Robert A. Latham, III

Robert A. Latham, III: Attorney with Wood, Smith, Henning & Berman LLP
Attorney Awards
  • Martindale-Hubbell Peer AV Preeminent Rating
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Biography

Robert Latham is a partner in WSHB’s Los Angeles office with over 35 years of experience in representing insurers and their insureds. Bob represents insurers in litigated first and third party bad faith claim handling cases, declaratory judgment cases on coverage defenses, rescissions, and cancellations, and in lost policy matters. He has also represented reinsurers in investigating ceded claims and defending them in ceding company liquidations.

In insurance defense matters, Bob represents clients in litigated professional liability matters, defending attorneys, real estate agents and brokers, insurance agents and brokers, and commercial property managers. He also represents community treatment centers specializing in mental health and elder, dependent adult, and substance abuse care. Bob has also represented defendants in asbestos cases and public entities in wrongful death, bodily injury, and property damage cases, and in insurance disputes. He has also represented clients in corporate dissolutions, business tort and trade infringement cases, securities arbitrations, and corporate raiding cases.

Newsroom

News

•Trial Partner Bob Latham Joins WSHB
Firm News, 7.19.22

Publications

•Ninth Circuit Affirms Right to Jury Trial for Statutory Damages Claimed under California's Unruh Civil Rights Act
Case Updates, 5.30.25

In the News

•Ninth Circuit Affirms Right to Jury Trial for Statutory Damages Claimed under California's Unruh Civil Rights Act
•Trial Partner Bob Latham Joins WSHB

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Areas of Practice (9)

  • Insurance
  • Commercial and Business Litigation
  • Directors and Officers (D&O) Litigation
  • Medical Malpractice and Healthcare Law
  • Professional Liability
  • ADA Compliance and Defense
  • Mass Torts and Class-Action Defense
  • Environmental
  • Legal Malpractice

Education & Credentials

University Attended:
Duke University, A.B., magna cum laude, 1977
Law School Attended:
Saint Louis University School of Law, J.D., 1982
Year of First Admission:
1982
Admission:
1982, Illinois; 1983, Iowa; 1986, California
Memberships:
American Bar Association; Los Angeles County Bar Association.
Reported Cases:
Experience: California School District Liable for Stabbing of Student on Campus After She Left School and Returned to Collect Books; 8.3.22
ISLN:
905609131

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