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16th Floor
10100 Santa Monica Boulevard
Los Angeles, California 90067 (Los Angeles Co.)
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(Main Office) Founded in 1974, the law firm of Engstrom, Lipscomb & Lack has specialized in a broad range of high profile tort and commercial litigation with an emphasis on disputes involving the environment, entertainment and the insurance industries. Areas of expertise include aviation, construction defect, professional liability, business litigation concerning the business community's relationship with the insurance industry, environmental and toxic litigation, insurance bad faith and class actions. Statement of PracticeGeneral Civil and Trial Practice in all State and Federal Courts. Aviation, Class Action, Domestic and International Insurance, Maritime, Professional Liability, Products Liability, Environmental and Securities, Construction Defect, Personal Injury, Wrongful Death, Toxic Torts, Drug Litigation, Insurance Bad Faith, Patent Infringement and Business Litigation. Year Established: 1974
Firm Size: 27
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Address16th Floor
10100 Santa Monica Boulevard
Los Angeles, CA 90067, (Los Angeles Co.)
PhonePhone: 310-552-3800
Telecopier: 310-552-9434
Website
http://www.elllaw.com
Paul W. Engstrom born Evanston, Illinois, May 19, 1941; admitted to bar, 1966, Illinois, U.S. District Court, Northern District of Illinois and U.S. Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit; 1974, California, U.S. District Court, Central District of California and U.S. Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit; 1976, U.S. District Court, Southern District of California. Education: Northwestern University (B.A., 1963); DePaul University (J.D., 1966). Editor-in-Chief, DePaul Law Review, 1965-1966. Member, DePaul Moot Court Team. Author: "Mediating the Litigated Case," Pepperdine University School of Law, Straus Institute for Dispute Resolution, 1999; "Conflicts of Law: For the Defendant," American Bar Association Small Aircraft Accident Litigation, Part 1, 1973; "Alternative Wordings to the Present General Aviation Insurance Policies," Journal of Air Law and Commerce, 1977; "Liability of the Fixed Base Operator: The Legal Impact," Association of Independent Aviation Insurers, The Binder, 1978; "The Liability of the Owner and Pilot of General Aviation Aircraft," 1978 and "Punitive Damages in Aviation Litigation: For the Defendant," 1980, New York Law Journal, Aviation Accident Litigation. Lecturer, University of Southern California Institute of Safety and Systems Management, 1980-1981. Serves as expert witness in practice areas and consultant to other attorneys. Mediator, Inter-Insurance Company Disputes. Member: State Bar of California. Practice Areas: Insurance Policy Interpretation; Bad Faith; Environmental Coverage; Construction Litigation; Aviation; Professional Liability; Excess Insurance.
Lee G. Lipscomb born Charlotte, North Carolina, July 20, 1939; admitted to bar, 1974, California; 1975, U.S. District Court, Central District of California. Education: Southeastern Oklahoma State University (B.A., 1962); Southwestern School of Law (LL.B., 1974). Member: American Bar Association; State Bar of California; Consumer Attorneys of California; ATLA. Practice Areas: Products Liability; Personal Injury; Aviation; Trial Practice.
