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PALUMBO
BERGSTROM LLP
DIANE
O. PALUMBO
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Diane Palumbo is a founding partner of Palumbo Bergstrom
LLP. She specializes in the defense of developers with
a focus on risk transfer mechanisms. Diane's expertise
includes litigation of complex construction/real estate
claims, insurance coverage, products liability and casualty
defense, as well as business and employment law matters.
She has tried numerous, complex cases to successful
conclusion, including both bench and jury trials. Diane
counsels clients ranging from small business entities
to Fortune 500 companies. Affiliations
and Education. Contact Diane directly at: dpalumbo@palumbolawyers.com
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JULIA
BERGSTROM
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Julia Bergstrom is a
founding partner of Palumbo Bergstrom LLP. An experienced
litigator, her practice focuses on representation
of real estate clients, including property owners,
developers and builders. Julia is also experienced
in insurance coverage and casualty defense.
A registered nurse, Julia
has extensive experience in handling medical and healthcare
litigation, analyzing and interpreting medical records.
Affiliations
and Education. Contact Julia directly at: jbergstrom@palumbolawyers.com
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ERIK
D. BUZZARD
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Erik D. Buzzard is a partner in the firm's Irvine, California
and Las Vegas, Nevada offices. He is licensed to practice
in both California and Nevada. Erik focuses his practice
on general business litigation, including construction,
real estate and insurance coverage litigation as well
as labor and employment matters. Erik has served as
counsel to Fortune 500 companies, major financial institutions,
governmental entities, developers and contractors. Erik
also has extensive litigation experience including jury
and bench trial experience. Affiliations
and Education. Contact Erik directly at: ebuzzard@palumbolawyers.com
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ELYN
C. HOLT
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Elyn C. Holt is a partner
in the firm's Irvine office. Her practice focuses
on general business litigation with an emphasis on
construction defect litigation. Elyn has developed
expertise in representing developers in complex construction
defect matters, including claims of fraud and misrepresentation.
She has additional experience in insurance related
recovery actions.
Elyn's trial experience
includes both jury and bench trials involving construction
defect, insurance bad faith, breach of contract and
libel claims. Affiliations
and Education. Contact Elyn directly at: eholt@palumbolawyers.com
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DAVID
B. WASSON
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David
B. Wasson is a partner in the firm's Irvine, California
office. His practice includes personal injury defense,
construction defect litigation, insurance bad faith,
Lemon Law and commercial warranty litigation, products
and professional liability and business litigation.
He has served as counsel to major insurance companies,
governmental entities, developers and contractors.
David serves as an arbitrator with the Better Business
Bureau's Autoline program, as well as serving as Judge
Pro Temp and arbitrator in Los Angeles County. He
also has extensive litigation experience including
jury and bench trials. Affiliations
and Education. Contact David directly at: dwasson@palumbolawyers.com
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MARISA
C. ALA
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Marisa
C. Ala is a partner in the firm's Denver, Colorado
office. She focuses her practice on complex construction
litigation on behalf of developer/general contractor
entities, equitable subrogation and contribution actions
pertaining to insurance coverage, premises liability,
and real estate matters from analysis of initial pleadings
through mediation and trial. She is licensed to practice
in California, Colorado and Nevada. Affiliations
and Education. Contact Marisa directly at: mala@palumbolawyers.com
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KEVIN
T. MEADE
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Kevin
Meade is a partner in the firm's Irvine, California.
His practice represents developers/homebuilders in
all areas of litigation, focusing on defense of complex
litigation matters, including construction defect
actions, class actions, general business litigation,
and risk transfer alternatives. In over ten years
of practice, Kevin has handled numerous multi-party
arbitrations and mediations, prepared, argued and
opposed many significant law and motion filings in
courts throughout California, and has counseled clients,
helping them to navigate their way through the procedural
maze of litigation. Affiliations
and Education. Contact Kevin directly at: kmeade@palumbolawyers.com
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LYNNE M. COATES
Lynne
M. Coates is an associate in the firm’s Irvine office. Her
practice now focuses mainly on representation of developers
in construction defect litigation. Lynne has experience in
many levels of insurance defense, having defended hundreds
of clients in cases involving personal injury, property damage,
products liability, strict liability, toxic mold and asbestos
claims. Over the course of her career, Lynne has handled both
bench and jury trials, and has participated extensively in
arbitrations and mediations. Affiliations
and Education. Contact Lynne directly at lcoates@palumbolawyers.com
SEAN
P. CONNELL
Sean Connell
is an associate in the firm's Las Vegas office. Sean has several
years of experience handling construction defect litigation
on behalf of developers and general contractors in both the
Las Vegas Valley and Northern Nevada. Sean is admitted to
practice before all Nevada Courts and The United States District
Court for the District of Nevada since 2000. Affiliations
and Education. Contact Sean directly at sconnell@palumbolawyers.com.
