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

Terrence J. Coleman

Terrence J. Coleman

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