Walter J. Lack born Los Angeles, California, January 10, 1948; admitted to bar, 1973, California; 1979, U.S. Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit; 1981, U.S. Supreme Court. Education: Loyola Marymount University (B.A., 1970; J.D., 1973). Finalist: Consumer Attorneys of California Trial Lawyer of the Year, 2003 and 2004; Trial Lawyer of the Year Award, Trial Lawyers for Public Justice, 1997. Recipient, Daily Journal California Law Business Award for Top 10 California Jury Verdicts, 1993, 1994, 1996, 1999 and 2004. Listed: Daily Journal's "One Hundred Most Influential Lawyers in California," 2000-2004; Los Angeles Business Journal "Top 50 Litigators in Los Angeles," 1999, 2001, 2004; Law Dragon Magazine "500 Leading Lawyers in America," Fall 2006, Fall 2007; Law Dragon Magazine "500 Top Litigators in America," Spring 2007; Los Angeles Business Journal "Los Angeles' 25 Most Powerful Attorneys," 2002; Super Lawyers Magazine "California Super Lawyer," 2005, 2006, 2007. Featured on, Pat Summerall "Success Story" aired on Fox News, May 8, 2002. Author: "Shifting the Burden of Proof to the Defendant," Consumer Attorneys of Los Angeles ADVOCATE, November 2003; "Construction Defect Law Caved in by Supreme Court: The Land of Aas," Consumer Attorneys of California, FORUM, April, 2002; "Fiduciary Duties: What Are They? When Do They Exist? and Why Use Them?," Advocate, March 2001; "Insurance Bad Faith: Expert Witnesses and Evidence," Consumer Attorneys of California, Forum, November 1999; "Surviving A Toxic Tort Case From Retainer to Trial," Consumer Attorneys of California, Forum, May 1997; "Spoliation: A Defense Perspective," Consumer Attorneys of California Forum, January 1996; "Formulating A Defendant's Discovery Plan in a Mid-Air Collision," Southern Methodist University School of Law, Journal of Air Law and Commerce, Vol. 47, No. 4, 1982; "The Availability of Strict Liability in the Excess Judgment Case," California Trial Lawyers Journal, Spring, 1973; "The Anatomy of a Federal Employer's Liability Act Case," California Trial Lawyers Journal, October, 1972. Guest Lecturer, California Judicial College, 1995, 1997. Member: Alumni Board of Directors, Loyola-Marymount University, 1986-1989 and 1991-1994; Board of Regents, Loyola-Marymount University, 1999-2007. Member, Supergen, Inc. Chairman, Compensation Committee. Member, Superior Court Arbitration Panel, 1976. Chairperson, Bar Fee Dispute Committee, Los Angeles County, 1979. Member: Standing Committee on Discipline for the Central District of California, 1997-2000; Governor's Los Angeles Judicial Selection Advisory Committee, 1999-2003. Deputy Attorney General, State of New Mexico, representing state in Natural Resource Damage Litigation. Member: Los Angeles County and American Bar Associations; State Bar of California; The Association of Trial Lawyers of America; Consumer Attorneys of California (Member, Board of Governors, 2001); Consumer Attorneys of Los Angeles; Trial Lawyers for Public Justice; American Board of Trial Advocates (Advocate; Member, National Executive Committee, 1998-2001). Fellow: International Academy of Trial Lawyers (Board of Directors, 2000-2005). Languages: French. Practice Areas: Complex Business Litigation; Insurance Bad Faith; Toxic Tort; Environmental Litigation; Professional Liability; Aviation Litigation; Class Actions.
Jerry A. Ramsey born January 9, 1936; admitted to bar, 1965, California, U.S. District Court, Central District of California and U.S. Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit; 1987, U.S. District Court, Northern District of California. Education: California State University at Los Angeles (B.A., 1961); University of California at Los Angeles (L.L.B., 1964). Consultant to California Department of Insurance and California Senate and Assembly committees on insurance legislation. Member: Los Angeles County and American Bar Associations; State Bar of California; Association of Trial Lawyers of America (Member, Bad Faith Insurance Litigation Group); Consumer Attorneys Association of Los Angeles; Consumer Attorneys Association of America; Lawyers Professional Bar Association; National Institute of Trial Advocacy; Los Angeles Superior Court Mediation Panel, 1989; Diplomat, American Board of Trial Advocates (Member, National Board of Directors; Los Angeles Chapter Executive Committee; L.A. Chapter Past President, 1997). Fellow: International Academy of Trial Lawyers. Practice Areas: Civil Litigation; Insurance Bad Faith; Insurance Policy Interpretation; Product Liability; Personal Injury; Professional Liability.
Steven C. Shuman born Los Angeles, California, December 11, 1954; admitted to bar, 1978, California and U.S. District Court, Central, Southern, Northern and Eastern Districts of California. Education: University of California at Riverside (B.A., with highest honors, 1975); University of California at Davis; University of California at Los Angeles School of Law (J.D., 1978). Phi Alpha Delta. Member: State Bar of California. Practice Areas: Complex Business Litigation; General Business Matters; Insurance Coverage; Construction Litigation; Insurance Bad Faith.