KRISTIN
ECKLUND
Kristin
Ecklund is an associate in the firm's Irvine, California office.
The focus of her practice includes general litigation with
an emphasis on construction defect and environmental litigation.
She earned a Dispute Resolution Certificate from the Straus
Institute at Pepperdine University School of Law, and has
served as a volunteer mediator in various Los Angeles small
claims courts. Affiliations
and Education. Contact Kristin directly at: kecklund@palumbolawyers.com
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ROSE G. EXNER
Ely Exner
is an associate in the firm's Irvine, California office. Her
practice focuses on general civil litigation matters with
an emphasis on construction defects, business litigation,
and technology matters. Ely received her J.D. from Whittier
School of Law and a B.S. from DePaul University. She is a
member of the State Bars of California and Michigan, and licensed
to practice before the United States Patent and Trademark
Office. Ely is a member of the Orange County Bar Association.
Affiliations and Education.
Contact Ely directly at eexner@palumbolawyers.com
GERALD
F. GILLARD
Gerald
F. Gillard is an associate in the firm's Irvine, California
office. He focuses his practice on general litigation matters
with an emphasis in construction defect litigation. He has
experience in real estate and personal injury litigation.
Affiliations and Education.
Contact Gerald directly at: ggillard@palumbolawyers.com
MICHAEL J. HOPPE,
JR.
Of Counsel
Michael J. Hoppe, Jr. has over
35 years of extensive civil litigation and business law experience.
He has handled over 60 jury trials as the first chair and
hundreds of court trials to decision. Mike's practice today
is focused primarily on business, commercial and general civil
litigation defense, emphasizing complex business disputes,
product liability defense, and employer class actions. He
also provides business transactional advice on entity formations
and corporate governance, regulatory and corporate compliance,
mergers and acquisitions, contract administration, record
retention, crisis management and security plans. Affiliations
and Education. Contact Michael directly at: mhoppe@palumbolawyers.com
DAWN HOVE
Dawn Hove is an associate in
the firm's Irvine, California office. She focuses her practice
on general litigation matters with an emphasis on intellectual
property law, construction defect, and business litigation.
She has earned certification in Intellectual Property from
Whittier Law School. She has experience in trademark matters
and privacy rights litigation. Affiliations
and Education. Contact Dawn directly at: dhove@palumbolawyers.com
LILI JALALI
Lili Jalali is an associate in
the firm’s Irvine office. The focus of her practice is on
general litigation with an emphasis on construction defect
litigation and personal injury defense. Affiliations
and Education. Contact Lili directly at: ljalali@palumbolawyers.com
MARC
LAZO
Marc is
an associate in the firm's Irvine, California office. He focuses
his practice on complex business litigation, with an emphasis
in real estate, as well as insurance coverage and construction
defect matters.
Marc has
represented real estate developers and general contractors
in a wide array of litigation matters, ranging from commercial
finance and development contract disputes to multimillion
dollar construction defect actions. In the business realm,
he has represented shareholders of public corporations in
derivative actions, health care providers in service contract
and employment disputes, and private investors in joint venture
enterprises and partnership dissolutions. He has also represented
mayo primary and excess insurance carriers in multi-million
dollar coverage actions and has significant experience in
homeowner association law. Affiliations
and Education. Contact Marc directly at: mlazo@palumbolawyers.com
JOSEPH
MICELI
Joe Miceli
is an associate in the firm's Irvine office where his areas
of practice include general litigation, personal injury defense,
and construction defect litigation on behalf of developer/general
contractor entities. Mr. Miceli assists in the representation
of entities from pre-litigation through resolution. Affiliations
and Education. Contact Joe directly at: Jmiceli@palumbolawyers.com
KINDON
OLSEN
Kindon
Olsen is an associate in the firm’s Irvine office. Kindon’s
practice focuses on business, technology, and general civil
disputes. He has both transactional and litigation experience
representing small businesses and individuals. Kindon was
an intern at the Santa Clara County District Attorney’s office
where he aided in prosecuting felonies. Prior to practicing
law he worked as an engineer for IBM. Affiliations
and Education. Contact
Kindon directly at: Kolsen@palumbolawyers.com
ANKITA
PATEL
Ankita
Patel is an associate in the firm's Irvine office. The focus
of her practice is on general litigation with an emphasis
on construction defect litigation and personal injury defense.
