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Live CLE | Insurance Coverage Litigation
Disputed insurance claims are often complex, and can vary greatly from case to case.
This seminar is designed to give you the tools to understand the variety of claims, accurately assess coverage and solve any conflicts that arise during litigation.
Our experienced attorneys will help advise you on the ability to identify areas of coverage disputes, recognize when an insurer is negotiating in bad faith and identify the possible remedies.
They will also help you learn the settlement process, and expertly handle a trial if settlement efforts have been exhausted.
The following Key topics will be discussed:
- First- and Third-Party Coverage
- Insured's Rights and Protections
- Coverage for Cyberspace and Computer Liabilities
- Pre-Litigation Options
- Filing a Dispositive Motion
- Containing a Punitive Damage Judgment
- Common Law vs. Statutory Bad Faith
- Defending Bad Faith Suits
12:45 – 01:15 |
Registration |
01:15 – 02:00 |
Common Coverage Disputes |
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02:00 – 03:00 |
Coverage Under a Contract |
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•Which Actions Trigger Coverage? |
03:00 – 03:15 |
Break |
03:15 – 04:15 |
Litigating a Claim |
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•Filing a Dispositive Motion |
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04:15 – 05:00 |
Bad Faith Litigation |
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•Common Law vs. Statutory Bad Faith |
CLE Course Speakers: |
SPEAKER1 |
Attorney Michel Yves Horton
Morgan Lewis & Bockius L.L.P. - Los Angeles, CA
Michel Y. Horton is a partner in Morgan Lewis's Litigation Practice, concentrating on policyholder insurance recovery counseling and litigation. Mr. Horton has represented numerous Fortune 500 companies in a variety of complex litigation matters, including coverage disputes involving toxic torts, environmental property damage and personal injury, medical devices, product recall, and financial losses. He also assists clients in drafting specialty market insurance policies, particularly in connection with future environmental and toxic tort exposures, through domestic insurers and offshore captives.
Mr. Horton has tried bench and jury trials in state and federal courts throughout the country, including in California, Delaware, Illinois and Iowa. He also has experience handling product liability defense and commercial litigation matters, including class actions.
Mr. Horton has been listed in Best Lawyers in America and Chambers USA and has been designated a California "Super Lawyer" for the past several years. He frequently writes and speaks on insurance coverage related issues in a variety of forums.
Attorney John A. Belcher
Law Offices of John A. Belcher - Pasdena, CA
John A. Belcher graduated Phi Beta Kappa from the University of California at Berkeley in 1978 with a 3.9 Grade Point Average. Recipient of the Alexander Meicklejohn Award and the Medaille Voltaire, Mr. Belcher attended Boalt Hall, where he was selected to serve as an Extern Clerk to the Honorable Cecile Poole of the United States Court of Appeal for the Ninth Circuit. While enrolled at Boalt, Mr. Belcher served under Stanley Sporkin in the S.E.C. Division of Enforcement, Summer Honors Program as a Charter Selectee.
Following graduation from Boalt Hall in 1981, Mr. Belcher was employed as a Deputy District Attorney by the Contra Costa County District Attorney's Office. Mr. Belcher was appointed to the felony trial team in Martinez, California, where he served with distinction prosecuting complex felony jury trials, including three "double jury trial days" with jury trials proceeding back to back.
As a civil litigator in Los Angeles for almost thirty years, Mr. Belcher has litigated as "first chair" over one hundred arbitrations, court trial and jury trials from the Mexican border to Santa Barbara County.
Live CLE • Insurance Coverage Litigation
Jaunary 26, 2012 • Pasadena, CA
Credits:
Total CA Cle credits: 3.5 Hours
This course has been submitted for approval to the California State Bar-final approval pending.
Location:
Sheraton Pasadena Hotel
303 East Cordova Street
Pasadena, California 91101
Time:
Start 01:15 PM – Finish 05:00 PM
Tuition:
$200 First Registrant
Add Associate $100 dollars*
Add Paralegal $100 dollars*
$125 Young Lawyers - Under 4 years acceptance to the Bar.**
*Young Lawyers with under 4 years acceptance to the Bar may use the coupon code YL75 to receive the $75 discount when checking out.
**Discounts can not be combined.
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