Elizabeth Lane Crooke born Princeton, New Jersey, June 4, 1952; admitted to bar, 1979, California; U.S. District Court, Eastern, Southern and Central Districts of California, Southern District of Florida, District of Hawaii, Eastern District of Washington and Southern District of Indiana; U.S. Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit. Education: University of California at Santa Barbara (B.A., 1974); Loyola Marymount University (J.D., cum laude, 1979). Member, Editorial Board, Los Angeles Lawyer Magazine. Member: Los Angeles County Bar Association; State Bar of California. Practice Areas: Toxic Torts; Environmental Law; Business Litigation; Bad Faith; Aviation Law; Government Agency Liability; First and Third Party Insurance; Products Liability.
Brian D. Depew born Santa Monica, California, February 11, 1948; admitted to bar, 1979, California and U.S. District Court, Central District of California; U.S. Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit. Education: California State University at Northridge (B.A., 1976); Southwestern University (J.D., 1979). Delta Theta Phi. Member: State Bar of California; Consumer Attorneys of California; The Association of Trial Lawyers of America; California Lawyers for the Arts; American Society of Law and Medicine; American Academy of Hospital Attorneys; National Health Lawyers Association; American Board of Trial Advocates. Practice Areas: Environmental Law; Entertainment Law; Products Liability; General Trials.
Gary A. Praglin born Whittier, California, October 7, 1955; admitted to bar, 1981, California and U.S. District Court, Central and Southern Districts of California. Education: University of California at Los Angeles (B.A., 1978); Southwestern University (J.D., 1981). Finalist, Trial Lawyer of the Year Award, Trial Lawyers for Public Justice, 1997. Member: Los Angeles County Bar Association; State Bar of California; Consumer Attorneys of California; Consumer Attorneys Association of Los Angeles. Practice Areas: Environmental Law; Toxic Torts; Products Liability; Professional Liability; General Trials.
Robert J. Wolfe born Whittier, California, September 9, 1961; admitted to bar, 1987, California and U.S. District Court, Central, Southern and Northern Districts of California. Education: California State University at Long Beach (B.S., 1984); Southwestern University (J.D., 1987). Author: "ADR Clauses-Home Buyers Beware," Consumer Attorneys of California, Forum, October 2003. Member: Los Angeles County and American Bar Associations; Association of Trial Lawyers of America; Consumer Attorneys of California; Consumer Attorneys of Los Angeles. Practice Areas: Civil Litigation; Construction Defects; Complex Business Litigation; Insurance Bad Faith; Trial Practice.
Daniel G. Whalen born Concord, Massachusetts, March 7, 1961; admitted to bar, 1986, California; U.S. District Court, Central and Southern Districts of California. Education: Claremont McKenna College (B.A., 1983); Loyola Marymount University (J.D., 1986). Phi Alpha Delta. Member: Los Angeles County Bar Association; State Bar of California; Association of Trial Lawyers of America; Consumer Attorneys of California; Consumer Attorneys Association of Los Angeles. Practice Areas: Products Liability; Governmental Liability; Insurance Bad Faith; Personal Injury.
Brian J. Heffernan born Oceanside, New York, May 8, 1961; admitted to bar, 1987, California; U.S. District Court, Central and Southern Districts of California. Education: Loyola Marymount University (B.A., 1984); McGeorge School of Law, University of the Pacific (J.D., 1987). Author: "Underinsurance: A Consumer Fraud, Not Agent Error or Omission," Forum, June 2004. Alumni Board of Directors, Loyola Marymount University. Member: Los Angeles County Bar Association; State Bar of California; Consumer Attorneys Association of Los Angeles. Practice Areas: Insurance Bad Faith; Insurance Coverage; Business Litigation; Products Liability; Personal Injury.
