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Top Rated Family Law Attorney with 29 years of experience
Personal Injury, Insurance, Employment
15021 Ventura Blvd., Ste. 883, Sherman Oaks, CA 91403

    About Bill Daniels

    Practice Areas
    • Personal Injury
    • Insurance
    • Employment
    Education
    • Loyola Law School, Los Angeles, California, 1994
      J.D.
      • Law Journal: Entertainment Law Journal, Staff
    • San Francisco State University, San Francisco, California, 1982
      B.A.
      • Major: Radio-Television
    Representative Cases
    • Doe v. Luster
    • Mary Doe vs. Pharmaceutical Company
    • Shulman v. Group W Productions, Inc., 18 Cal.4th 200, 74 Cal.Rptr.2d 843 (1998)
    • Decena v. Pacific Specialty Insurance Company
    • Zevada Enterprises v. Sasson
    • Guttierez v. State Farm and Bednar v. Allstate
    • Shulman v. Group W, Inc. (1998) 18 Cal.4th 200
    Classes and Seminars
    • Discovery and Depositions in the Bad Faith Case, Consumer Attorneys Association of Los Angeles, 2006
    • A Class Action Primer, Consumer Attorneys Association of Los Angeles, 2006
    • Insurance Panel: Discovery and Depositions in the Bad Faith Case, CAALA Las Vegas Convention, 2006
    • Civil Justice Basics, Los Angeles Press Club Civil Justice Seminar, 2005
    • Elimination of Bias: The Cost of Bias in the Legal Profession, CAALA Las Vegas Convention, 2005
    • Insurance Panel: Defeating the Genuine Dispute Issue Doctrine, CAALA Las Vegas Convention, 2004
    • Ethics Panel: Balance Billing - Practitioner Tricks and Traps, CAALA Las Vegas Convention, 2003
    • Insurance Panel: Maximizing Damages in Settlement/Mediation, CAOC Monterrey Convention, 2003
    • Cool & Interesting Topics in Insurance Bad Faith, CAOC Whistler Winter Ski Seminar, 2003
    • Ethics Panel: Contacting Former Employees During Informal Discovery and Fighting the Motion for Disqualification, CAALA Las Vegas Convention, 2002
    • Ethics Panel: On Dealing with Lien Claimants, CAALA Las Vegas Convention, 2001
    • CAALA Paralegal Seminar, 2001 - Present
    • 1999 Legislative Update: Admissibility of OSHA Standards, CAALA Program, 1999
    • The Touhy Trap: Maybe You Should Make a Federal Case out of It, 2016 Wildland Fire Conference, Monterrey, CA, Apr. 22, 2016
    • Issues in Porter Ranch Gas Leak Litigation, Valley Lawyer Affinity Group, Mar. 8, 2016
    • Crumbling Infrastructure: Porter Ranch Gas Leak Cases, Western Trial Lawyers Association, Feb. 18, 2016
    • Substance Abuse and Lawyer Competence, Encino Lawyers Association, 2016
    • Elimination of Bias: Avoiding Embarrassment, Encino Lawyers Association, 2015
    • The Art of Voire Dire, Encino Lawyers Association, 2015
    • Lawyers and Opportunity in the Affordable Care Act, Encino Lawyers Association, 2014
    • Ethical Tricks and Traps: Clients on the Internet, Encino Lawyers Association, 2013
    • Destroying Critical Evidence: Dangerous Loopholes in the Law, Encino Lawyers Association, 2013
    • Social Networking on the Internet, Encino Lawyers Association, 2011
    • Ins and Outs of Expedited Jury Trials, Encino Lawyers Association, 2011
    • Doing Your Own Focus Groups, Encino Lawyers Association, 2011
    • Preparing the Problem Witness and Ethical Issues, Encino Lawyers Association, 2011
    • Insurance Bad Faith Claims in California: Effective Selection and Use of the Expert Witness, Sheraton Downtown Los Angeles, CA April 2008
    • Mealey’s California Bad Faith Litigation Conference: Discovery Tool Box, Ritz-Carlton Hotel, San Francisco, CA, January 2008
    • Questions and Answers on Civil Justice, Los Angeles Press Club Civil Justice Seminar, December 2007
    • Lessons Learned: Trying the Wage and Hour Class Action, Sheraton Hotel, Los Angeles, November 2007
    • Insurance Panel: The Genuine Dispute Defense, CAALA Las Vegas Convention, September 2007

