Risks of Committing Bad Faith During (and After) COVID
Ends at Tue, Sep 28, 2021 01:00 PM
JSH partners and long-time PLAN members Robert Berk and Charles Callahan will present a webinar, “Risks of Committing Bad Faith During (and After) COVID,” on Tuesday, September 28. Bob and Charlie will discuss bad faith risks associated with remote supervision and litigation of claims, non-centralized storage of documents, protecting the attorney-client and work product privileges, and the interplay between the express terms of the policy and the overriding duty of good faith and fair dealing.
About the Speakers
Bob Berk represents both plaintiffs and defendants in contract disputes, insurance coverage and bad faith, professional liability, environmental and toxic tort, construction defect, and real estate. During his 36-plus-year career, Bob has tried numerous cases to verdict. He is a member of the American Board of Trial Advocates, which requires, as a condition of membership, a minimum number of jury trials to verdict, and he has been consistently recognized as one of the top commercial litigators in Arizona.
Bob also provides ADR services. He is a member of the American Arbitration Association’s (AAA) Commercial Panel, and he serves as both a mediator and an arbitrator. Bob has served as a Judge Pro Tempore for the Maricopa County Superior Court since 2005, and, as both an advocate and neutral, has participated in and conducted hundreds of successful mediations and settlement conferences. He has ADR experience in virtually every subject area, including multi-million dollar intellectual property disputes, auto accidents, multi-party construction cases, toxic tort class actions, eight-figure insurance bad faith claims, legal malpractice claims involving multiple firms, banking disputes, and cases arising out of real estate contracts. He has also arbitrated several cases.
Charlie Callahan focuses his practice in the areas of professional liability, wrongful death and personal injury defense, insurance coverage and fraud,governmental liability, bad faith, and educational institutions defense.
Charlie also maintains a significant appellate practice and has argued numerous times before the Arizona Court of Appeals, the Arizona Supreme Court and the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals. He has been named a Judge Pro Tem and a Certified Arbitrator for Maricopa County.
Registration link
https://goto.webcasts.com/starthere.jsp?ei=1495105&tp_key=c212a7ecba