Terrence J. Coleman
Top rated Insurance Coverage attorney in San Francisco, California
Practice Areas:
Insurance Coverage,
Bad Faith Insurance,
Insurance Defense
Education Qualification:
University of San Francisco School of Law
Practice Areas:
Insurance coverage,
Bad faith insurance,
Insurance defense
100 Green StSan Francisco, California, 94111
First Admitted: 1994, California
Professional Webpage: https://www.pillsburycoleman.com/Attorneys/Terrence-J-Colema...
Bar/Professional Activity:
- The State Bar of California
- American Association for Justice, Insurance Litigation Section, Past Chair
- American College of Coverage and Extracontractual Counsel, Fellow
- Consumer Attorneys of California
- San Francisco Trial Lawyers Association, President, 2014 - Present
Verdicts/Settlements (Case Results):
- Robertson v. Health Net, Inc.
- Lead trial counsel in Westover v. Oregon Mutual Insurance Company
- Lead counsel in San Francisco Trial Lawyers Association v. Health Net, Inc.
- Lead trial counsel in Patrick v. UNUM Life Insurance Company
- Co-tried Chapman v. UnumProvident Corp.
- Organization of Women Architects v. Health Net
Pro bono/Community Service:
- President, St. Thomas More Society, 2008
Honors/Awards:
- Finalist, Trial Lawyer of the Year, San Francisco Trial Lawyers Association, March 2003
- “Super Lawyer”, 2006 through 2014
- Distinguished Service Award, San Francisco Trial Lawyers Association, October 5, 2001
- President’s Award, San Francisco Trial Lawyers Association, January 15, 2004
Educational Background:
- University of California at Berkeley, B.A., 1991
Scholarly Lectures/Writings:
- “Bad Faith Litigation”, American Conference Institute, Philadelphia, PA, March 2014
- “Policy Limit Demands”, San Francisco Trial Lawyers Association, New Lawyers Division Ski Seminar, January 2014
- “Insurers on the Attack,” American Association for Justice, Annual Convention, San Francisco, CA, July 2013
- “Auto Claims: Maximizing Recoveries and Protecting the Subsequent Bad Faith Case”, moderator, San Francisco Trial Lawyers Association, February 2009
- “Insurance Bad Faith Litigation & HMO Liability”, moderator, Regional TLA Conference, Squaw Creek Resort, June 2009
- VoiceAmerica live radio show, “Meeting By Accident,” discussing insurance company claims denials and tactics, September 18, 2007
- “Disability Insurance Claims: Navigating the Waters of ERISA and Bad Faith”, San Francisco Trial Lawyers Association, July 2005
- "The Year in Review — Developments in Civil Litigation", Continuing Education of the Bar, January 2002, January 2003, January 2004
- Challenges in California Insurance Coverage Litigation, San Francisco, CA, March 31, 2004
- "Fundamentals of Insurance Litigation", Continuing Education of the Bar, April 2001
- "ERISA Preemption: A Relic of the Past?", Association of Trial Lawyers of America Annual Convention, July, 2000
- "Recent Developments in Punitive Damages", Consumer Attorneys of California Winter Convention, April, 2000
- Author, “Protecting the Subsequent Insurance Bad Faith Action”, The Trial Lawyer, San Francisco Trial Lawyers Association, Fall 2011
- Author, “Big Insurers, Dirty Tricks: ‘That’s not my signature’”, Trial, Journal of the American Association for Justice, July 2007
- Author, “Legal Rights Voting Team”, The Trial Lawyer, San Francisco Trial Lawyers Association, Spring 2005
- Author, “Perfecting Your Disability Bad Faith Claim: Tips From the Trenches”, Forum, Consumer Attorneys of California, June 2004, Vol. 34, No. 5
- Author, “Back to the Basics: Reexamining Compensatory Damages in Light of Campbell”, The Trial Lawyer, San Francisco Trial Lawyers Association, Spring 2004
- Author, “Using Corporate Documents and Depositions to Prove Bad Faith,” Association of Trial Lawyers of America, 2003 Convention
- Co-Author: "Overcoming the 'Genuine-Issue' Rule in Bad-Faith Cases, Trial Magazine, March 2002, Association of Trial Lawyers of America
- Co-Author: "Using the 'Treating Physician Rule' in Disability Bad Faith Cases, Forum Magazine, December 2001, Consumer Attorneys of California
- Co-Author: “Homeowner and Consumer Insurance: Landslides, Fires and Natural Disasters,” Association of Trial Lawyers of America, 1995 convention
- Author: “Bily v. Arthur Young & Co.: An Inequitable Approach to Defining Accountant Liability to Third Parties,” 28 USF Law Review 239
- University of San Francisco Law Review, 1992 - 1994
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