Adam D. Miller born Wilkes Barre, Pennsylvania, June 6, 1958; admitted to bar, 1985, New York and U.S. District Court, Southern and Eastern Districts of New York; 1989, California and U.S. District Court, Central District of California. Education: University of Wisconsin (B.S., 1981); DePaul University (J.D., 1984). Member, DePaul Law Review, 1984. Assistant District Attorney, Kings County District Attorney's Office, Brooklyn, N.Y., 1984-1988. Attorney, U.S. Securities & Exchange Commission, Division of Enforcement, Los Angeles, California, 1988-1990. Associate General Counsel, Directors Guild of America, Inc., Los Angeles, California, 1990-1992. Executive Vice President in charge of Business/Legal Affairs, 21st Century Film, Corp./IDP, Beverly Hills, California, 1993-1994. Member: Beverly Hills and Los Angeles County Bar Associations; State Bar of California; Association of Trial Lawyers of America; Association of Business Trial Lawyers. Practice Areas: Entertainment Law; Securities; Complex Business Litigation; Qui Tam Litigation; Class Actions.
Richard P. Kinnan born Denver, Colorado, April 29, 1960; admitted to bar, 1986, California and U.S. District Court, Central District of California. Education: Ohio Wesleyan University (B.A., summa cum laude, 1982); Loyola Law School (J.D., 1985). Phi Beta Kappa. Member: Los Angeles County Bar Association; State Bar of California; Consumer Attorneys of California; Consumer Attorneys Association of Los Angeles.
Paul A. Traina born Detroit, Michigan, November 16, 1964; admitted to bar, 1991, California. Education: Macalester University; University of Minnesota; Pepperdine University School of Law (J.D., 1991). Named to Southern California Super Lawyers, 2004-2008. Author: "Fiduciary Duties: What Are They? When Do They Exist and Why Use Them?" Journal of Consumer Attorneys Association of Los Angeles, March 2001; "Mass Joinder or Class Action," Consumer Attorneys of California, July 2002; "Discovery Strategies: The Paperless Office," Consumer Attorneys of California, April 2003; "Contemporary Discovery Strategies and Tactics," Consumer Attorneys of California, April 2003; "Referral Fees: What You Need to Know," Consumer Attorneys of California, December 2003. Member: State Bar of California; Consumer Attorneys of California; Consumer Attorneys Association of Los Angeles. Practice Areas: Complex Litigation; Complex Business Litigation; Class Actions; Securities Litigation; Professional Liability.
Brian J. Leinbach born Santa Monica, California, September 4, 1966; admitted to bar, 1992, California and U.S. District Court, Central District of California; 2006, U.S. Court of Federal Claims. Education: University of Colorado (B.A., Economics, 1988); Pepperdine University, Malibu (J.D., 1992). Frequent speaker, litigation issues and trial technique including mass tort principles, complex case management and effective utilization of expert witnesses. Member: Los Angeles County and American Bar Associations; State Bar of California; American Association for Justice (formerly Association of Trial Lawyers of America); Consumer Attorneys of California; Consumer Attorneys Association of Los Angeles. Practice Areas: Civil Trial Practice; Complex Business Litigation; Catastrophic Injury; Insurance Bad Faith; Environmental Litigation; Tribal Law; Medical Malpractice; Legal Malpractice.
Ann A. Howitt born Los Angeles, California, November 22, 1958; admitted to bar, 1993, California. Education: Bennington College (B.A., 1981); Southwestern University School of Law (J.D., 1993). Moot Court Honors Program. Member: State Bar of California; American Bar Association; Association of Trial Lawyers of America; Consumer Attorneys of California. Practice Areas: Complex Litigation; Toxic Torts; Environmental Litigation.Email: Ann A. Howitt
Mark E. Millard born Boulder, Colorado, February 22, 1960; admitted to bar, 1994, California, U.S. District Court, Central, Northern and Southern Districts of California and U.S. Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit. Education: Pepperdine University (B.S., 1989); Southwestern University School of Law (J.D., 1994). Member: State Bar of California. Practice Areas: Civil Litigation; Aviation Litigation; Construction Defects; Products Liability; Personal Injury; Toxic Litigation; Environmental Litigation.Email: Mark E. Millard
Robert T. Bryson born San Diego, California, March 8, 1965; admitted to bar, 1991, California and U.S. District Court, Southern District of California. Education: University of California at San Diego (B.A., Political Science and Sociology, 1988); University of San Diego (J.D., 1991). Member: State Bar of California.
