Attorneys
Christopher Klapperich
Christopher Klapperich is an attorney in our San Francisco office, where his practice focuses on real estate, landlord-tenant, personal injury and general civil litigation defense. He has extensive experience representing property owners, homeowner’s associations, contractors and property managers in real estate and construction disputes throughout the San Francisco Bay Area. Christopher has represented associations in … Continue reading Christopher Klapperich
Casey Hsieh
Casey Hsieh is an associate attorney in the Long Beach office of Demler, Armstrong & Rowland. Casey earned his J.D. from the University of San Diego School of Law in 2025. He completed his undergraduate studies at the University of California, Davis in 2021, where he received a B.S. in Managerial Economics with a minor … Continue reading Casey Hsieh
Iryna Kulba-Verezub
Iryna Kulba-Verezub is an associate attorney in the Sacramento office, where she focuses her practice on legal defense matters involving public entity exposures and related coverage claims, insurance and reinsurance coverage, bad faith exposure, and personal injury. She is committed to delivering effective, thoughtful representation and is known for her practical, solution-oriented approach to addressing complex legal … Continue reading Iryna Kulba-Verezub
James Chuong
James N. Chuong is an associate attorney in the Sacramento Office of Demler, Armstrong & Rowland, LLP. Mr. Chuong received his J.D. from McGeorge School of Law in 2025, where he graduated with distinction, and he completed his undergraduate studies at UC Irvine in 2019, earning a Bachelor of Arts in Criminology, Law, and Society and … Continue reading James Chuong
Marlyssa Tucker
Marlyssa L. Tucker is an associate attorney in the Long Beach office of Demler, Armstrong & Rowland, LLP. She earned her J.D. from California Western School of Law in 2024, where she received Academic Achievement Awards in California Evidence, Skills Training for Ethical Practice and Professional Satisfaction (STEPPS), and Pharmaceutical Law. She completed her undergraduate … Continue reading Marlyssa Tucker
Gena Corona
Ms. Corona represents clients in civil defense across all phases of complex litigation and liability claims, providing strategic and cost-effective advocacy. Her practice focuses on toxic tort liability, general liability, and insurance coverage. She is actively involved in all stages of case handling, including pre-litigation investigation, discovery and depositions, pre-trial motions/preparation, and trial. Ms. Corona … Continue reading Gena Corona
Aaron F. MacLeitch
Aaron F. MacLeitch is a partner and was admitted to practice in 1995. He is an experienced litigator in defending personal injury, premises liability and landlord-tenant actions via automobile, homeowners, landlord/tenant, personal umbrella and commercial policies. Historically, a large percentage of his practice involves cases in which a reservation of rights has been issued by the insurer, and the insured is represented by either non-insurance retained or Cumis counsel. As such, Mr. MacLeitch is well-versed in navigating the tripartite relationship and the potential conflicts associated with handling such cases. He also has expertise in handling state court appeals and has assisted insurers in resolving complex matters with unrepresented claimants, including preparations of minor’s compromises. Mr. MacLeitch’s insurance defense practice includes auto cases (liability and first-party uninsured/underinsured … Continue reading Aaron F. MacLeitch
Sara Hakami
Sara is a seasoned attorney specializing in liability insurance defense, with a focus on general liability and premises liability. She graduated of Chapman University School of Law cum laude, where she served as Notes Editor for the Chapman Law Review. Her legal career began in 2006 and, since then, she has developed extensive expertise in law and motion, … Continue reading Sara Hakami
Tracy A. Warner
Tracy Warner launched her legal career in 2019. Since then, she has been a passionate advocator for the defense, specializing in the areas of landlord tenant-law and personal injury. She is focused on getting to know her clients and their concerns, and on working closely with them to defend them. She has successfully litigated and … Continue reading Tracy A. Warner
Michael C. Tan
Michael C. Tan is an associate at Demler Armstrong & Rowland, LLP who handles legal defense matters including insurance coverage, bad faith, personal injury, landlord-tenant, and contract disputes. Mr. Tan’s places the highest priority in client-oriented service and is equipped with the experience to navigate all phases of a case, including strategic planning, negotiations, settlement, … Continue reading Michael C. Tan
Darian Manzoori
