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Berman, Berman & Berman, LLP
11900 West Olympic Boulevard, Sixth Floor
Los Angeles, California 90064-1151
Telephone: 310-447-9000
Fax: 310-447-9011
E-Mail: rsberman@b3law.com
www.b3law.com


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(Riverside, CA Office: 3890 Tenth Street, Second Floor, 92501)
     (Tel: 951-682-8300)
     (Fax: 951-682-8331)
Established: 1994
Insurance Defense, Insurance Coverage, Construction Defect, Product Liability, Employment Law, Professional Liability, Legal, Insurance Agents, Agent/Broker Liability, Medical Liability, Design Professionals, Accountants, Trucking Law, Transportation, Real Estate Agents; Brokers and Appraisers; Elder Care; Monitoring Counsel; Litigation Management; California Insurance Regulations and Consulting to Insurance Industry
Firm Profile
The firm brings together an experienced, seasoned staff. The firm strives to maintain a high caliber of client service, emphasizing a strong sensitivity to containing litigation costs while providing high quality legal service.

Client Information
Insurance Company Clients
Burlington Insurance CompanyThe Church Insurance Company
The Colony GroupFirst Financial Insurance Company
General Agents Insurance Company of America, Inc.Gulf Insurance Group
Lexington Insurance CompanyMarkel Insurance Company
Media/Professional InsuranceMid-Continent Group
Philadelphia Insurance CompanyResurgens Specialty Underwriting, Inc.
St. Paul Fire and Marine Insurance CompanySavers Property and Casualty Insurance Company
Star Insurance CompanyTravelers Property Casualty Insurance Company
United National GroupWilliamsburg National Insurance Company
Non-Insurance Company Clients
Associated Claims Enterprises, Inc.Blair & Company Claims Adjusters
Crest Financial CorporationRSA Surplus Lines Insurance Services, Inc.

