Robertson & Associates, APC

Best's Recommended Insurance Attorneys - General Defense

Les W. Robertson

San Diego, CA

• E-Mail: lrobertson@robertsonapc.com

Years of Experience: 33

Practice Areas

• Bad Faith
• Alternative Dispute Resolution
• Carrier Defense
• Complex Litigation
• Construction Defect
• Construction Litigation
• Insurance Claim Analysis and Evaluation
• Insurance Coverage & Defense
• Insurance Coverage Claims
• Insurance Coverage Determination
• Insurance Coverage Litigation
• Insurance Defense

Admitted

• Illinois, 1988
• California, 1989
• Washington, 2004
• Oregon, 2009
• Arizona, 2013
• U.S. District Court, Northern District of Illinois, 1988
• U.S. District Court, Central District of California, 1989
• U.S. District Court, Southern District of California, 1990
• U.S. District Court, Western District of Washington, 2005
• U.S. District Court, Eastern District of California, 2009
• U.S. Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit, 2011
• U.S. District Court, Eastern District of Washington, 2012
• U.S. Supreme Court, 2014

Additional Biographical Details:

Oregon State Bar House of Delegates - Region 8 Delegate

Mr. Robertson, a founding partner of the firm, has practiced law since 1988.

After graduating from law school in Chicago, Illinois, he worked for the Chicago-based firm, Hinshaw & Culbertson. Arriving in San Diego, California in 1989, his practice has concentrated on insurance law with particular emphasis on coverage issues arising out of construction disputes, errors and omissions claims, and risk management.

Mr. Robertson has participated in the settlement and litigation of many large exposure claims in California and Washington. He was co-counsel on Camelot by the Bay v. Scottsdale Insurance Company, a published California decision which overturned a bad faith verdict against his client. Mr. Robertson is a member of the American Arbitration Association (AAA) Panel of Neutrals for Southern California in the area of construction and commercial litigation and a founding member of the AAA Nationwide Complex Coverage Neutral Evaluation Panel (CCNE). Mr. Robertson has also been a guest lecturer at a number of national and regional insurance-related seminars including West Coast Casualty's Annual Construction Defect Seminar, Quarterly meeting of the Construction Defect Claims Manager Association, Defense Research Institute, San Diego Defense Attorneys, Mealey's National Seminar on Insurance Coverage Disputes, Washington Defense Trial Lawyers and Association of Southern California Defense Counsel (ASCDC).

Memberships:

• San Diego County (Insurance Law Section and Arbitration Panel) Bar Association
• Founding Panel Member of AAA Nationwide Complex Coverage Neutral Evaluation (CCNE) Panel
• AAA Southern California Panel of Neutrals (Construction, Commercial, Mediation, Large Complex Case)
• Defense Research Institute
• Claims and Litigation Management Alliance

Publications:

• ABA Treatise Commercial General Liability Policy, Chapter on Key Conditions (First and Second Editions)

Certifications:

• Certified Litigation Management Professional (CLMP)
• Construction Risk and Insurance Specialist Certification Designation Earned, International Risk Management Institute

Education:

• Massachusetts College of Liberal Arts, B.A., 1981
• Chicago-Kent College of Law, J.D., 1988

Tyler G. Olpin

San Diego, CA

• E-Mail: tolpin@robertsonapc.com

Years of Experience: 32

Practice Areas

• Insurance Coverage

Admitted

• California, 1989

Education:

• University of California, Berkeley, B.A. English (magna cum laude, Phi Beta Kappa), 1985
• University of California, Hastings College of the Law, J.D., 1989