Darian Manzoori is an associate attorney in the Long Beach office of Demler, Armstrong & Rowland. He focuses on personal injury defense litigation. Darian earned his J.D. from California Western School of Law in 2024. He completed his undergraduate studies in 2021 at the University of California, Riverside, where he received a B.S. in Business … Continue reading Darian Manzoori
Jaime Ruiz
Jaime Ruiz is an attorney in the Long Beach office of Demler, Armstrong & Rowland, LLP. He graduated with distinction from McGeorge School of Law in 2023, where he earned placement on the Dean’s List, a nomination for Best Legal Brief, and induction into the prestigious Traynor Honor Society. Jaime completed his undergraduate studies at … Continue reading Jaime Ruiz
Virginia Kortz
Virginia Kortz is a Senior Associate at Demler, Armstrong & Rowland’s Long Beach office. Ms. Kortz’s practice focuses on defense of insurance litigation, personal injury cases with significant medical injuries, UM/UIM claims and general liability claims. Ms. Kortz began her legal career at DAR. Upon leaving, she went on to a railroad defense firm, spent 10 years … Continue reading Virginia Kortz
Austin Lenzkes
Austin is an associate in the Long Beach office of Demler, Armstrong & Rowland. He graduated cum laude from Western State College of Law in 2021 and, during his time, there he achieved academic awards for his legal writing in his Civil Procedure and Bar studies classes. Prior to law school, Austin attended Arizona State … Continue reading Austin Lenzkes
Salin Ebrahamian
Salin Ebrahamian is a Partner at Demler, Rowland, & Armstrong, LLP and an experienced litigator, who has successfully represented product manufacturers and suppliers in complex civil litigation for the last 15 years. Her practice has been primarily focused on product liability and toxic tort litigation in California and she has managed cases from inception through … Continue reading Salin Ebrahamian
Dean Pollack
Dean Pollack is Of Counsel in Demler Armstrong & Rowland’s Walnut Creek office. Mr. Pollack is a seasoned litigator having taken a broad spectrum of cases through binding arbitration and trial. His general liability practice ranges from product and premises liability and toxic tort cases to motor vehicle and train collisions, fires, road rage incidents, … Continue reading Dean Pollack
Denise Thompson
Denise Thompson is a successful trial attorney with extensive experience litigating matters before the state and federal courts in California. Ms. Thompson has tried numerous civil jury trials and arbitrations, including successfully trying and arbitrating high-exposure cases. She actively manages and participates in all aspects of her civil litigation practice. Ms. Thompson’s defense practice includes … Continue reading Denise Thompson
Erin McGahey
Erin McGahey is Of Counsel in the San Francisco office of Demler Armstrong and Rowland and is a member of the Landlord-Tenant, General Liability and Toxic Tort practice groups. Her current focus is representing property owners in landlord/tenant disputes defending individuals in habitability claims and wrongful eviction. Her practice also includes general liability defending claims … Continue reading Erin McGahey
David Jennings
David Jennings is a partner at Demler, Armstrong & Rowland’s Long Beach office. Mr. Jennings’ practice focuses on defence of insurance litigation, bad faith litigation, employment law, UM/UIM claims, contractual disputes, and general liability claims. Prior to joining DAR, Mr. Jennings was an associate at a large defence firm, defending individuals and companies in a … Continue reading David Jennings
Eric Brenneman
Eric Brenneman is a partner at Demler Armstrong & Rowland, LLP where he handles complex litigation, including insurance and reinsurance coverage, bad faith exposures, catastrophic personal injury, and contract disputes in their Sacramento office. In addition to working with policyholders and commercial carriers, Mr. Brenneman specializes in public entity coverage with experience spanning all related … Continue reading Eric Brenneman
Andres C. Hurwitz
Andres Hurwitz, a partner in the firm’s Long Beach office, is a seasoned litigator, with over 30 years of experience practicing in Southern California. Andres first joined the firm in 2000, and has worked for some of the firm’s clients since the early 1990’s. His expertise includes insurance coverage and bad faith litigation, defense of … Continue reading Andres C. Hurwitz
Jennifer C. Rasmussen
Jennifer C. Rasmussen is a Partner in the San Francisco office. She has an extensive experience in all facets of civil litigation, especially those with potential high value needing unique problem-solving skills. She has worked on the defense side, including in-house for an insurance company. Ms. Rasmussen handles all aspects of litigation from preparation of … Continue reading Jennifer C. Rasmussen
