| | Law Firm in Cincinnati, Ohio |
| | Address | | 1600 Scripps Center, 312 Walnut Street | | Cincinnati, Ohio 45202 | | (Hamilton Co.) | | | |
| | | McCormick, Barstow, Sheppard, Wayte & Carruth LLP practices in the following areas of law:
General Civil, Trial and Appellate Practice. Agricultural and Water Law, Antitrust, Bad Faith, Banking, Bankruptcy and Reorganization, Business, Charitable Organizations, Civil Practice, Civil Rights Litigation, Commercial Litigation, Commodities Law, Construction, Construction Defect, Corporate and Partnership, Coverage Alert, Discrimination, Elder Abuse, Employment Law, Environmental, Estate Planning and Probate, Family Law, Franchise Law, General Business, Health Care Law, Insurance Coverage, Insurance Fraud and SIU Defense, Intellectual Property, Professional Liability Defense, Land Use Planning, Legal Malpractice, Litigation, Medical Malpractice, Mold Litigation, Municipal Law, Personal Injury, Product Defect, Products Liability, Public Entity, Real Estate, Sexual Harassment, Trucking, Transportation, and White Collar Crime. | Firm Profile:
McCormick, Barstow, Sheppard, Wayte & Carruth LLP was founded in the early 1950's and has grown to be one of the largest law firms in central California. McCormick, Barstow's experience and statewide reputation is reflected in its clientele, and is demonstrated by the frequent appearances of its attorneys as lecturers and panelists on programs sponsored by national, state and local bar associations and professional organizations. In addition, several of the firm's partners have been appointed as judges to the federal and state courts. Most importantly, the attorneys at McCormick, Barstow believe that excellence begins with quality and timely responsiveness to the needs of its clients. McCormick Barstow is organized in the Following Practice Groups: Business and Personal Planning; Insurance Coverage and Bad Faith; Commercial Litigation; Tort/Specialty Litigation; Professional Liability and Employment Law. | | Firm Size: 95 | Clients:
GENERAL COUNSEL FOR: |
Adventist Health; American International Group (AIG); Allstate Insurance Company; Arch Insurance Company; Blackburn Farming Company; California State Automobile Association; Campos Brothers Farms; CAN Insurance; Ceclia Packing Corporation; Club One Casino, Inc.; Command insurance; Delta Packing Company; Doctors Company; Dumont Printing, Inc.; Encompass; F.A.C.T.; Farmers Insurance; Fireman's Fund Insurance Company; Fourchy Farms; George Brown Sports Club; Gottschalk's, Inc.; Griffin Produce Co. dba Misionero Vegetable Sales; Hartford Accident & Indemnity Co.; House of London dba London Properties; Insurance Corp. of New York; Kemper Insurance; Lance-Kashian Co.; Lawyers Mutual Insurance; Liberty Mutual; Mercury Insurance Company; Modesto Irrigation District; Mutual of Omaha; Norcal Mutual Insurance; O.P.C. Farms; Optima Healthcare; Pacific Printing; Penny-Newman Gain Co., Inc.; Performance Trailers, Inc.; Prudential Insurance; Ranchwood Homes Corp.; Republic Insurance Company; Safeco Insurance; Setton Pistachio of Terra Bella, Inc.; State Farm; Taxpayers Association of Madera County; Travelers; Trinity Fruit; Valley Taxpayers Coalition; Ward North America; Wathen-Castanos, Inc.; Zurich-American. |
LOCAL COUNSEL FOR: |
Adventist Health Care West; Central Valley General Hospital; Community Hospital of the Monterey Peninsula; Corrections Corporation of America; Dantel, Inc.; E&J Gallo Winery; Eurodrip USA, Inc.; GE Lighting Systems, Inc.; Granite Construction Co.; Gruma Corp.; Hanford Community Hospital; Madera Community Hospital; Monument, LLC; Netfim USA; Saint Agnes Medial Center; Sealed Air Corporation (U.S.); Selma Community Hospital; Stewart Title Guaranty Company; The Permanente Medical Group; Triangle T Ranch, Inc. |
TRIAL COUNSEL FOR: (Insurance Clients) |
21st Century Insurance; Adventist Health; Aetna Life and Casualty Co.; Allstate Insurance Company; American Farmers & Ranchers Insurance Company; American International Group (AIG); American Modern Home Insurance; American States Insurance Co.; Arch Insurance Company; Broadspire, a Crawford Company; California State Automobile Association; CAMICO; CAN Insurance; Century National Insurance Co.; Cherokee Insurance Co.; CIGNA; Command Insurance Managers; Coregis Insurance Co.; Crum & Forster Insurance; Employers Reinsurance; Encompass; Esurance; Explorer Insurance Company; F.A.C.T.; Farmers Insurance; Farmland Insurance - Nationwide Agribusiness; Fireman's Fund Insurance Company; First American Title Insurance Company; Freese & Gianelli Claim Service; General Fire & Casualty; Globe Life and Accident Insurance Company; Great American Insurance Company; Hanover Insurance; Harco National Insurance Company; Hartford Accident & Indemnity Co.; INSCORP; Insurance Corp. of New York; Kemper Insurance; Lawyers Mutual Insurance; Lexington Insurance; Liberty Bell Agency; Liberty Mutual; MedAmerica Mutual; Mercury Insurance Company; Mercury Insurance Group; Mutual of Omaha; National Claims Management; National Fire & Marine; Nationwide Ins. Co.; Norcal Mutual Insurance; Northland Insurance Co.; OneBeacon; Optima Healthcare Insurance Services; Oregon Mutual Insurance Co.; Primero; Prudential Insurance; Reliance Ins. Co.; Republic Insurance Company; Risk Enterprise Management; RSUI Group, Inc.; Safeco Insurance; Sedgwick CMS; Self-Insured Schools of California; Sequoia Insurance; Specialty Risk Services; State Farm Insurance; The Dentist's Insurance Co.; The Doctors Company; The Hartford; Transguard Insurance Company of America; Travelers; Trinity Health; Tudor Insurance; United States Aviation Underwriters; Ward North America; Western United; York Claim Service; Zurich-American Insurance |
