Events
Speaking Engagement

Noteworthy Speaking Engagements

  • “#MeToo Litigation Update,” Webcast Presentation for the Association of Defense Counsel of Northern California and Nevada, November 2019.
  • “What Every Lawyer Needs to Know About Insurance,” Presentation for the Alameda County Bar Association, October 2019.
  • “Lizards Loose in the Courtroom: Representing the Carrier Client in the Age of Reptile Advocacy,” presentation for the American Bar Association Tort Trial & Insurance Practice Section Insurance Coverage Litigation Committee Mid-Year Program, Phoenix, AZ February 2016.
  • “Property Insurance Bad Faith Claims in a World of Alternative Dispute Resolution,” presentation for the American Bar Association, Tort Trial and Insurance Practices Section, Property Insurance Law Committee Annual Spring CLE Meeting, Carlsbad, CA, Spring, 2014.
  • “Tri-Partite Relationship: Who’s on Top,” presentation for the West Coast Casualty Construction Defect Seminar, Orange County, CA, 2013.
  • “Latest Developments in Sexual Misconduct Claims,” presentation for the American Bar Association, Tort Trial and Insurance Practices Section, Insurance Coverage Litigation Committee Annual Meeting, Tucson, AZ, February 2007.
  • “The Twists and Turns of Settling Sensitive Claims,” national webcast presentation for the Arthur J. Gallagher Religious and Nonprofit Practices Group, September 2005.
  • Member of Panel on Litigating Sexual Abuse Claims, Arthur J. Gallagher Religious and Nonprofit Practices Group, Chicago, May 2004.
  • “Key Insurance Coverage Issues,” presentation for the National Diocesan Attorneys Association, Washington, D.C., May 2004.
  • “Managing Construction Defect Litigation,” presentation for the Risk and Insurance Management Society (“RIMS”) Annual Conference, Chicago, IL, 2003.
  • “Managing Construction Defect Litigation,” presentation for the RIMS Annual Conference, New Orleans, LA, 2002.
  • “Liability Insurance Issues Relating to City Attorney Litigation Practice,” presentation for the office of the City Attorney, San Francisco, CA, 2001.
  • “Litigator’s Guide to Insurance Coverage,” presentation for the Marin County Bar Association, San Rafael, CA, 1995.
  • “Impact of Insurance on Trial Practice,” presentation for the office of the City Attorney, San Francisco, CA,1993 and 1994.
  • “Deposition Practice,” presentation for the office of the City Attorney, San Francisco, CA, 1993.
  • “Handling Discovery in Defending Litigation Against Police Officers,” presentation for the office of the City Attorney, San Francisco, CA, 1992.
  • “Selected Issues in Defending Federal Civil Rights Cases,” presentation for the office of the City Attorney, San Francisco, CA, 1992.
  • “Federal Civil Rights Litigation,” presentation for the League of California Cities, Oakland and Orange County, CA, 1991.