George A. Otstott
George A. Otstott is a partner in Demler’s San Francisco office. For 30 years he’s represented individuals, companies and public entities in civil defense litigation and coverage. He manages clients in multi-million-dollar litigation, catastrophic injury cases, traumatic brain injuries, neurostimulator implant surgeries, amputations and other lifelong care cases. He also defends property and business claims, … Continue reading George A. Otstott
Brian Buddell
Mr. Buddell is a trial attorney with extensive experience in many areas of civil defense including: Products Liability, Premises Liability, Complex Personal Injury, Toxic Torts, Transportation/Trucking, Wrongful Death, Auto/Truck Casualty Claims, Environmental, Employment and Insurance Coverage. He has successfully defended his clients in hundreds of arbitrations and dozens of trials throughout twenty-eight of California’s fifty-eight … Continue reading Brian Buddell
Margaret Lesniak
Margaret Lesniak is a Partner in the San Francsico office of Demler Armstrong and Rowland and is a member of the Landlord-Tenant Group. Her practice focuses on premises liability and landlord-tenant liability, where she represents property owners and property managers in breach of contract and wrongful eviction matters. Margaret is a skilled litigator as it … Continue reading Margaret Lesniak
James V. Weixel
Jim Weixel, a partner in the firm’s Sacramento and San Francisco offices, has concentrated his practice on property and casualty defense litigation for almost thirty-five years. Mr. Weixel was admitted to the Ohio bar in 1990 and to the California bar in 1993. He has been an associate, partner, and of counsel at large and … Continue reading James V. Weixel
Paul A. Peters
Paul Peters is an attorney in our San Francisco office, where his practice focuses on insurance coverage and bad faith defense, personal injury defense, and general civil litigation. He has extensive experience representing insurers in coverage and bad faith litigation and in protecting their policyholders in insurance defense matters. He has defended insurers for many … Continue reading Paul A. Peters
Vicky Chan
Vicky Chan is a graduate of the University of California, Davis and the University of California Hastings College of the law. She has been a civil litigator since 2003, specializing in the defense of residential and commercial property damage and boundary disputes, landlord/tenant lawsuits in rent controlled jurisdictions in Northern California, and catastrophic personal injury … Continue reading Vicky Chan
Dalen Saludes
Dalen Saludes earned his law degree from Whittier Law School in 2007, where he was awarded the CALI Excellence for the Future Award for achieving the highest-class score in Legal Analysis. Prior to law school, Mr. Saludes graduated from the University of California, Irvine in 2004. Before joining Demler, Armstrong & Rowland in 2011, Mr. Saludes started … Continue reading Dalen Saludes
Lisa Pan
Lisa L. Pan has over 40-years’ experience as a litigator, with a special emphasis on insurance coverage and large-loss claims. She also has experience evaluating insurance coverage for professional-liability cases involving insurance-agents, attorneys, accountants, engineers, securities brokers, real-estate professionals, pharmacists and podiatrists. Her current focus is on motions and appeals, especially on matters involving complex … Continue reading Lisa Pan
Edison J. Demler
Edison J. Demler was born on November 23, 1916, and passed away on April 15, 2008, at the age of 91. He received both his Bachelor and law degrees from the University of California at Berkeley, served in the Navy during World War II, and was a highly successful trial attorney with an extraordinary record … Continue reading Edison J. Demler
Bruce Sample
Bruce Sample joined Demler, Armstrong & Rowland shortly after graduating from Southwestern University School of Law, where he attended on a full academic scholarship, was a member of the Law Review and graduated with Honors in the top 10% of his class. In over two decades of practice at the firm, Bruce was a shining … Continue reading Bruce Sample
Timothy Lippert
Timothy Lippert, a litigation and trial partner, practices personal injury defense and insurance bad faith litigation. Early in his career, Mr. Lippert gained experience in employment litigation and defending physicians and hospitals in medical malpractice lawsuits. He handles all types of insurance defense matters, having taken many cases through arbitrations and trials. He currently focuses … Continue reading Timothy Lippert
Paul M. Bessette
