Insurance & employment litigation · California & Nevada


Insurance & employment litigation

Trial lawyers for insurance, employment and real estate.

For businesses, policyholders and property owners in California and Nevada.


Featured practices

Insurance

Bad faith, claim assistance and broker liability for policyholders and businesses.

For policyholders and businesses whose insurer denied, delayed or underpaid a valid claim.

Help with a denial or low offer before a lawsuit, alongside your public adjuster.

Claims against brokers whose errors left clients without coverage, and defense of brokerages against errors and omissions claims.

Employment

Wage and hour, PAGA and termination claims, defending employers across California.

Defense of employers in overtime, meal and rest break, and worker classification claims.

Defense of employers against representative actions under California’s Private Attorneys General Act.

Wrongful termination, discrimination and retaliation claims, plus employees with meritorious claims.

Also practicing

Real estate litigation

Nondisclosure, fraud, easement and property line disputes.

Commercial litigation

Business and shareholder disputes, contract claims and appeals.


Results

Verdicts, dismissals and settlements

Insurance broker liability

$2.4M

Jury verdict against an insurance broker

Los Angeles Superior Court

Insurance broker defense

Dismissed with prejudice

No settlement paid by our client, a national insurance brokerage

Summary judgment

Real estate fraud

$7.7M

Jury verdicts for LLC investors in a fraud and fiduciary duty case

Los Angeles Superior Court

Prior results do not guarantee a similar outcome.

A partner on your case

All attorneys

Our partners have each practiced law for more than 25 years.

Brandon C. Fernald

Brandon C. Fernald

Founding Partner

Founded the firm in 2009. Duke Law; seven years at Norton Rose Fulbright. Admitted in California, Nevada, North Carolina and Illinois.

Brandon’s bio
Adam P. Zaffos

Adam P. Zaffos

Partner

USC Law, 2001. Norton Rose Fulbright and Hogan Lovells, then senior litigator at The Wonderful Company. Admitted in California.

Adam’s bio

Common questions

Don’t see yours? Call (323) 410-0300.

We handle business litigation in four areas: insurance disputes, real estate litigation, employment law, and commercial litigation and trial work. Insurance is our lead practice, covering bad faith claims against insurers, claim assistance before a lawsuit, and insurance broker liability.

Yes. We represent policyholders and businesses when an insurer denies, delays, or underpays a valid claim. We start by reviewing your policy and the denial or reservation-of-rights letter, and many disputes can be resolved before a lawsuit is filed.

Mainly employers. We defend employers in employment litigation and workplace disputes, and we also represent employees with meritorious claims after screening every matter for conflicts.

Yes. Our attorneys have tried cases to jury verdicts in Los Angeles Superior Court, including a $2.4 million verdict against an insurance broker. Prior results do not guarantee a similar outcome.

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We review your situation

We go over the facts and any documents you share, and check for conflicts.

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We talk through your options

We explain where you stand and the paths forward, so you can decide what to do next.