    Qualifications

    Bar Admissions
    • California, 1994
    • U.S. District Court Central District of California, 1994
    • U.S. District Court Northern District of California, 2004
    • U.S. Court of Appeals 9th Circuit, 1994
    • U.S. Supreme Court, 1994
    • Supreme Court of California, 1994
    • U.S. District Court Southern District of California, 2014
    • United States Supreme Court, 2000
    • Washington
    • District of Columbia
    Other Affiliations
    • Consumer Attorneys Association of Los Angeles (CAALA), 2000 - 2008 (Former Board Member, Board of Governors)
    • American Association for Justice, 1994 - Present (Member)
    • Consumer Attorneys Association of Los Angeles (CAALA), 2006 - 2008 (Co-Chair, Membership Committee)
    • Loyola Law School Civil Justice Symposium, 2003 - 2006 (Committee Chair)
    • Consumer Attorneys of California, 1992 - Present
    • American Association for Justice, 1994 - Present
    • Los Angeles County Bar Association
    • Cowboy Lawyers Association, 2002 - 2003 (President, 2002 - 2003, 2011 - 2012)
    • Cowboy Lawyers Association, 1998 - Present (Board of Governors)
    • Consumer Attorneys Association of Los Angeles, 2002 - 2003 (Editor-in-chief, Advocate Magazine)
    • San Fernando Valley Bar Association (Trustee)
    • Encino Lawyers Association (President)
    Past Positions
    • Schwartz, Daniels & Bradley, Partner, 2004 - 2008
    • Mazursky, Schwartz, Daniels & Bradley , Partner, 2004 - 2006
    • Mazursky, Schwartz (Formerly Mazursky, Schwartz & Angelo), Associate, 1999 - 2003
    • Paul & Janofsky (Formerly Paul & Stuart), Associate, 1992 - 1998
    • Paul & Janofsky (Formerly Paul & Stuart), Law Clerk, 1992 - 1994
    • Law Offices of Tyson Park, Law Clerk, 1991 - 1992
    • Near North National Group/Near North Insurance, Senior Vice President, 1990 - 1991
    • Daily Variety, Reporter, Business Writer, 1984 - 1990
    Fraternities and Sororities
    • Phi Delta Phi