Jared Wesley Beilke born Sacramento, California, April 25, 1971; admitted to bar, 1997, California. Education: University of California at Los Angeles (B.A., 1993); Southwestern University, School of Law (J.D., 1997). Member: State Bar of California. Practice Areas: Civil Litigation; Products Liability; Insurance Bad Faith; Personal Injury; Toxic Torts.Email: Jared Wesley Beilke
Steven J. Lipscomb born Glendale, California, January 12, 1971; admitted to bar, 1999, California. Education: California State Northridge University (B.S., 1995); Pepperdine University (J.D., 1999). Member: State Bar of California.
Elizabeth A. Hernandez born Long Beach, California, June 3, 1967; admitted to bar, 1999, California and U.S. District Court, Central, Southern and Northern Districts of California. Education: University of California, Los Angeles (B.A., History, 1990); Southwestern University School of Law (J.D., 1996). Recipient: American Jurisprudence Awards in Legal Research and Writing and Civil Pretrial Litigation Writing Seminar; Outstanding College Students of America Award. Author: "Do Not Let Defendants Exclude Your Medical Experts' Opinions on Causation," CAOC's Forum Magazine, September 2004; "Referral Fees: What You Need to Know," CAOC's Forum Magazine, December 2003; "Turning the Tables Around on the Defendants: Shifting the Burden of Proof to the Defendant and Imposing Evidentiary Sanctions," CAALA's The Advocate, November 2003. Member: Los Angeles County Bar Association; Consumer Attorneys of California (Board Member); Consumer Attorneys Association of Los Angeles (Board Member). Languages: Spanish. Practice Areas: Mass Torts; Class Actions; Complex Business Litigation; Catastrophic Injury; Products Liability; Insurance Bad Faith.
Gregory P. Waters born Harbor City, California, March 9, 1963; admitted to bar, 2005, California and U.S. District Court, Central District of California. Education: University of California, Berkeley (B.A., Legal Studies, with highest honors, 1987); University of Southern California (J.D., 2004). Hale Moot Court Honors. Member: State Bar of California; Association of Trial Lawyers of America; Consumer Attorneys Association of Los Angeles.
Alexandra J. Thompson born Evanston, Illinois, March 17, 1980; admitted to bar, 2005, California and U.S. District Court, Central District of California. Education: University of California (B.A., Psychology, magna cum laude, 2002); Southwestern University Law School (J.D., 2005). Member: Los Angeles County Bar Association; State Bar of California. Practice Areas: Civil Litigation; Insurance Bad Faith; Product Liability.
Bryan C. Payne born Los Angeles, California, November 18, 1969; admitted to bar, 2004, California; 2007, U.S. District Court, Central District of California. Education: University of California at Berkeley (B.A., Economics, 1992); University of Southern California (M.U.R.P., 1996); New York University School of Law (J.D., 1999). Member: John M. Langston Bar and Los Angeles County Bar Associations; State Bar of California. Practice Areas: Litigation; Business Law; Class Actions; Mass Torts; Qui Tam Litigation.
Thu T. Pham born Vietnam, 1978; admitted to bar, 2006, California and U.S. District Court, Central District of California. Education: University of Pennsylvania (B.S., 2000); Southwestern University School of Law (J.D., 2006). Dean's List. Recipient: Wharton Management Leadership Program Award; Dean's List University Scholarship. Judicial Extern to Hon. Terry J. Hatter, Jr., United States District Judge of the Central District of California, 2006. Member: State Bar of California; American Bar Association; Consumer Attorneys Association of Los Angeles. Fellow: American Board of Trial Advocates Fellowship Program. Practice Areas: Civil Litigation.
Edward P. Wolfe born Fullerton, California, August 12, 1978; admitted to bar, 2006, California. Education: College of William & Mary (A.B., Philosophy, 2002); University of Notre Dame (J.D., cum laude, 2006). Member: State Bar of California. Practice Areas: Civil Litigation; Complex Business Litigation.
Joseph A. Lack born Los Angeles, California, January 11, 1980; admitted to bar, 2007, California and U.S. District Court, Central District of California. Education: Loyola Marymount University (B.B.A., 2002); New England School of Law (J.D., 2005). Member: State Bar of California; Consumer Attorneys Association of Los Angeles.
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