With scores of multi-million-dollar verdicts and settlements won for injury victims over the course of his career, our attorney Alan Van Gelder is routinely asked to share his opinions on important legal matters. Adding to his long list of legal publications and articles, Attorney Alan Van Gelder’s article on attorney liability was recently featured in the Daily Journal.
Published under the Law Practice and Ethics section, the article covers a key issue in legal malpractice: attorney liability for improperly recommending the rejection of a policy limits demand. Arguing that insurance defense counsel has a responsibility to protect its client from bad faith action and to avoid legal malpractice, Attorney Alan Van Gelder writes that defense counsel must provide reasonable support for rejecting a policy limits demand, citing several recent cases throughout the article.
Well known in California for his work in catastrophic injury, legal malpractice, product liability, wrongful death, and business litigation, Attorney Alan Van Gelder regularly provides his legal insight to publications, including Advocate Magazine, Forum Magazine, and Southwestern Law Review.
Read Attorney Alan Van Gelder’s article here. To contact Greene Broillet & Wheeler, LLP about a legal matter, call (866) 634-4525 today.