EMAIL SEAN NALTY

• Law degree from the University of Santa Clara in 1985

• Law Review- 1985

Admitted to practice in all Courts in the State of California in 1985.

• The Defense Research Institute
Bar Association of San Francisco

• The Northern California Association of Defense Counsel

• • St. Thomas Moore Society of San Francisco

Several orders granting summary judgment in favor of insurers on claims of bad faith, punitive damages, and breach of plans governed by ERISA.

Eighteen years defending insurance carriers in actions involving breach of contract, breach of the covenant of good faith and fair dealing, unfair business practices under California Business and Professions Code 17200, and ERISA. Particular specialties include disability, life, and health insurance as well as property and casualty insurance. Tried cases in State and Federal Courts on behalf of insurance carriers.

“Does a Disability Insurance Policy Really Mean What it Says? Understanding and Applying the Terms Total and Residual Disability,” California Insurance Law & Regulation Reporter, March 2003 (Vol. 15); “Guebara v. Allstate -The Genuine Issue Doctrine Is Expanded to Factual and Legal Disputes,” California Insurance Law & Regulation Reporter, West Group, April 2001 (Vol. 13.); “The Trials and Tribulations of the Mandated Incontestability Clauses in Life and Disability Insurance Policies,” California Insurance Law and Regulation Reporter, February 1998 (Vol. 10.); “The Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996,” The Defense Research Institute Life and Health News, Summer 1997; “Prepare a Strong Defense Against Liability Risk,” Best Review, (Life /Health), September 1996; “The Application of Mental and Nervous Disorder Limitations in Health and Disability Policies,” The Defense Research Institute Life and Health News, Winter 1996.

Mr. Nalty has spoken on insurance litigation issues, including at the Eastern Claims Conference in New York, the Western Claims Conference in Palm Springs, conferences sponsored by the American Conference Institute in San Francisco and Boston, and numerous conferences sponsored by Lorman Education Services.

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