Biography

Mr. Harrison is a partner and trial lawyer with a practice that includes insurance counseling, coverage litigation and arbitration.  He provides coverage advice and represents clients in breach of contract and bad faith litigation arising out of disputes under directors and officers, employment practices, fidelity, property and casualty policies.

Affiliations, Activities and Accomplishments

Mr. Harrison is a member of the California and San Francisco Bar Associations; and the Professional Liability Underwriting Society.  He is admitted to practice in California before the U.S. District Courts for the Northern, Central, Eastern and Southern Districts of California, and the U.S. Courts of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit.  He is “AV” rated by Martindale-Hubbell.

Litigation Matters

• SWH Corporation d/b/a Mimi’s Café v. Philadelphia Indemnity Ins. Co., AAA Case No. 72 195 Y 00100 09 TNM (2010)
• Fashion Life, Inc., et al. v. Zurich American Ins. Co., United States Dist. Ct. Central Dist. of Cal., Case No. CV 09-5305 DSF (CWx) (2010)
• City of Laguna Beach v. Continental Cas. Co., 2009 WL 6337697 (Cal. Superior ) (2007)
• Infinet Marketing Services, Inc. v. American Motorists Ins. Co., 150 Cal.App.4th 168, 589 Cal.Rptr.3d 92 (2007)
• Pinecrest Schools, Inc. v. Philadelphia Indemnity Ins. Co., United States Dist. Ct. Central Dist. of Cal., Case No. CV 06-251 FMC (JCx) (2006)
• MV Transp., Inc. v. Omne Staff Leasing, Inc., 378 F.Supp.2d 1200 (2005)

Presentations & Publications

• "Overview of Changes in California Insurance Law for 2011," The San Francisco Daily Journal (January 10, 2011).
• "Excess Workers Compensation and Employers Liability Insurance Policies," given at the offices of a Sedgwick client (December 2008).
• Sedgwick’s Sixth Annual Hot Topics Seminar for the Bermuda Insurance Market, "Swimming in the Deep End: Murky Issues Facing Property Insurers in Hurricane and Flood Claims: Part I - Property Damages Issues," given in Hamilton, Bermuda (October 2008).
• Lorman Education Services, "Insurance Bad Faith Claims," given in San Francisco, California (May 2008).
• Association of Defense Counsel of Northern California and Nevada, "Update on Recent Case Law in the Area of Insurance Coverage," given in San Francisco, California (September 2007).
• Bermuda Insurance Institute, "First-Party Property Coverage and the Impact of Potential Bad Faith Liability on Claims Handling," given in Hamilton, Bermuda (September 2007).
• Fifth Annual Hot Topics Seminar for the Bermuda Insurance Market, "Contingent Business Interruption Coverage:  Recent Trends," given in Pembroke, Bermuda (September 2007).
• Lorman Education Services, "Insurance Bad Faith Claims in California," given in San Francisco, California (May 2007).
• Lorman Education Services, "Insurance Bad Faith Claims in California," given in San Francisco, California (February 2005).
• Claims Conference of Northern California, "The Paperless Office - A Dream or the Future?:  The Legality of Electronic Documents," given in Sacramento, California (September 2004).
• Bridgeport Continuing Education, "Insurance Bad Faith Conference:  Punitive Damages: Post-Campbell," given in San Francisco, California (June 2004).