Professional Experience
Ms. Belke's practice includes the management and/or defense of business litigation matters. Specifically, her experience includes litigation involving disability, health and life insurance, including "bad faith," ERISA, employee benefits, and commercial disputes.
Representative Matters
· Heighley v. JCPenney Life Ins. Co., 257 F.Supp.2d 1241 (C.D. Cal. 2003).
· Lambros v. Metropolitan Life Ins. Co., 11 Cal.App.4th 43 (2003).
· Griffith v. Allstate Life Ins. Co., 31 Fed. Appx. 450 (C.D. Cal. 2002).
· Amadeo v. Principal Mutual, 290 F.3d 1152 (9th Cir. 2002).
· Cedars Sinai Medical Center v. Mid-West Life Ins. Co., 118 F. Supp.2d 1002 (C.D. Cal. 2000).
· Smart & Final Corp. v. Zurich Kemper Life Ins. Co., 996 F. Supp. 999 (C.D. Cal. 1998).
Memberships & Activities
Member, State Bar of California; all United States District Courts in California and the United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit.
Honors & Awards
Voted a Southern California "Rising Star" by Super Lawyers magazine in 2007.