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Lee S. Harris

Lee S. Harris

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Personal Injury
1388 Sutter Street, Suite 1000, San Francisco, CA 94109

    About Lee S. Harris

    Practice Areas
    • Personal Injury
    Education
    • University of San Francisco School of Law, San Francisco, California, 1977
      J.D.
      • Honors: American Jurisprudence - Evidence
    • Harvard University, Cambridge, Massachusetts
      B.A.
      • Major: Government
      • Honors: cum laude
      • Honors: With Honors
    Languages
    • English
    Representative Cases
    • Barbour v. UNUM, 2011 WL 2586144, Insurance Bad Faith (2011)
    • Sobel v. Sun Life and Health Ins. Co., WL 5170296N.D.Cal., ERISA, Long Term Disability (2008)
    • Jones v. St. Paul Travelers, 496 F.Supp.2d 1079, ($3.5 million judgment enforcement action vs. employer's insurer for arm amputation suffered on the job) (N.D.Cal. 2007)
    • TRB Investments, Inc. v. Fireman's Fund Ins. Co., 40 Cal.4th 19, Insurance Bad Faith (2006)
    • Sabatino v. Liberty Life Assurance Co. of Boston, 286 F.Supp.2d 1222, ERISA, Long Term Disability (N.D.Cal. 2003)
    • Conestoga Services Corporation, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. Executive Risk Indemnity, Inc., Defendant-Appellee, 312 F.3d 976, Insurance coverage and duty to defend and indemnify (2002)
    • Reed v. Scottsdale Ins. Co, 1998 WL 34072536, Defendant Monticello Insurance Company tortuously breached its duty to defend (N.D.Cal. 1998)
    • Ty Volkmann V. Supershuttle of San Francisco, Inc. Et. Al., WL 33363545, Personal Injury (1997)
    • Wadell Engineering v. Hodges & Shutt, 1992 WL 12146100, Bad Faith Tortuous Interference (1992)
    • Philippine Export & Foreign Loan Guarantee Corp. v. Chuidian, 218 Cal.App.3d 1058, Act of state doctrine did not provide immunity for Philippine government-owned entity created to guarantee loans regarding any assets in United States (Cal.App. 6 Dist 1990)
    • Barbour v. UNUM, 2011 WL 2586144, Insurance Bad Faith (2011)
    • Sobel v. Sun Life and Health Ins. Co., WL 5170296N.D.Cal., ERISA, Long Term Disability (2008)
    • Jones v. St. Paul Travelers, 496 F.Supp.2d 1079, ($3.5 million judgment enforcement action vs. employer's insurer for arm amputation suffered on the job) (N.D.Cal. 2007)
    • TRB Investments, Inc. v. Fireman's Fund Ins. Co., 40 Cal.4th 19, Insurance Bad Faith (2006)
    • Sabatino v. Liberty Life Assurance Co. of Boston, 286 F.Supp.2d 1222, ERISA, Long Term Disability (N.D.Cal. 2003)
    • Conestoga Services Corporation, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. Executive Risk Indemnity, Inc., Defendant-Appellee, 312 F.3d 976, Insurance coverage and duty to defend and indemnify (2002)
    • Reed v. Scottsdale Ins. Co, 1998 WL 34072536, Defendant Monticello Insurance Company tortuously breached its duty to defend (N.D.Cal. 1998)
    • Ty Volkmann V. Supershuttle of San Francisco, Inc. Et. Al., WL 33363545, Personal Injury (1997)
    • Wadell Engineering v. Hodges & Shutt, 1992 WL 12146100, Bad Faith Tortuous Interference (1992)
    • Philippine Export & Foreign Loan Guarantee Corp. v. Chuidian, 218 Cal.App.3d 1058, Act of state doctrine did not provide immunity for Philippine government-owned entity created to guarantee loans regarding any assets in United States (Cal.App. 6 Dist 1990)
    Classes and Seminars
    • Stanford Law School Advocacy Skills, Stanford Law
    • USF Intensive Advocacy Program, USF Law
    • American Association for Justice (AAJ) Education, American Association for Justice
    • California College of Trial Arts, Consumer Attorneys of California (CAOC)

    Qualifications

    Bar Admissions
    • California, 1977
    • U.S. District Court Northern District of California, 1977
    • U.S. District Court Southern District of California, 2009
    • U.S. District Court Eastern District of California, 2000
    • U.S. District Court Central District of California, 2000
    • U.S. Court of Appeals 9th Circuit, 1986
    • U.S. Supreme Court, 1987
    Other Affiliations
    • Consumer Attorneys of California (CAOC), 1977 - 2014 (Vice President)
    • American Association for Justice (AAJ), 1977 - 2014 (Member/Past Chair, Insurance and Bad Faith Litigation)
    • American Bar Association (ABA), 1977 - 2014 (Fellow)
    • San Francisco Trial Lawyers Association (SFTLA), 1977 - 2014 (Board of Directors, Member)
    • University of San Francisco, Alumni Association, 1977 - 2014
    • University of San Francisco, Alumni Association, 1989 (President)
    • Bar Association of San Francisco, 1977 - 2014
    Past Positions
    • Cartwright, Bokelman, Borowsky, Moore & Harris, Partner, 1977 - 1996

    Office Info

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    Lee S. Harris
    Phone:
    (415) 906-2620
    Website:
    http://www.sfbadfaithlawyer.com
    Address:
    1388 Sutter Street, Suite 1000, San Francisco, CA 94109
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