Kristin E. Hobbs
Top rated Insurance Coverage attorney in Claremont, California
Practice Areas:
Insurance coverage,
Personal injury,
Animal bites,
Bad faith insurance,
Brain injury,
Construction accident,
Insurance defense,
Premises liability - plaintiff,
Sexual abuse - plaintiff,
Toxic mold,
Trucking accidents,
Wrongful death
Education Qualification:
The University of La Verne College of Law
Practice Areas:
Insurance coverage,
Personal injury,
Animal bites,
Bad faith insurance,
Brain injury,
Construction accident,
Insurance defense,
Premises liability - plaintiff,
Sexual abuse - plaintiff,
Toxic mold,
Trucking accidents,
Wrongful death
250 W 1st St Suite 316Claremont, California, 91711
First Admitted: 2011, California
Professional Webpage: https://www.hobbslawgroup.com/kristin-hobbs/
Bar/Professional Activity:
- Board Member for Consumer Attorneys of Inland Empire
- Member, Consumer Attorneys Association of Los Angeles
- Immediate Past President, Consumer Attorneys Inland Empire, 2023
- Board member, Consumer Attorneys of California, 2022
- President, Consumer Attorneys of the Inland Empire, 2022
- Vice President Consumer Attorneys of California, 2021
- United State District Court, Northern District of California
- United States District Court, Central District of California
- California
- Consumer Attorneys of California
- Orange County Trial Lawyers Association
- CAOIE Secretary, 2019
- Vice President Consumer Attorneys of the Inland Empire, 2020
- Western San Bernardino County Bar Association Board Member, 2020
- AAJ Member, 2019
- CAOIE Board Secretary, 2018
- CAALA member
- CAOIE Board Member, 2017
Verdicts/Settlements (Case Results):
- Jury Verdict $6,945,526 Selck v. GEICO, 2023
- Betz v. Magtibay, $8.5m settlement MVA v. MC, disputed liability and injury causation, 2022
- Simone v. State Farm. Verdict of over $16M in bad faith action based on excess verdict of $10M, 2022
- $3.9 million settlement on $500,000 policy, 2019
- $600,000 settlement -- Mesa v. Avila, 2022
- $775,000 settlement -- Glick v. Bryant, 2022
- $8 million wrongful death settlement - Swanson v. County of Riverside, 2022
- $3 million settlement on $25,000 alleged open policy - Rosenbalm v. Juarez, 2021
- $483,000 verdict, Ryan v. Haspert, 2020
- $25 million settlement in excess verdict bad faith case on $1 million policy, 2020
- $7.9 million net verdict, Singh v. Capay, 2020
- $4.1 million settlement on a $1 million policy (excess judgment case), 2019
- $25 million settlement on a $15,000 insurance policy, 2018
- $17 million verdict, Meier v. PennySaver USA, 2017
- $13.2 million verdict, Wood v. Vanegeas, 2018
- Settlement of $7.5 million in construction accident case against the metal fabricator sub-contractor, Chelbab v. Paramount Metals & Supply, LASC Case No. BC514105., 2016
- Verdict of $2.3 million in an agent negligence case, Fulton Santa Rosa v. Granite State Insurance Company, LASC Case No. BC499859, 2015
Pro bono/Community Service:
- Board Member, Claremont Fast pitch , 2024
Honors/Awards:
- Bench award: $15,947,659.00 in Estate of Jameson v. State Farm Mut. Auto. Ins. Co., for Breach of Contract, Insurance Bad Faith action., Top 10 Bench Award in California; All Practice Areas, TopVerdict.com, 2022
- Southern California Top 100 from 2021 to 2023
- Super Lawyers, Super Lawyers Rising Star – 2018-2023
- Top 40 under 40, National Trial Lawyers Association – 2015, 2017, 2018
- Nominated as CAALA Rising Star for 2019, CAALA Rising Star nomination, CAALA nomination, 2019
- Recognized as having one of the top 50 verdicts in California in 2018 for $13,241,365 verdict in Wood v. Vanegas, Top 50 Verdicts in California, topverdict.com, 2021 through 2023
- Awarded the Presidential Award of Merit by the CAOIE, Presidential Award of Merit, CAOIE, 2018
- Recognized as having one of the top 10 personal injury verdicts in California for 2017 on Meier v. PennySaver USA, Top 10 California Personal Injury Verdicts, topverdict.com, 2017
- Nominated as CAALA Rising Star for 2018, Rising Star, CAALA nomination, 2018
Scholarly Lectures/Writings:
- Explaining how to handle and possibly reduce ERISA liens in a personal injury case. , Author, Navigating ERISA liens in Personal Injury Cases, OCTLA - The Gavel, 2022
- 2022, CAOC San Francisco Convention, “CACI 2334 before and after Pinto“
- 2022, CAALA Las Vegas Convention, “Preparing for and Taking Adjuster/PMQ Depositions”
- 2022, CAOIE Palm Springs Seminar, “Properly Opening Up a Policy After Pinto“
- 2022, CAALA Webinar, CCP 998 Offers and Policy Limit Demands
- 2021, WSVCBA Webinar, “Effective Use of Written Discovery at Trial”
- 2021, Rutter Group, Insurance Bad Faith Seminar, “Pinto and the Duty to Settle”
- 2019, CAALA Las Vegas Convention, “Opening Up the Policy, Reading the Policy & Trigering Coverage”
- Published article on how to approach interpretation of an insurance policy when a coverage dispute arises. , Author, Contract Interpretation in a Coverage Dispute, Western San Bernardino County Bar Association, 2023
- Explaining when it is advantageous to issue a CCP 998 Offer over a policy limits demand and vice versa, Author, Comparing Section 998 Offers with Policy Limit Demands, Western San Bernardino County Bar Association, 2022
- The duty to settle is under attack, FORUM, November/December 2020
- Jury Trials in the COVID Era: Tips & Lessons Learned (Panelist), Riverside County Bar Association, December 15, 2020
- Opening up a Policy, CAALA Vegas Insurance Law Panelist, August 30, 2019
- Article on mixed martial arts was published in the Los Angeles Daily Journal, Article, California is on the Winning Side of the Ultimate Fighting Battle, Los Angeles Daily Journal, 2008
Other Outstanding Achievements:
- Panelist, CAALA Las Vegas, Taking Adjuster and PMQ Depositions , 2022
- WSBCBA Bar Bulletin, Comparing Section 998 Offers with Policy Limit Demands, 2022
- WSBCBA Bar Bulletin, Policy Interpretation in a Coverage Dispute, 2023
- Panelist, CAOC Palm Springs Conference, Opening Up Policies Post-Pinto, 2022
- CAOC Consumer Attorney of the Year Finalist, 2020
- Panelist, Trying Cases During COVID, 2020
- CAALA -- CCP 998's Interactive Panel, Panelist, 2022
- CAOIE Palm Springs Seminar, Navigating ERISA liens panelist, 2021
- WSBCBA Discovery for Trial Panelist, 2021
- Rutter Group Insurance Bad Faith Panelist, 2021
- CAALA Vegas panelist for Insurance Bad Faith seminar, 2019
- Moderator for CAOC Annual Convention Panel, 2018
- Moderator for CAOC Palm Springs Conference Panel, 2017
- Moderator for CAOC Palm Springs Conference Panel, 2018
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