Insurance Litigation

Lopez, Bark & Schulz LLP is a premier insurance coverage firm in Orange County and litigates cases on a nationwide basis.  Every single one of our partners routinely represents policyholders and third-parties in insurance coverage matters, and we have a tremendous experience with nearly every insurance product, including commercial general liability, directors and officers, professional liability, fidelity and crime, multi-media, homeowners, employment practices liability, property, fine arts, cyber, environmental, and umbrella and excess liability insurance products.

Our approach to insurance litigation does not simply start with the filing of a lawsuit. The sooner our attorneys are involved in the coverage process (ideally at the outset of a loss), the more likely that firm attorneys can work closely with the insurance company in an effort to reach a resolution without the need to engage in protracted litigation.  But if litigation is necessary, LBS has the experience and tools to handle it.

Representative insurance matters handled by LBS attorneys include:
•    Obtaining summary judgment for clothing company that its insurance company was required to defend it in intellectual property and unfair competition litigation.
•    Negotiating and litigating for millions of dollars of pollution coverage in connection with locally-run landfills.
•    Representing a project developer in connection with severe and catastrophic water damage to a waterfront apartment building.
•    Providing insurance advice concerning a litigation action involving millions of dollars in coverage for asbestos claims.
•    Representing large multinational entertainment company in connection with insurance coverage for class-action litigation.
•    Winning published federal court ruling that insurance company’s delay in payment of defense costs can be basis for bad faith liability as constructive refusal of benefits
•    Negotiating substantial settlement for industrial pollution cleanup case years after the cleanup order was issued.
•    Representing the owners of large commercial and apartment buildings that sustained severe damage, including water damage, mold damage, and soil movement.
•    Recovering millions of dollars for storm damaged greenhouses.
•    Representing numerous broker-dealers in obtaining insurance recoveries as a result of various Ponzi schemes.
•    Acting as co-trial and insurance counsel in a federal jury trial involving breach of contract and bad faith by an insurance company that denied coverage for a construction defect lawsuit, resulting in a jury verdict of six times the policy limits.
•    Providing assistance and advice on cyber claims and insurance recovery in connection with the loss of tens of thousands of private records.