Affiliations
and Education. Contact
Ankita directly at: Apatel@palumbolawyers.com
SHEHLA
QURESHI
Shehla
is an associate in the firm’s Irvine, California office. Her
practice focuses on general civil litigation matters with
an emphasis on construction defects and business litigation.
She brings with her knowledge of healthcare litigation as
well. Affiliations
and Education. Contact
Shehla directly at: squreshi@palumbolawyers.com.
ALEX REMICK
Alex Remick has over fifteen
years of litigation experience in a wide range of cases which
include construction defect, general liability, professional
liability, product liability, and insurance coverage matters.
Alex has experience working as a general contractor and in
the trades. He has served as a mediator, arbitrator and lecturer
for the National Business Institute. Alex is licensed to practice
in California, Illinois and Michigan. Affiliations
and Education. Contact Alex directly at: aremick@palumbolawyers.com
TONY SCHIAVONE
Tony Schiavone
is an associate in the firm's Irvine, California office. He
focuses his practice on general litigation matters with an
emphasis on construction defect and insurance coverage matters.
He has earned certification in Intellectual Property from
Whittier Law School. Affiliations
and Education. Contact Tony directly at: Tschiavone@palumbolawyers.com
ERIC
A. SEIKEN
Eric A.
Seiken is an associate in the firm’s Colorado office. Eric
focuses his practice on complex construction litigation on
behalf of developer/general contractor entities, indemnity
and contribution actions pertaining to insurance coverage,
premises liability, and real estate matters from initial pleadings
through alternate dispute resolution and trial. Affiliations
and Education. Contact
Eric directly at: Eseiken@palumbolawyers.com
DEBRA
A. STEVENS
Debra
A. Stevens is a ten year attorney and an associate in the
firm's Colorado office. Her main area of concentration is
construction defect where she has represented subcontractors,
developers, and builders up to resolution, including meditation,
judicial arbitration, binding arbitration and trial. She also
has defended in cases involving; products liability; premises
liability; subrogation, toxic tort (mold) and other casualty
defense. Debra has also represented subcontractors in complex
wrongful death and environmental litigation. Affiliations
and Education. Contact Debra directly at: dstevens@palumbolawyers.com
OZ TANNENBAUM
Oz Tannenbaum is an associate
in the firm's Irvine office. His practice focuses on general
litigation matters, with emphasis in real estate, insurance
and business litigation. Affiliations
and Education. Contact Oz directly at: otannenbaum@palumbolawyers.com
DEIRDRE
SILVERTHORNE
Paralegal
Deirdre Silverthorne is the firm's senior managing paralegal
in the Irvine, California office. She joined the Palumbo Bergstrom
team in 1997 and has developed extensive case-management experience
in complex insurance coverage and construction defect matters,
including expertise in coordinating comprehensive investigations,
pursuing claims and coverage, drafting pleadings and discovery,
assisting in settlement negotiations and mediations, and all
facets of trial preparation and support. She is well versed
in insurance coverage issues and regularly handles multiparty
recovery matters.
Affiliations and Education.
Contact Deirdre directly at: dsilverthorne@palumbolawyers.com
JANA L. MERK
Paralegal
Jana is a Senior Paralegal in the firm's Irvine, California
office. She has been a part of the Palumbo Bergstrom, LLP
team since 1998. She brings with her 18 years of extensive
legal experience in Civil Litigation, Estate Planning, Personal
Injury and Medical Malpractice, as well as firm administration.
Jana is experienced in trial preparation, and has served in
the capacity of lead trial assistant to counsel in the courtroom.
Since joining the firm, she has assisted with additional insured
recovery matters, including the administration of fees and
costs in complex joint defense-funding arrangements. Affiliations
and Education. Contact Jana directly at: jmerk@palumbolawyers.com
KRISTY
D. WHITE
Firm Coordinator
Kristy White is the Firm Coordinator for the Irvine, California
office. She is a California Certified Notary Public, joined
Palumbo Bergstrom, LLP in 1999. She has 8 years of legal experience
in Civil and Complex Litigation, more specifically in the
areas of construction defect and insurance coverage from preparation
of initial pleadings through trial preparation and client
reporting. She is knowledgeable of California State Court
Rules and Local Rules. Kristy recently changed roles with
the firm and now works as Firm Coordinator, which includes
training of all new employees as well as continuing education
for the legal assistants and preservation of MCLE credits
for all attorneys. Affiliations
and Education. Contact Kristy directly at: kwhite@palumbolawyers.com
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