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| Practice Areas | Insurance Coverage and Litigation; ERISA; Health Care; Managed Care; Casualty Insurance; Property Insurance Coverage; Life and Health Insurance | | | Education | University of California School of Law, Los Angeles, J.D., 1990, Stanford University, B.A., 1987 | | | Admitted | 1990, California | |
| Memberships | American Bar Association; Defense Research Institute; California Society for Healthcare Attorneys; Bar Association of San Francisco. | | | Born | Everett, Washington, September 26, 1964 | | | Biography | Externed for the Honorable William Rea of the U.S. District Court, Central District of California, 1989. Presenter: Sedgwick Health Law Seminar, "Selected Developments in ERISA and Bad Faith Liability," presented in Hartford, CT (October, 2008). Publications: "Spinner Court Holds No Breach of ERISA Fiduciary Liability Over Notifications of Optional Coverage," Sedgwick's Healthcare Law Newsletter (Winter 2009); "Supreme Court Decision: Metropolitan Life Ins. Co. v. Glenn, __ S.Ct. __, 2008 WL 2444796 (June 19, 2008) (U.S. Supreme Court Docket No. 06-923)" (coauthor), DRI's The Voice (June 2008); "Supreme Court Advances Totality of Circumstances Test for Discretionary Review of ERISA Decisions Made by Conflicted Fiduciaries," Sedgwick Healthcare Law Alert (June 2008); "Change in the Landscape: ERISA Fiduciary Claims in the Wake of La Rue" (coauthor), published on the website of RLI Executive Products Group News (June 2008); "9th Cir. Requires More From ERISA Claims Administrators And Reviewing Physicians," Sedgwick's Healthcare Law Newsletter (Spring 2008); "Supreme Court Holding in LaRue Appears Limited to 401(k) Participants in Defined Contribution Plans" (coauthor), Sedgwick's Healthcare News Flash (February 2008); "Ninth Circuit Courts More Likely To Allow Discovery in ERISA Actions Following Abatie" (coauthor), Sedgwick's Healthcare Law Newsletter (Winter 2007); "ERISA Alert: Technical Procedural Violations Do Not Change the Standard of Review," Sedgwick's Healthcare Law Newsletter (Summer 2005); "ERISA Alert: Consideration of Evidence from Outside the Administrative Record on De Novo Review," Sedgwick's Healthcare Law Newsletter (Spring 2005); "ERISA Alert: Conflict Preemption of State Statutes," Sedgwick's Healthcare Law Newsletter (Fall 2004); "Additional Insured Coverage" (coauthor), Daily Journal (February 2001); "CGL Coverage for After-Acquired Properties" (coauthor), Daily Journal (November 2000); "Design Build Construction Contracting" (coauthor), Construction Management (July 1999). | | | ISLN | 902044171 | |
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