Cal. App. 4th 1629
• Year: 1996
• Harris v. Rudin
• Citation: 74 Cal. App. 4th 299
• Year: 1999
• Amicus Curiae in Viner v. Sweet
• Citation: Beverly Hills Bar Association, 30 Cal.4th 1232
• Year: 2003
• Investors Equity Life Holding Co. v. Schmidt, 195 Cal. App. 4th 1519 (2011)
• Citation: Bay Area Bar Association, 30 Cal.4th 1232
• Mileikowsky v. Tenet HealthSystems
• Citation: Surgeons, Inc., 128 Cal. App. 4th 531
• Court: 2nd District Court of Appeal
• Year: 2005
• Palmer v. Superior Court, 231 Cal.App.4th 1214 (2014)
• Investors Equity Life Holding Co. v. Schmidt, 233 Cal. App. 4th 1363 (January 13, 2015)
• Bergstein, et al. v. Stroock & Stroock & Lavan, LLP, et al.236 Cal. App. 4th 793 (May 1, 2015)

• California, 1976
• U.S. District Court Central District of California, 1977
• U.S. District Court Eastern District of California, 1977
• U.S. District Court Northern District of California, 1977
• U.S. District Court Southern District of California, 1977
• U.S. District Court District of Hawaii, 1988
• U.S. District Court Western District of Michigan, 2005
• U.S. District Court Middle District of Florida, 2005
• U.S. Court of Appeals 9th Circuit, 1977
• Hawaii, 1988

• American Bar Association, 1977 - Present (Member)
• American Bar Association, Section of Corporation, Banking and Business Law, 1977 - Present (Member)
• American Bar Association, Section of Torts Insurance Practice, 1977 - Present (Member)
• American Bar Association, Section of Litigation, 1991 - Present (Member)
• California State Bar (Member, Section of Litigation)
• California State Bar, 2007 - Present (Member, Standing Committee on Professional Responsibility and Conduct)
• Los Angeles County Bar Association, 1982 - Present (Member)
• Los Angeles County Bar Association, 1999 - Present (Member, Professional Responsibility and Ethics Committee)
• Los Angeles County Bar Association, 2003 - 2004 (Chair, Professional Responsibility and Ethics Committee)
• Los Angeles County Bar Association, 2002 - 2003 (Vice Chair, Professional Responsibility and Ethics Committee)
• Los Angeles County Bar Association, 2001 - 2003 (Secretary, Professional Responsibility and Ethics Committee)
• Los Angeles County Bar Association, 1987 - 1991 (Member, Attorneys Errors & Omissions Prevention Committee)
• Los Angeles County Bar Association, 1988 - 1990 (Chair, Attorneys Errors & Omissions Prevention Committee)
• Los Angeles County Bar Association, 1987 - 1990 (Member, Professional Liability Insurance Committee)
• Los Angeles County Bar Association, 1990 - 1991 (Member, Group Insurance Programs Committee)
• Association of Business Trial Lawyers, 1986 - Present (Member)
• Association of Business Trial Lawyers, 1988 - 1990 (Member, Board of Governors)
• Association of Business Trial Lawyers, 1992 - 1994 (Co-Chair, Insurance Committee)
• ABOTA (American Board of Trial Advocates), 2008 - Present (Member)
• Lawyers Professional Liability Bar Association, 1995 - Present (Member)
• Association of Professional Responsibility Lawyers, 2005 - Present (Member)
• United Scleroderma Foundation, 1987 - 1996 (Member, Board of Directors)
• United Scleroderma Foundation (until merger with the Scleroderma Foundation), 1996 - 1998 (Member, Advisory Board)
• United Scleroderma Foundation, 1989 - 1991 (President)
• United Scleroderma Foundation, 1987 - 1988 (Vice President)
• The Scleroderma Foundation, 1998 - 2009 (Founding Member, Board of Directors)
• The Scleroderma Foundation, 1999 - 2009 (Board Secretary)
• Bridges Academy, Inc., 1998 - Present (Member, Board of Trustees)
• Bridges Academy, Inc., 1998 - Present (Board Secretary)