(Main Office)

Waxler Carner Brodsky LLP represents a multitude of major insurance companies in complex insurance coverage disputes. The firm specializes in representing large law firms to sole practitioners in legal malpractice actions. We regularly defend professionals in all areas of practice. We also represent parties in commercial disputes and in employment litigation. We are a young and energetic group of lawyers who escaped the big firm to practice by the ocean. We work hard and get great results.

Statement of Practice

Professional Liability Defense, Legal Malpractice and Accountants Malpractice, Insurance Defense Coverage, Professional Liability Defense Coverage and Commercial Litigation, Employment Practices Liability, Civil Appeals, Contract Litigation, Corporate Insurance Defense, Federal Practice, Casualty Insurance, Commercial Insurance, Excess and Reinsurance, Excess Coverage, Extra Contractual Insurance Claims, First and Third Party Insurance, General Liability Insurance Agents and Brokers Defense, Insurance Agents and Brokers, Errors and Omissions, Insurance Agents and Brokers Malpractice, Insurance Bad Faith, Employer Liability, Employment Breach of Contract, Employment Claims, Employment Defense, Employment Disability Discrimination, Employment Discrimination, Employment Law, Employment Litigation, Wrongful Termination Defense, Legal Malpractice Defense, Attorney Errors and Omissions, Agents and Brokers Liability, Clergy Sexual Misconduct, Design Professionals Malpractice, Directors and Officers Liability.

Representative Clients:

AON/Virginia Surety
American International Group, Inc.
Arch
Attorney's Insurance Mutual Risk Retention Group, Inc.
AXIS
The CNA Group of Companies
The Doctors Company
The Hartford
Liberty International Underwriters
LVL Claims
Markel/Shand
Monitor Liability Managers, Inc.
Navigator's Pro
Praire States
ProSurance Group, Inc.
TIG Insurance Company
Underwriters at Lloyd's
XL Companies.

Address

1960 East Grand Avenue, Suite 1210
El Segundo, CA 90245, (Los Angeles Co.)

Phone

Phone: 310-416-1300
Fax: 310-416-1310

Website

http://www.wcb-law.com

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Danielle R. Sokol (Associate) born Alhambra, California, November 5, 1973; admitted to bar, 1998, California. Education: University of California at Santa Barbara (B.A., 1995); University of California at Los Angeles (J.D., 1998). Practice Areas: Professional Liability Defense; Coverage Defense.Email: Danielle R. Sokol

Christopher L. Wong (Associate) born Los Angeles, California, August 8, 1969; admitted to bar, 1995, California; 1996, Hawaii; 1999, U.S. District Court, Central District of California. Education: University of Sydney, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia (1989); Claremont Mckenna College (B.A., with honors, 1991); Boston University School of Law (1992-1993); University of California Hastings College of the Law (J.D., 1995). Member, 1993-1994 and Senior Production Editor, 1994-1995, Hastings Constitutional Law Quarterly. American Jurisprudence Award in Constitutional Law, 1994. Member: Los Angeles County Bar Association. Practice Areas: Professional Liability.Email: Christopher L. Wong

Wendy M. Conole (Associate) born San Francisco, California; admitted to bar, 1997, California. Education: Stanford University (B.A., 1988); Hastings College of the Law, University of California (J.D., 1997). Recipient: American Jurisprudence Award, Evidence; American Jurisprudence Award, Trial Advocacy. Practice Areas: Civil Litigation; Professional Liability; Business Law; Contracts; Entertainment Law; Real Estate.Email: Wendy M. Conole

Diana J. Coburn (Associate) born Des Moines, Iowa; admitted to bar, 2002, California. Education: University of Iowa (B.A., 1998); University of San Diego (J.D., 2001). Practice Areas: Insurance Bad Faith; Insurance; Professional Malpractice.Email: Diana J. Coburn

Scott K. Murch (Associate) born Redondo Beach, California; admitted to bar, 1994, California and U.S. District Court, Central District of California. Education: University of California, San Diego (B.A., 1990); University of California, Hastings College of Law (J.D. cum laude, 1994). Member: Los Angeles County Bar Association; State Bar of California. Practice Areas: Insurance; Agents and Brokers Errors and Omissions; Agents and Brokers Liability; Professional Liability; Professional Liability Defense; Professional Liability Insurance Coverage; Professional Malpractice; Professional Negligence.Email: Scott K. Murch

E. Susie Wendorff (Associate) admitted to bar, 1993, California. Education: University of Southern California, School of Law (J.D., 1993). Practice Areas: Insurance Bad Faith Defense; Insurance Coverage Defense; Agents and Brokers Errors and Omissions; Agents and Brokers Liability; Professional Malpractice; Professional Negligence.Email: E. Susie Wendorff

OF COUNSEL

Brian D. Peters (Of Counsel) born Manhattan Beach, California; admitted to bar, 1994, California. Education: California State University, Northridge (B.A., 1991); University of California, Hastings College of the Law (J.D., 1994). Member: Los Angeles County Bar Association; State Bar of California. Practice Areas: Labor and Employment Litigation; Employment Counseling; Professional Liability Defense.Email: Brian D. Peters

Julie M. Weber (Of Counsel) admitted to bar, 1988, California. Education: University of California, Los Angeles (B.A., Political Science, 1984); Southwestern University School of Law, Los Angeles (J.D., 1988). Practice Areas: Labor and Employment; Employment Counseling; Professional Liability Defense.Email: Julie M. Weber