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, discovery, depositions, alternate dispute resolution, motion practice, and trial preparation and support. Mr. Tan is highly regarded for his legal drafting skills, which he applies to pleadings, briefs, motions and contractual agreements including stipulations, protective orders, settlements and releases.

Mr. Tan also applies his skill and experience to assisting Eric Brenneman with public entity exposures and corresponding coverage claims, including dangerous conditions of public property, landslides, pollution and property losses, officer involved shootings, wrongful incarceration, employment practices liability, failures of social services, sexual assault and molestation, medical malpractice, COVID claims, and public officials’ errors and omissions.

Mr. Tan joined the firm in July 2024 from a background that extensively practiced in both the plaintiff and defense side of litigation in almost all civil areas of law, which included property dispute, estate planning, probate, employment, labor, construction and corporate litigation and compliance, in addition to the areas of his current practice. In law school, Mr. Tan was a prolific academic achiever while being simultaneously involved in Moot Court, Law Review and peer mentoring.

Education:

• University of San Francisco School of Law, J.D., 2021
• University of San Francisco, Bachelor of Arts, 2013

Bar Information:

• State Bar of California
• United States District Court, Northern District