Personnel Information
Partners
RONALD S. BERMAN — 1938 — University of California, Los Angeles, B.S., 1960; M.B.A., 1964; Loyola Law School, J.D., 1970 — St. Thomas Moore Honor Society — Admitted to Bar, 1972, California; U.S. District Court, Central, Eastern and Northern Districts of California — Member American (Torts and Insurance Section and Standing Committee on Lawyers' Professional Liability, Law Practice Management and Litigation Sections) and Los Angeles County Bar Associations; General Counsel, Professional Liability Underwriting Society, 1987-1996; JD/MBA Association of Los Angeles; General Counsel, California Association of Independent Insurance Adjusters, 1993, 1995; City of Hope National Insurance Industry Council (Practice Management & Technology Section) — Author: "Defending Another Attorney," Case & Comment, March/April 1988; "Mistakes That Don't Have to Happen," Insurance Advocate, April 9, 1988; Co-Author: "The Non-Client Plaintiff," The Malpractice Prevention Reporter; Co-Author: "Insurance Producer Liability in Plain Language;" Co-Author: "Real Estate Agent & Appraiser Liability in Plain Language" — Captain, U.S. Army Reserve, 1968 - E-Mail: rsberman@b3law.com
EVAN A. BERMAN — 1964 — University of Washington, B.A., 1987; Pepperdine University School of Law, J.D., 1990 — Admitted to Bar, 1990, California; 1991, U.S. District Court, Central District of California — Member American Bar Association - E-Mail: eaberman@b3law.com
STEPHANIE BERMAN SCHNEIDER — 1968 — University of California, Los Angeles, B.A. (magna cum laude), 1990; Loyola Law School Los Angeles, J.D., 1993 — Phi Beta Kappa — Chief Articles Editor, Loyola Law School Los Angeles Entertainment Law Journal — Admitted to Bar, 1993, California; U.S. District Court, Central District of California — Member American and Los Angeles County Bar Associations; Professional Liability Underwriting Society (Southern California Steering Committee Chairperson, 1997-1999; Education Committee); National Association of Insurance Women (President, South Bay Chapter, 2000-2001); City of Hope National Insurance Industry Council — Author: "View At Your Own Risk: Gang Movies and Spectator Violence," 12 Loyola Law School Los Angeles Entertainment Law Journal, 477 - E-Mail: sjschneider@b3law.com
SPENCER A. SCHNEIDER — 1969 — University of California, Los Angeles, B.A. (with high honors), 1991; University of California Davis School of Law, J.D., 1994 — American Jurisprudence Award — Admitted to Bar, 1994, California; U.S. District Court, Central, Eastern, Northern and Southern Districts of California — Member American Bar Association (Tort and Insurance Practice Section), State Bar of California; Association of Southern California Defense Counsel - E-Mail: saschneider@b3law.com
MARK LOWARY — 1966 — California State University, Fullerton, B.A., 1989; Southwestern University School of Law, J.D., 1993 — Admitted to Bar, 1993, California - E-Mail: melowary@b3law.com
Senior Litigation Counsel
WILLIAM M. AITKEN — 1950 — University of California, Los Angeles, A.B., 1971; University of California at Los Angeles School of the Law, J.D., 1977 — Phi Beta Kappa — Board of Editors, University of California at Los Angeles Law Review, 1975-1977 — Admitted to Bar, 1978, California; U.S. District Court, Central and Southern Districts of California — Member American and Los Angeles County Bar Associations; Surety Claims Association - E-Mail: wmaitken@b3law.com
JAMES W. MCCORD — 1941 — The Ohio State University, B.S., 1963; The Ohio State University Moritz College of Law, J.D., 1966 — Admitted to Bar, 1966, Ohio; 1970, California; 1966, U.S. District Court, Central District of Ohio; 1970, U.S. District Court, Central District of California; 1972, U.S. District Court, Eastern District of California — Member Los Angeles County Bar Association - E-Mail: jwmccord@b3law.com
PETER M. JAYNES — 1951 — University of Southern California, B.A. (Dean's List), 1973; Glendale University College of Law, J.D., 1980 — Admitted to Bar, 1980, California; 1992, U.S. Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit — Member State Bar of California — Author: "Sticks and Stones," Glendale Law Review - E-Mail: pmjaynes@b3law.com
Associates
KAREN E. ADELMAN — 1974 — University of California, Berkeley, B.A., 1996; University of California, Hastings College of the Law, J.D., 1999 — American Jurisprudence Awards — Member and Contributor, Hastings International and Comparative Law Review — Admitted to Bar, 2001, California; 2001, U.S. District Court, Central District of California; 2003, U.S. District Court, Northern and Southern Districts of California — Member American, Los Angeles County and Beverly Hills Bar Associations - E-Mail: keadelman@b3law.com
LARRY W. MITCHELL — California State University, Northridge, B.A. (with honors), 1972; Loyola Law School, J.D. (magna cum laude), 1976 — Admitted to Bar, 1972, California; 1977, U.S. District Court, Central, Eastern, Northern and Southern Districts of California; 1977, U.S. Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit; 1981, U.S. Supreme Court — Member State Bar of California - E-Mail: lwmitchell@b3law.com
JOYCE HELOCK FURZER — 1955 — University of California, Los Angeles, B.A. (cum laude), 1979; Loyola Law School, J.D., 1983 — Admitted to Bar, 1983, California; 1985, U.S. District Court, Central District of California; U.S. Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit; 1992, U.S. District Court, Southern District of California - E-Mail: jhfurzer@b3law.com
KENNETH D. KAN — 1972 — University of California, Los Angeles, B.A., 1993; Loyola University Law School, J.D., 2000 — Admitted to Bar, 2001, California; U.S. District Court, Central District of California; U.S. Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit; 2005, U.S. District Court, Eastern District of California — Member State Bar of California - E-Mail: kdkan@b3law.com
HANLEN J. CHANG — 1978 — University of California, Santa Barbara, B.A., 2001; Southwestern School of Law, J.D., 2004 — Admitted to Bar, 2005, California; 2007, U.S. District Court, Eastern and Southern Districts of California — Member State Bar of California — Languages: German, French, Mandarin Chinese - E-Mail: hjchang@b3law.com
VALARIE A. VALDEPENA — 1980 — University of California, Berkeley, B.A., 2002; Southwestern University School of Law, J.D., 2005 — Admitted to Bar, 2005, California; U.S. District Court, Central District of California - E-Mail: vaarce@b3law.com
SABRA E. PURIFOY — 1980 — University of South Florida, B.A.P.S. (cum laude), 2002; B.A. (cum laude), 2002; Cornell University Law School, J.D. (cum laude), 2006 — Admitted to Bar, 2006, California - E-Mail: sepurifoy@b3law.com
MICHAEL D. DIDSZUN — 1967 — California State University, Northridge, B.A., 1996; Southwestern School of Law, J.D., 1999 — Admitted to Bar, 1999, California; 2004, U.S. District Court, Eastern, Northern and Southern Districts of California - E-Mail: mddidszun@b3law.com
HOWARD J. SMITH — 1968 — State University of New York, B.A., 1990; Whittier Law School, J.D., 1993 — Admitted to Bar, 1993, California; U.S. District Court, Central and Eastern Districts of California - E-Mail: hjsmith@b3law.com
PATRICIA L. BLANTON — 1958 — Roanoke College, B.A. (cum laude), 1980; Pepperdine University School of Law, J.D., 1983 — Admitted to Bar, 1984, California; 1990, Virginia; 1988, U.S. District Court, Central District of California - E-Mail: plbanton@b3law.com
LIZEL R. CEREZO — 1976 — San Francisco State University, B.A. (cum laude), 1999; Golden Gate University School of Law, J.D., 2002 — Admitted to Bar, 2003, California; 2004, U.S. District Court, Central and Northern Districts of California - E-Mail: lrcerezo@b3law.com
ADAM L. DIAMENT — 1975 — University of California, Berkeley, B.A., 1997; University of California, Davis, Ph.D., 2004; University of San Diego School of Law, J.D., 2008 — Phi Sigma; CALI Award for Excellence, Biopthics and the Law; CALI Award for Excellence, Law and Mental Disorder; Randolph A. Reed Award for Outstanding Contribution to Law and Psychiatry — Admitted to Bar, 2008, California; U.S. Patent and Trademark Office; 2009, U.S. District Court, Central District of California; 2009, U.S. District Court, Central, Eastern, Northern and Southern Districts of California; U.S. Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit — Member American and Orange County Bar Associations, State Bar of California - E-Mail: aldiament@b3law.com


 

 

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