Howard S. Shernoff
Attorney
Howard S. Shernoff
Attorney
Beverly Hills, California
| phone | (310) 246-0503 |
| fax | (310) 246-0380 |
| Mr. Shernoff | |
Howard Shernoff was born in California and raised on insurance bad faith law. After graduating with Phi Beta Kappa honors from the University of California Santa Cruz, Howard spent many years working in the Russian Federation and areas of the former Soviet Union. An accomplished writer, editor and translator, Howard practices insurance bad faith law and business litigation in the Beverly Hills office of SBEB.
On behalf of his clients, Howard Shernoff has successfully litigated cases against numerous major insurance companies including Allstate (Lincoln Benefit Life), American General, Americo, Blue Cross, Blue Shield, Colonial Penn, Fidelity, Fireman's Fund, Metropolitan Life, Mutual of Omaha and Stonebridge.
Mr. Shernoff currently is litigating against insurers including American Fire and Casualty, Celtic Insurance Company, Farmers, John Hancock, Lincoln National Life, New York Life, Ohio National, Progressive, Security Life of Denver and Western Reserve Life. If you would like further information on these matters or have information you wish to share, please contact Mr. Shernoff.
Professional Associations and Memberships:
- International Bar Association
- American Bar Association
- Los Angeles County Bar Association
- Beverly Hills Bar Association
- Consumer Attorneys of California
- Consumer Attorneys of Los Angeles
- American Association for Justice
- Insurance Bad Faith Trial Lawyers Association
- National Trial Lawyers
Bar Admissions:
- California State Bar
- U.S. District Court, Central District
- U.S. District Court, Eastern District
- U.S. Court of Appeals 9th Circuit
Publications:
- "Coming of Age in the Court of Appeal," California Lawyer, May, 2012.
- "Punitive Damages' Impact on Institutional Bad Faith," Los Angeles Daily Journal, vol. 125, 2012.
- "Second Chair Like a Champ," Forum, January, 2012.
- "Fight a Rescission, Restore Some Honor," Advocate, June 2010.
- "Keeping Coverage: The Other Healthcare Battle," Los Angeles Daily Journal, vol. 122, 2009.
- Payment Refused: How to Fight Back and Win When Your Insurance Company Turns You Down (editor), 2004.
Representative Cases
- Kawakita v. Blue Shield, (appellate counsel) argued for and won appellate opinion expanding statute of limitations to three years in certain health and disability cases.
- Nickerson v. Stonebridge (trial co-counsel), won $19 million jury verdict for paraplegic Marine whose insurance company overruled his treating doctor on the medical necessity of his hospital stay.
Awards and Honors:
- Southern California Super Lawyers Rising Star 2012
