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 now practices insurance bad faith law in the Beverly Hills office of SBEB. He works closely with his father, William Shernoff, in litigating a variety of groundbreaking causes affecting consumer rights.
On behalf of his clients, Howard Shernoff has successfully litigated cases against numerous major insurance companies, including Blue Shield, Colonial Penn, Blue Cross, Fidelity, Metropolitan Life, American General, New York Life, Americo and Fireman's Fund.
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:
- Punitive Damages' Impact on Institutional Bad Faith," Los Angeles Daily Journal, vol. 125, 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 opinion expanding statute of limitations to three years in health and disability cases.
- Nickerson v. Stonebridge (co-counsel), $19 million jury verdict for paraplegic Marine whose insurance company overruled his treating doctor on the medical necessity of his 109-day hospital stay.
