San Francisco
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
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
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
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
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
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Long Beach, CA 90804
San Francisco
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San Francisco, CA 94104
Sacramento
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Sacramento, California 95826