TRIAL COUNSEL FOR: (Business/Institutional Clients) |
Builders Concrete; Century 21 - C. Watson/J&J Realty; Cilion, Inc.; City of Hanford; Community Medical Providers; Corrections Corporation of America; County of Calaveras; County of Fresno; County of Madera; County of Merced; County of Tulare; E&J Gallo Winery; Food Maxx; Fresno County Office of Education; Fresno Unified School District; Gallo Cattle Co.; Genesis Underwriting; Genuine Parts Company (Napa Auto Parts); Granville Homes; Gunner & Andros; Harris Farms — Harris Ranch Beef Co.; Home Depot; Investors Underwriting Managers; Judicial Council of California; Matheson Trucking; Merced Union High School District; National Cement Co.; National Retail Transportation - Keystone Freight Corp.; NovaPro Risk; Regents of the University of California; RMC Constructors; Saint Agnes Hospital; Save Mart Supermarkets; Southland Corporation (7-Eleven); State of California — California Department of Transportation (CalTrans); Stewart Title of California, Inc.; Table Mountain Casino; Table Mountain Rancheria; The Hall Company; Tri County Medical Transport Services, Inc.; United Security Bank; Viking Ready Mix; Walbro Engine Management; Wathen-Castanos; Western Milling. |
OUTSIDE COUNSEL FOR: |
ABR Electric; Building Industry of Association of Fresno/Madera Countries; California State University, Fresno Foundation; Central California Development Council; Don Pickett & Associates, Inc.; Fresno Unified School District; Generation Homes, Inc.; Granville Homes, Inc.; Gunner & Andros; Gunner Ranch West; J & B Valley Constructions, Inc.; L&G Land, LLC; S&N Builders, Inc.; Steiner Development, Inc.; Stockbridge Development Inc.; Thomason Development; Wathen-Castanos, Inc.; |
COVERAGE COUNSEL FOR: |
Allied; Encompass; Infinity; USAA; Victoria Insurance. |
Other Office Locations of McCormick, Barstow, Sheppard, Wayte & Carruth LLP
Fresno, California, U.S.A. (Main Office)
Modesto, California, U.S.A.
Santa Barbara, California, U.S.A.
Las Vegas, Nevada, U.S.A.
| | PARTNER | | Patrick P. Fredette (Partner) admitted to bar, 1995, Washington; 1998, Idaho; 2000, California; 2006, Ohio; U.S. District Court, Northern, Eastern, Central and Southern Districts of California; U.S. District Court, District of Colorado; U.S. District Court, Eastern and Western Districts of Washington; U.S. District Court, Northern and Southern Districts of Ohio; U.S. District Court, District of Idaho; U.S. District Court, Northern and Southern Districts of Indiana; U.S. District Court, District of Vermont.. Education: California State University (B.A., 1986); Gonzaga University (J.D., magna cum laude, 1995). Mr. Fredette has a litigation and non-litigation practice. On the litigation side, Mr. Fredette represents clients in contractual disputes in federal and state courts and alternative forums throughout the United States. The representation includes disputes arising under all forms of insurance policies (e.g., general liability, directors and officers, errors and omissions, life and disability and, among others, pollution), contractual indemnity agreements and other risk allocation agreements. In his non-litigation practice, Mr. Fredette advises clients on the local, national and international level with regard to insurance coverage and contractual indemnity disputes relating to various claims, including intellectual property, product, business torts, constitutional, bodily injury, property damage and pollution claims. Seminars - Procedural and Practical Mechanics of a Motion Practice in Federal and State Courts - California Law: Recent Developments Regarding Priority of Liability Coverages. Member: State Bar of California; Washington State and Ohio State Bar Associations; Idaho State Bar. Reported Cases: Recent Representative Matters - Successful result in MDC et al. v. Interstate Fire & Casualty Co. et al., United States District Court, District of Colorado, a $64 million contractual and extra contractual action on the duty to indemnify in connection with underlying property damage and bodily injury lawsuits. - Successful result in Koby International Inc. et al. v. Granite State Insurance Company, United States District Court, Central District of California, a several hundred thousand dollar contractual and extra contractual action on the duty to defend and indemnify in connection with an underlying trademark and trade dress lawsuit. - Successful result in in Richmond American Homes of Nevada v. Central Grading Company et al., Nevada District Court, Clark