Best's Recommended Insurance Attorneys - General Defense
- Telephone: 415-658-2929
- Fax: 415-658-2930
- E-Mail: gyaron@yaronlaw.com
- Website: www.yaronlaw.com
Established: 1999
Practice Areas
- Insurance Defense
- Litigation
- Insurance Coverage
- Product Liability
- Transportation
- Construction Defect
- Environmental Law
- Toxic Torts
- Asbestos Litigation
- Insurance Bad Faith Litigation
Client Information
Insurance Clients
- Allianz and Enstar Group
- American Alternative Insurance Corporation
- American Contractors Insurance Group
- Amerisure Insurance Company
- Argo Group
- Aspen Specialty Insurance Company
- Assicurazioni Generali S.p.A.
- Catlin Specialty Insurance Company
- Clarendon National Insurance Company
- Core Specialty Insurance Holdings, Inc.
- Financial Pacific Insurance Company
- General Security Indemnity
- Glatfelter Claims Management, Inc.
- Golden Bear Insurance Company
- Munich RE America
- Old Republic Insurance Company
- United Fire Group, Inc.
- United Specialty Insurance Company
Non-Insurance Clients
- Beutler Corporation
- Hathaway Dinwiddie
- Shimmick Construction
- Todd Pacific Shipyards Corporation
- Vigor Industrial LLC
Personnel Information
Partners
George D. Yaron
Oakland, CA
- E-Mail: gyaron@yaronlaw.com
Admitted
- California, 1980
- Oregon, 1983
- Nevada, 2001
- Washington, 2020
- U.S. District Court, Northern District of California, 1980
- U.S. District Court, Eastern District of California, 1984
- U.S. District Court, Central and Southern Districts of California, 1995
- U.S. District Court, District of Nevada, 2001
- U.S. District Court, District of Colorado, 2019
Memberships:
- American and Washington State Bar Associations
- Oregon State Bar
- State Bars of California and Nevada
- Bar Association of San Francisco
- Defense Research Institute
Education:
- San Francisco State University, B.A., 1977
- Golden Gate University School of Law, J.D., 1980
Military:
Captain, U.S. Marine Corps, 1980-1984
Born: 1954
David Gray Douglas
Oakland, CA
- E-Mail: ddouglas@yaronlaw.com
Admitted
- California, 1993
- U.S. District Court, Northern District of California
- U.S. Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit
- U.S. District Court, Central District of California, 1994
- U.S. District Court, Eastern District of California, 1997
- U.S. District Court, Southern District of California, 1998
Additional Biographical Details:
Governing Board, CEB, 1997-1999; Delegate, Conference of Delegates, State Bar of California, 1999
Memberships:
- American and Marin County Bar Associations
- State Bar of California
- California Young Lawyers Association (Director 1996-1999; Treasurer, 1997-1999)
- Defense Research Institute
- Claims and Litigation Management Alliance
Education:
- Carleton College, B.A., 1989
- Tulane University Law School, J.D. (cum laude), 1993
Born: 1967
Luke G. Peters
Oakland, CA
- E-Mail: lpeters@yaronlaw.com
Admitted
- Minnesota, 2014
- California, 2021
Education:
- The University of Iowa, B.A. Political Science, 2008
- University of Minnesota Law School, J.D. (cum laude), 2013
Steven R. Ruth
Oakland, CA
- E-Mail: sruth@yaronlaw.com
Admitted
- California, 1990
Education:
- University of Pennsylvania, B.A., 1983
- University of Oxford, Lady Margaret Hall, 1985
- University of California at Los Angeles School of the Law, J.D., 1989
Associates
Afshin D. Emrani
Oakland, CA
- E-Mail: emrani@yaronlaw.com
Admitted
- California, 2016
Education:
- University of California, Hastings College of the Law, J.D., 2015
Michael R. Lawlor
Oakland, CA
- E-Mail: mlawlor@yaronlaw.com
Admitted
- Massachusetts, 2010
- California, 2021
Education:
- University of Massachusetts Amherst, B.A. (Dean's List), 2005
- Suffolk University Law School, J.D. (Dean's List), 2009
Aaron J. Long
Oakland, CA
- E-Mail: along@yaronlaw.com
Admitted
- California, 2021
Education:
- University of Northern Colorado, B.S., 2011
- Boston University School of Law, J.D., 2016
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