Paul Bessette is a senior litigator with over twenty-five years of experience in corporate defense, products liability, construction defect, toxic tort and asbestos litigation. Mr. Bessette’s work has included all aspects of litigation, including multiple trials. He has represented a wide array of clients, including national defense contractors, elevator/escalator manufacturers, construction contractors, motor vehicle manufactures, … Continue reading Paul M. Bessette
Randy A. Moss
Randy A. Moss is an attorney in the firm’s San Francisco office, where his practice focuses on insurance bad faith litigation, personal injury defense, and general civil litigation. He has extensive experience in insurance defense litigation, representing the interests of insurance companies and protecting the interests of their insureds. He has also handled professional negligence … Continue reading Randy A. Moss
David A. Ring
David Ring?has broad experience in insurance coverage and litigation, including commercial general liability, homeowners, auto, fidelity, directors and officers, professional liability, and commercial crime, as well as insurance bad faith. His practice also includes appellate work; personal injury defense; commercial lease disputes and the economic loss rule; product liability; homeowner liability for injury to unlicensed … Continue reading David A. Ring
John R. Brydon
John R. Brydon, the firm’s managing partner of the San Francisco office, is an AV-Preeminent rated attorney by Martindale-Hubbell. He has been a member of the American Board of Trial Advocates for nearly 30 years, where he holds the rank of Diplomate and has been a Certified Specialist in Civil Trial Law and Diplomat of … Continue reading John R. Brydon
Brian C. Dunn
Brian Dunn, a litigation and trial partner in the firm’s Long Beach office, specializes in the representation of contractors, manufacturers, and material suppliers in complex construction, product liability, contract, and business disputes. His extensive litigation experience has encompassed multi-million dollar construction defect claims involving residential, commercial, industrial, and governmental projects, multi-million dollar product liability claims, … Continue reading Brian C. Dunn
Edward P. Tugade
Edward P. Tugade is an AV Preeminent-rated attorney with over 20 years of civil litigation experience. As a partner in the firm’s San Francisco office, Mr. Tugade helps clients with a range of cases involving Transportation/Trucking, Wrongful Death, Auto/Truck Casualty Claims, Products Liability, General Liability, Professional Liability, Premises Liability, and Toxic Torts Litigation. He has worked … Continue reading Edward P. Tugade
Tamara A. Laskin
Tamara Laskin is a partner in the Long Beach office and focuses her practice on construction defect litigation. She has extensive experience representing subcontractors throughout California involving construction deficiencies in both residential and commercial settings. Ms. Laskin has successfully resolved numerous construction defect matters through litigation, arbitration and trial, and has also defended numerous bad … Continue reading Tamara A. Laskin
Bjorn C. Green
Bjorn Green has been with the firm for 22 years and currently divides his time between handling general liability cases and managing the firm’s Construction Law practice, which primarily focuses on the defense of contractors, subcontractors, product manufacturers and component part suppliers in defect and product liability cases. His background in construction law is a … Continue reading Bjorn C. Green
James P. Lemieux
James Lemieux, a litigation and trial partner, practices insurance bad faith and coverage litigation, personal injury defense, fraud/SIU investigations, and small business claims involving contracts and fraud. He also handles broker/agent liability cases involving their liability for placement of coverage on auto, homeowners’ and commercial liability policies, including a matter where the broker failed to … Continue reading James P. Lemieux
Terry A. Rowland
Terry A. Rowland is America’s Top 100 Lawyer, an A-V-rated jury trial specialist in serious personal injury, wrongful death, complex business, and bad faith litigation. He is a member of the American Board of Trial Advocates, with a rank of “Diplomat” (which requires in excess of 100 jury trials). He is also a Certified Specialist … Continue reading Terry A. Rowland
Robert W. Armstrong
Robert W. Armstrong has been AV-rated by Martindale Hubbell for 25 years, a Certified Specialist in civil litigation, and an associate in the American Board of Trial Advocates for over 20 years. He has also been recognized as a Southern California “Super Lawyer” (top 5%) every year since 2007. Mr. Armstrong was admitted to practice … Continue reading Robert W. Armstrong
Long Beach
4500 E. Pacific Coast Highway, 4th Floor
Long Beach, CA 90804
San Francisco
101 Montgomery St., Suite 1800
San Francisco, CA 94104
Sacramento
8950 Cal Center Drive, Suite 250
Sacramento, California 95826