Location: Culver City, California

Phone: 310-821-9000

Fax: 310-943-2764

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Gene Weisberg’s practice focuses on insurance coverage and complex litigation involving insurers and other businesses. His trial and appellate background extends to many areas of these industries, including matters relating to insurance coverage, bad faith, insurance fraud, business and contract disputes, construction defect and products liability.

Gene is a member of the American Board of Trial Advocates, an invitation-only organization of the most experienced trial attorneys in the nation. Additionally, Gene has been selected by his peers as a Southern California Super Lawyer since 2007. Fewer than five percent of California attorneys receive this distinction. He also has been recognized in The Best Lawyers in America in the Litigation-Insurance area, an honor based on a rigorous peer-review survey. He is rated AV Preeminent by Martindale-Hubbell. He is co-chair of the Insurance Fraud Committee of CLM (Claims and Litigation Management Alliance) and a frequent author and speaker on insurance issues.

Areas of Expertise include:

• Insurance Coverage and Bad Faith: Representing insurance companies in property and liability matters, Gene has written numerous coverage opinions and defended many declaratory relief and bad faith lawsuits involving a variety of issues. These include cases involving landslides, earthquake damage, building mold claims, fire, smoke and other building damage. Additionally, he has handled cases involving the enforceability of policy conditions and warranties, time of occurrence questions, suit limitation defenses, advertising injury issues, interpretation of policy exclusions, allocation of defense costs among insurers and many other subjects. He has drafted insurance policies, using his coverage expertise to draft language that works well for insurance companies and policyholders. Entertainment insurance coverage is another area of focus.

• Entertainment Insurance Coverage: Gene represents entertainment insurers on claims involving cast coverage, completion bonds, property losses and liability claims.

• Insurance Fraud: His insurance practice also includes assisting and advising clients in insurance fraud investigation, including taking examinations under oath and prosecuting fraud actions.

• Appraisal: Gene has represented insurers in appraisal hearings in numerous matters involving property damage under both personal lines and commercial lines policies. He also has litigated the propriety of appraisal awards.

• Subrogation: Gene has also had substantial success with subrogation cases throughout the country where he has helped recover money for the firm’s insurance clients in product liability, construction defect, fire and other property damage suits.

• General Business and Tort Litigation: Beyond his insurance work, Gene has an active general business litigation practice. As a result of his experience in this area, he was given the opportunity to argue a case in The Hague before the United States-Iran claims tribunal. Gene’s business and tort litigation practice ranges from contract disputes and products liability matters to business torts, construction and other property damage suits.

Seminars & Webinars

• For Claims and Litigation Management Alliance (CLM), Mealey’s, the Property Loss Research Bureau (PLRB), and Continuing Education of the Bar (CEB), Insurance Fraud Management (IFM) conference, among others.

• On subjects including insurance coverage and bad faith issues relating to mold, fraudulent insurance claims, subrogation and other aspects of insurance.

Gene volunteers his time to act as a Los Angeles Superior Court arbitrator and mediator. Outside the office, he enjoys playing ice hockey, softball and golf.