I have been practicing civil litigation with a focus in insurance and business litigation since 2007. I was named a Rising Star by Super Lawyers in 2015, 2016, and 2017. I was also recognized as a Top Attorney in Insurance Law by the Daily Transcript in both 2013 and 2014. Most recently, I settled an insurance bad faith case on behalf of a major real estate developer for $3.6 million. The case involved CGL primary and excess policies spanning 7 years and hundreds of underlying claims. In 2013, I prepared for and second chaired a fourteen day adversary trial in US Bankruptcy Court resulting in a judgment of $14.7 million in favor of my client. In 2009, I waspart of the plaintiff trial team on an insurance bad faith case titled 1800 South Maple Street, LLC, et. al. v. Allied Property and Casualty Insurance Co., et. al. (37-2007-00074662-CU-NP-CTL), which went to trial resulting in a favorable jury verdict totaling $28.8 million in compensatory and punitive damages, garnering accolades as the tenth highest jury verdict in California of 2009 and one of the top one hundred jury verdicts in the country. I graduated from Providence College in 2002 summa cum laude with a Bachelor of Arts in Political Science. I then moved cross-country to sunny San Diego and graduated from the University of San Diego School of Law with a Juris Doctor and a Masters of Law in Taxation in 2005 and 2006 respectively. AREAS OF PRACTICE * Insurance Coverage Disputes * Bad Faith Litigation * Insurance Broker Malpractice * Business Litigation * Construction Defect Litigation BAR ADMISSION * California, 2007 PROFESSIONAL ACTIVITIES AND ASSOCIATIONS * State Bar of California * All District Courts of California * The Irish American Bar Association, Board of Directors