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The Partners > David C. Parisi

Mr. Parisi represents consumers and businesses in conflicts with their insurance carriers. He also litigates general business and consumer disputes as well as class actions by consumers against corporations. In his career, Mr. Parisi has addressed and resolved numerous insurance issues for businesses and homeowners, such as the application of complex exclusions in directors and officers liability insurance policies, the scope of business liability insurance policies, the degree to which insurance carriers may dictate the defense strategy of their insureds, whether insurance carriers can force insureds to participate in a costly appraisal process, as well as various automobile and homeowners policy interpretation issues.

Mr. Parisi has taught attorneys about insurance bad faith and is often called upon by insurance professionals for advice on complex insurance coverage issues. Mr. Parisi is a member of the Consumer Attorneys of California, the Consumer Attorneys Association of Los Angeles, Trial Lawyers for Public Justice, the American Bar Association and the Los Angeles County Bar Association. He is admitted to the State Bar of California as well as the U.S. District Court for the Northern and Central Districts of California.

Mr. Parisi's published appellate opinions, where he represented the insured or amici, include Fireman's Fund Ins. Companies v. Younesi (1996) 48 Cal.App.4th 451; Doheny West Homeowners' Ass'n v. American Guarantee & Liability Ins. Co. (1997) 60 Cal.App.4th 400; Truck Insurance Exchange v. Superior Court (1998) 67 Cal.App.4th 142; Basich v. Allstate Ins. Co. (2001) 87 Cal.App.4th 1112; Kids' Universe v. In2Labs (2002) 95 Cal.App.4th 870; 21 st Century Ins. Co. v. Superior Court (Schwartz) (2005) 127 Cal.App.4th 1351; and Doheny Park Terrace Homeowners Ass'n, Inc. v. Truck Ins. Exchange (2005) 132 Cal.App.4th 1076.

As a consumer advocate, Mr. Parisi gives a great deal of his time to assist various consumer-related insurance organizations. Mr. Parisi is a 1992 graduate of the Boston University School of Law.

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