Representing clients in industries ranging from agriculture to financial services and transportation to technology, Shartsis Friese’s experienced insurance lawyers help clients mitigate risk and secure coverage rights under a wide range of scenarios.
While we always strive to resolve disputes short of full-blown litigation, our coverage lawyers are experienced trial lawyers who have the skills and credibility to litigate cases to resolution and, if necessary, on appeal.
We are insurance coverage trial lawyers. We exclusively represent insurance policyholders, both individuals and businesses, in disputes with their insurers arising under all kinds of policies. We defend our policyholder clients in declaratory relief coverage actions, and we prosecute bad faith actions on their behalf. We have recovered millions of dollars for our clients, often in bet-the-company situations or when clients face substantial risk to their business or personal assets.
We have handled third-party insurance claims under commercial general liability (CGL), toxic tort liability, director and officer liability (D&O), auto liability, errors and omissions, employment practices, cyber, and other policies. Clients often involve us from the outset of litigation to secure defense counsel of their choice and fair reimbursement rates.
In addition, we have handled first-party claims under property insurance, representations and warranties (R&W), and business interruption policies, among others. We also advise on complex insurance products/terms (e.g. self-insured retentions, coinsurance and collateral requirements) and sufficiency of coverage (i.e., assessing our client’s insurance portfolio for litigation risks, settlement and planning purposes).
Our clients include public and private companies and individuals in construction, manufacturing, financial services, technology, transportation, real estate, food, beverage and the wine industry (including some of California’s marquee wineries), and public entities. We also team up with plaintiff-side law firms on contingency matters to defend declaratory relief actions and/or prosecute bad faith actions.