County, a several hundred thousand dollar contractual and extra contractual action on the duty to defend and indemnify in connection with an underlying property damage lawsuit. - Successful result in Cubic Corporation v. Lexington Insurance Company et al., California Superior Court, County of Los Angeles, an over $1 million contractual and extra contractual action on the duty to indemnify in connection with an underlying bodily injury lawsuit. - Successful result in Travelers Insurance Company et al. v. National Union Fire Insurance Co. of Pittsburgh, PA et al., United States District Court, Northern District of California, a $16 million contribution action on defense and indemnity arising out of an underlying property damage lawsuit. - Successful result in Phillips v. Mutual of Omaha, United States District Court, Eastern District of California, a several hundred thousand dollar contractual and extra contractual lawsuit on the duty to pay benefits under a disability policy to an accountant. - Successful result in Mora Labor Contracting et al. v. Insurance Company of the State of New York et al., United States District Court, Eastern District of California, a several hundred thousand dollar action alleging fraud in connection with obtaining an insurance policy. - Successful result in Berg v. Mutual of Omaha, United States District Court, Eastern District of California, a several hundred thousand dollar contractual and extra contractual lawsuit on the duty to pay benefits under a life policy. - On the non-litigated side, Patrick was recently retained for advice in connection with a variety of complex matters, including enforcing contractual indemnity and insurance procurement obligations from suppliers relating to multiple e-coli claims; insurance issues arising out of twelve underlying putative class action lawsuits filed in twelve different states alleging damages of over $50 million for violation of the Telephone Consumer Protection Act, 47 U.S.C. § 227 et seq.; insurance issues arising out of an underlying trademark lawsuit alleging damages of over $18 million; insurance issues arising out of three underlying lawsuits filed in three different states alleging damages of over $30 million for disparagement and related business tort claims; and, among others, insurance issues arising out of seven underlying lawsuits filed in three different states alleging damages of over $3 million for product liability claims. Practice Areas: Insurance Coverage; Extra Contractual Insurance Claims; Insurance Bad Faith Defense. Email: Patrick P. Fredette | | OF COUNSEL | | Timothy J. Puin (Of Counsel) admitted to bar, 1995, Ohio; 1996, U.S. District Court, Northern District of Ohio; 2001, U.S. Court of Appeals, Sixth Cirucuit; 2002, U.S. District Court, Southern Disctirct of Ohio; 2007, Kentucky. Education: Case Western Reserve University (B.A., summa cum laude, 1987; M.A., 1987; J.D., cum laude, 1995); Harvard University (M.A., 1989). Since joining McCormick Barstow's Cincinnati office in 2007, Mr. Puin has focused his practice on insurance coverage and bad faith litigation. Prior to his employment with McCormick Barstow, he practiced for 12 years in the Midwest region, where he specialized in insurance law and business litigation. He has handled all phases of litigation, from pre-suit negotiations through trial and appellate work, in federal and state courts throughout the region. His extensive litigation experience includes cases in fields as diverse as insurance defense, contract and commercial law, labor and employment, probate and real estate. In 2006, a large national property/ casualty insurer awarded him their prestigious Fraud Ace award for excellence in combating insurance fraud. Member, Harvard Club of Northeast Ohio. Member: Cincinnati Bar Association. Practice Areas: Insurance Coverage; Insurance Bad Faith. Email: Timothy J. Puin | | ASSOCIATE | | Katherine Clemons (Associate) admitted to bar, 2006, Ohio. Education: Xavier University (B.S., Business Administration, summa cum laude, 2002); University of Cincinnati College of Law (J.D., 2006). Dean's List. Associate Member, University of Cincinnati Law Review. Member, Federalist Society, 2003. Member: Cincinnati, Ohio State and Kentucky Bar Associations. Practice Areas: Insurance Coverage; Insurance Defense. Email: Katherine Clemons | Other Office Addresses: Links to Other Offices
Fresno, California Office: Five River Park Place East, 93720-1501. Telephone: 559-433-1300. Mailing Address: P.O. Box 28912, 93729-8912.
Modesto, California Office: Centre Plaza Office Tower, 1150 Ninth Street, Suite 1200, 95354. Telephone: (209) 524-1100. Fax: (209) 524-1188.
Las Vegas, Nevada Office: 8337 West Sunset Road, Suite 350, 89113. Telephone: (702) 949-1100. Fax: (702) 949-1101.
Santa Barbara, California Office: 27 West Anapamu Street, #371, 93101. Telephone: (805) 965-5566. Fax: (805) 965-5533.
| (For complete biographical data on all personnel, see McCormick, Barstow, Sheppard, Wayte & Carruth LLP at Fresno, California) | | Maintains an office in more than one location. |
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