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Insurance Attorneys in San Francisco County, California
Counsel when the carrier says no: denied, delayed, and underpaid claims. In San Francisco County, that work runs through the Superior Court of California, County of San Francisco. This directory presents insurance records from official State Bar of California data in neutral order.
The state's only consolidated city and county, and the seat of the California Supreme Court, the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals, and the State Bar of California. The court of record is the Superior Court of California, County of San Francisco · counsel who appear there regularly read the local calendar better than any brochure.
The law also keeps time: property policies commonly require suit within 12 months of loss, check the policy under Cal. Ins. Code § 2071. The standard fire policy's 12-month suit clause is tolled while the claim is pending (Prudential-LMI v. Superior Court (1990) 51 Cal.3d 674). Bad faith tort claims run two years; breach of written policy, four (Cal. Code Civ. Proc. §§ 335.1, 337). The plaque below carries the citation; the roster that follows carries the rest.
This page is the San Francisco County chapter of the registry's statewide record · Insurance Lawyers in California collects all 58 counties.
The clock & the court
Property policies commonly require suit within 12 months of loss, check the policy.
Cal. Ins. Code § 2071
The standard fire policy's 12-month suit clause is tolled while the claim is pending (Prudential-LMI v. Superior Court (1990) 51 Cal.3d 674). Bad faith tort claims run two years; breach of written policy, four (Cal. Code Civ. Proc. §§ 335.1, 337).
Superior Court of California, County of San Francisco.
County seat: San Francisco
Official court information, locations, and filing rules: sf.courts.ca.gov
Insurance · San Francisco County roster
512 attorneys on the official State Bar of California roll list insurance among their practice areas with an address of record in San Francisco County.
493 of them hold an active licence; the remainder are recorded as inactive and are not currently eligible to practise.
The roster concentrates in San Francisco (508), Emeryville (1), Los Angeles (1) and San (1).
4 hold a State Bar Certified Legal Specialist designation, a certification issued by the State Bar's Board of Legal Specialization, and not a rating or a ranking.
24 are recorded as taking client work in a language other than English.
Admission years on this roster run from 1967 to 2026.
The employers most represented here are Covington & Burling LLP (20), Atheria Law PC (13) and Duane Morris LLP (13).
The full San Francisco County roster · 493 attorneys with an active license and a insurance practice area: is listed by surname in the 2 sections below.
Insurance matters in San Francisco County
The matters this field covers, as Californians search for them. Each attorney's own profile states which of these they take.
- bad faith claim denials
- homeowners and fire claims
- auto insurance disputes
- life insurance claim denials
- disability insurance claims
- health insurance denials
- business interruption claims
- coverage disputes and duty to defend
- underinsured motorist claims
- wildfire claims
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Insurance questions, cited
What is insurance bad faith in California?
Every policy carries an implied covenant of good faith and fair dealing; an insurer that unreasonably denies, delays, or underpays a claim breaches it in tort, exposing itself beyond policy limits to consequential damages, emotional distress, attorney fees under Brandt v. Superior Court (1985) 37 Cal.3d 813, and potentially punitive damages (Cal. Civ. Code § 3294). Unreasonable claim practices are also cataloged in Ins. Code § 790.03(h).
How long does an insurance company have to respond to my claim in California?
California's Fair Claims Settlement Practices Regulations set the clock: acknowledge the claim within 15 days, accept or deny within 40 days of proof of claim, and pay accepted claims within 30 days (10 Cal. Code Regs. § 2695.5, § 2695.7). Delays require written status updates every 30 days. Violations feed both Department of Insurance complaints and bad-faith litigation.
How long do I have to sue my insurance company?
It depends on the theory and the policy. Property policies typically incorporate the standard fire form's requirement that suit be filed within 12 months of the loss (Cal. Ins. Code § 2071), tolled while the claim is pending (Prudential-LMI v. Superior Court (1990) 51 Cal.3d 674). Breach of a written policy otherwise runs four years (Cal. Code Civ. Proc. § 337) and bad faith tort claims two (§ 335.1).
What are my rights after a wildfire loss in California?
Substantial ones, strengthened after recent fire seasons: in a declared disaster, insurers must offer at least 30 days' advance living expenses (Cal. Ins. Code § 2061), provide up to 36 months of additional living expenses coverage for total losses (§ 2060), pay a minimum percentage of contents coverage without a full inventory (§ 10103.7), and renew policies in disaster areas for at least two renewals (§ 675.1).
What if the driver who hit me has no insurance?
Uninsured/underinsured motorist coverage: which insurers must offer with every California auto policy (Cal. Ins. Code § 11580.2), steps in for your damages up to your UM limits, including hit-and-run collisions with physical contact. UM claims are resolved by arbitration rather than lawsuit under the statute, and your own insurer owes you the same good-faith handling duties as any claimant.
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Source: Cal. Ins. Code § 2071 · State Bar of California licensee records · Checked: · Maintained by the California Attorney Registry from official State Bar of California records. Legal information, not legal advice.
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