    Articles

    Published Works
    • A Class Act, The Advocate, February, 2010
    • Admonition In's and Out's, The Advocate, May, 2008
    • Editor-in-Chief, The Advocate Magazine, 2002 - 2003
    • Editor-in-Chief Emeritus, The Advocate Magazine, 2003 - present
    • "A touch of Spring Fever at the Supreme Court"
    • "Deposition stipulations, or do you know what you're giving up?"
    • Get Your Deposition off to the Right Start
    • "A Brain in Hand and a Brain Test Out of Control", 35 Advocate 18 (April 2008)
    • "Getting Ahead of the Procrastination Curve"
    • "Picking Experts and Avoiding Nightmares"
    • Choose Your Experts Wisely
    • "The Art of Case Picking"
    • "Practical Tips on Genuine Dispute and Advice of Counsel"
    • "Coping with California Firestorm Claims"
    • "More on Rex's Reading List", 35 Advocate 12 (February 2008)
    • "Rex's Reading List", 35 Advocate 18 (January 2008)
    • "Federal Sovereignty, Discovery and Touhy Doctrine," 34 Advocate 20 (December 2007)
    • "Gloom, Doom and Statistics," 34 Advocate 12 (November 2007)
    • "Oh, How the People's Lawyers Open Doors"
    • "Successfully Confronting Genuine Dispute & Advice of Counsel Defenses"
    • "Book Review: Getting a Winning Verdict on My Personal Life: A Trial Lawyer Finds His Soul"
    • "Five Fatal Bad Faith Mistakes and How to Avoid Them"
    • "Ten Tips for Making Partner in a Plaintiff's Firm"
    • "In Defense of the Honorable Manuel L. Real"
    • "Seven Rules for Picking Cases: A Useful Guide for Lawyers, Young and Old"
    • "Discovery and Depositions in the Bad Faith Case", CAALA Las Vegas Convention Syllabus, September, 2006
    • "Searching for a Higher Duty", 33 Advocate 5, May, 2006
    • "A Class Action Primer", Los Angeles Press Club Civil Justice Seminar, 2006
    • "The Cost of Bias in the Legal Profession", CAALA Las Vegas Convention Syllabus, September, 2005
    • "Genuine Dispute: Experts Now Have a Clear Role in Identifying Subpar Claims Handling", CAALA Las Vegas Convention Syllabus, August, 2004
    • "When Catastrophe Comes Calling and Ten Insurance Claim Do's and Don'ts", 31 Advocate 12, Mar., 2004
    • "Sports Premises Injuries and the Knight v. Jewett Evolution", 31 Advocate 20, Feb., 2004
    • "Trying the Insurance Bad Faith Case", (Co-Author), CAALA Las Vegas Convention Syllabus, August, 2003
    • "Balance Billing Update", CAALA Las Vegas Convention Syllabus, August, 2003
    • "Why Campbell Doesn’t Necessarily Mean We’re In The Soup", 30 Advocate 20, July, 2003
    • "Is There A Genuine Dispute or Is It Bad Faith?", 30 Advocate 12, February, 2003
    • "Contacting Former Employees During Informal Discovery and Fighting the Motion for Disqualification", CAALA Las Vegas Convention Syllabus, August, 2002
    • "When Rental Car Companies Add To The Carnage", 32 CAOC Forum 21, July/August, 2002
    • "Asking for Whom the Statute Tolls: Continuing Representation and the Statute of Limitations", 29 Advocate 16, June/July, 2002
    • "Hard to Tell: Counsel Must Rely on the Facts When Distinguishing Between Unfair Dealings and Mistaken Judgment by Insurance Companies", Los Angeles Daily Journal Verdicts & Settlements 6, March 29, 2002
    • "Exposing Carriers Who Abuse Efficient Proximate Cause", 29 Advocate 18, February, 2002
    • "On Dealing with Lien Claimants", CAALA Las Vegas Convention Syllabus, September, 2001
    • "Aguilar and the New Face of Summary Judgment", 28 Advocate 28, July/August, 2001
    • "Using Daubert, Kumho Tire and Kelly To Your Advantage", 27 Advocate 24, June, 2000
    • "Defamation as a Reemerging Tort, Parts 1 and 2", (Co-Author), Part 1: 26 Advocate 8, October, 1999
    • "Defamation as a Reemerging Tort, Parts 1 and 2", (Co-Author), Part 2: 26 Advocate 20, November, 1999
    • "Movie Money: Understanding Hollywood's (Creative) Accounting", (Co-Author), Silman-James Press, ISBN: 1-879505-33-9, 1998
    • "Vulture Video: Protecting the Consumer", (Co-Author), 25 CAOC Forum 9, June, 1995
    • "Copyright Conundrums Along the Information Superhighway", First Place Winner, ASCAP Nathan Burkan Memorial Competition, 1994
    • "Roth v. Garcia Marquez: Fitting Motion Pictures with International Shoes", Case note, 13 Loyola Law School Entertainment Law Journal, 1993
    • Service is More than a Word, Valley Lawyers Magazine (April 2016)
    • “Porter Ranch Gas Leak Update, Valley Lawyer Magazine (March 2016)
    • Might as well face it, you’re addicted to late, 35 Advocate 28 (July 2008)
    • “Admonition ins and outs, 35 Advocate 22 (May 2008)
    • Contributing Author, California Civil Discovery Practice, 4th Edition (CEB)

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    Address:
    15021 Ventura Blvd., Ste. 883, Sherman Oaks, CA 91403
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