Anthony B. Leuin

ANTHONY B. LEUIN

Mr. Leuin is a senior litigation partner of the Firm. He has a broad background in civil disputes of all types, with particular concentrations in insurance coverage, real estate and construction. While Mr. Leuin has successfully tried, arbitrated or otherwise resolved disputes ranging from partnership conflicts to wrongful termination to intellectual property ownership to tax claims, a substantial majority of his practice remains grounded in insurance coverage and real estate. His insurance coverage practice is limited to representation of insurance policyholders. He litigates and evaluates coverage under all types of policies, including property, general liability, directors and officers, errors and omissions, specialty policies and surety bonds. He also prosecutes claims for insurer bad faith. Mr. Leuin’s extensive practice in real estate litigation includes, for example, fraud claims, development agreement disputes, construction defect and delay claims, lease disputes, and subsidence, earth movement, and inverse condemnation issues. Given the prevalence of arbitration clauses in modern commercial real estate and construction contracts, Mr. Leuin has extensive familiarity with the law and practice governing private arbitration and other alternative dispute resolution (“ADR”).

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Mr. Leuin has handled disputes in the Superior Courts of some two dozen California counties, as well as the United States District Courts for each of the California districts, and various appellate courts. He is passionately committed to appropriate, economical and efficient resolution of all manner of civil disputes. He attempts to steer all matters toward the forum most appropriate to the dispute at hand, whether trial or other, and has made extensive use of mediation and arbitration.

Mr. Leuin is a Contributing Editor to The Rutter Group’s California Practice Guide: Insurance Litigation. He is a member of the Litigation Section of the American Bar Association, including its Insurance Coverage Litigation Committee, where he has co-chaired the Construction Litigation sub-committee, and served as Website Managing Editor. He is also a member of the American Bar Association’s Forum on the Construction Industry, and its Dispute Resolution Section.

Mr. Leuin has decided dozens of disputes as arbitrator appointed by the San Francisco Superior Court and the Bar Association of San Francisco, and is available to serve as private arbitrator.

EDUCATION

Mr. Leuin received his A.B. degree from the University of California, Berkeley in 1976 and his J.D. from Yale Law School in 1980. During law school, he was an extern at the Center for Law and Social Policy in Washington, D.C.

ANTHONY B. LEUIN

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