TRG Seminars: The Shernoff Insurance Bad Faith Seminar

The Shernoff Insurance Bad Faith Seminar

If you practice or want to start practicing insurance bad faith, this program offers you invaluable information and insight. Seasoned litigators, a preeminent judge and prominent Practice Guide authors will share their know-how and experience to help you develop techniques and strategies for successfully handling bad faith cases.

Learn how to prepare a bad faith case for trial and how to deploy the "rules of the road." Understand how to take the lid off an insurance policy in third-party cases. Become proficient at building a bad faith case when a carrier refuses to defend. Get exposed to promising new concepts, such as institutional bad faith, and learn how to maximize damages, both compensatory and punitive. And hear about California's latest bad faith developments.

Highlights

Presenters

Dates / Times / Locations

Call for more information or to enroll:
818-990-3260 (Ext. 2) or 1-800-747-3161 (Ext. 2)

Highlights

The Duty to Defend
	When the duty arises
	When pre-tender fees can be removed
	How the duty is triggered
	What to do if the insurer refuses to defend
	Damages flowing from a denial of defense

Trying a Bad Faith Case from A to Z
	Trial themes and pretrial considerations
	Voir dire issues
	Opening statement: setting the stage
	Cross-examination of insurance adjusters
	Closing argument
	The punitive damages phase

Taking the Lid Off the Policy
	The duty to settle
	How to trigger the duty to settle
	What to do if the insurer is not defending

Institutional Bad Faith
	Establishing the new tort
	Discovering a wrongful course of conduct
	A different standard for punitive damages
	Issues to consider in mediation

Case Law Developments in Bad Faith and Punitive Damages
	Evolving contours of the genuine dispute doctrine
	The latest compensatory damages issues
	Recovery and determination of Brandt fees
	The punitive damages perplex: ratios, managing agents, and more

Presenters

WILLIAM M. SHERNOFF
Shernoff Bidart Echeverria LLP

MICHAEL J. BIDART
Shernoff Bidart Echeverria LLP

RICK FRIEDMAN
Shernoff Bidart Echeverria LLP
Of Counsel
Featured Speaker

RICARDO ECHEVERRIA
Shernoff Bidart Echeverria LLP

GREGORY L. BENTLEY
Shernoff Bidart Echeverria LLP

EVANGELINE "VAN" GROSSMAN
Shernoff Bidart Echeverria LLP

JUDGE REX HEESEMAN
Los Angeles Superior Court

SUSAN M. POPIK
Chapman, Popik & White LLP
San Francisco

CHRISTINA J. IMRE
Sedgwick, Detert, Moran & Arnold LLP
Los Angeles

Dates / Times / Locations
Registration: 8:30 AM · Program: 9:00 AM - 4:45 PM

LIVE PROGRAMS:

LOS ANGELES
FRIDAY, OCTOBER 29
Los Angeles Marriott Downtown
333 S. Figueroa Street
(213) 617-1133

VIDEO REPLAYS:

SHERMAN OAKS
FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 5
Courtyard by Marriott
15433 Ventura Blvd.
(818) 981-5400

SAN DIEGO
FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 5
The Westin Gaslamp Quarter
910 Broadway Circle
(619) 239-2200

COSTA MESA
FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 5
Westin South Coast Plaza
686 Anton Blvd.
(714) 540-2500

SAN FRANCISCO
SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 13
Hotel Nikko San Francisco
222 Mason Street
(415) 394-1111

CLE Credit

6 HOURS MCLE CREDIT (including 1 Hour Legal Ethics)
The Rutter Group certifies that this activity has been approved for MCLE credit by The State Bar of California in the amount of 6 hours, of which 1 hour applies toward Legal Ethics.

Tuition

TRG Seminar PASSholders (admission only) - FREE

TUITION - $250

SPECIAL OFFERS FOR ENROLLEES:
California Practice Guide: Insurance Litigation - $200 plus applicable sales tax (Regularly $450)

For more information, please call (800) 747-3161, Ext. 2
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The Rutter Group • A Division of West, a Thomson Reuters business • 15760 Ventura Boulevard, Suite 630 • Encino, CA 91436 • (818) 990-3260 or (800) 747-3161

The Shernoff Insurance Bad Faith Seminar

Call for more information or to enroll: 818-990-3260 (Ext. 2) or 1-800-747-3161 (Ext. 2)

Highlights

Presenters

CLE Credit

Tuition

Call for more information or to enroll:
818-990-3260 (Ext. 2) or 1-800-747-3161 (Ext. 2)