Directors and officers liability insurance, also called D&O, covers a company’s former and current directors and officers, as well as the corporate entity, against defense fees, costs, and damages in connection with a lawsuit alleging that they committed certain wrongful acts or omissions while acting as directors and officers for the company.

Directors and officers liability insurance is liability insurance payable to the directors and officers of a company, or the company itself, as reimbursement for losses related to defense costs as a result of loss related to the legal action taken alleging the insured committed wrongful acts in their capacity as directors and officers.

D&O insurance policies may cover defense fees and costs in connection with criminal and regulatory investigations and lawsuits. D&O insurance claims potentially cover claims made by individual and company shareholders in customers, regulators, shareholder-derivative actions, and competitors.

D&O policy forms often increase legal fees and costs necessary to resolve disputes between those insured and their D&O insurers since they vary from insurer to insurer and industry to industry.

We are well suited to litigate your D&O insurance claims.We are nationally recognized experts in insurance bad faith law and litigation, and also have experience litigating D&O insurance claims. We will aggressively litigate your case to achieve success. Contact us today to learn how our Los Angeles and Orange County Attorneys can help you with your D&O insurance claims.

McKennon Law Group PC specializes in litigating and resolving all types of business disputes. Our aggressive advocacy and our regional reputation as a leading business litigation firm, enables us to achieve maximum settlements and judgments/verdicts at trial. We have over 25 years of experience litigating business disputes. Our firm handles all types of complex corporate, commercial, and business litigation, including:

• Breach of contract or license agreements
• Breach of implied or express warranties
• Breach of oral agreements
• Fraud and misrepresentation claims
• Unfair competition claims and trade secrets
• Tortious interference cases
• Intellectual property infringement
• Breach of fiduciary duty
• Insurance coverage and bad faith litigation relating to business disputes

Sone of our consumer and business litigation cases are taken on a contingency fee basis. You pay nothing and we recover nothing unless we win your case.

There are no other attorneys in California better suited to litigate your business disputes. McKennon Law Group PC’s founding partner, Robert J. McKennon was named in the Business Edition 2012 Thomson Reuters/Super Lawyers annual list of the nation’s top attorneys in business practice areas. We will aggressively litigate your case to achieve maximum success.

McKennon Law Group PC’s founding partner, Robert J. McKennon, published an article entitled “Clear win for insureds, though scope uncertain” in the Los Angeles Daily Journal on August. 7, 2013, discussing the very important and highly anticipated California Supreme Court ruling in Zhang v. Superior Court of San Bernardino, 2013 DJDAR 10174 (August. 1, 2013). This decision allowed new theories of liability under California’s Unfair Competition Law against insurance companies who improperly deny insurance claims.

McKennon Law Group PC’s founding partner, Robert J. McKennon, published an article entitled “New liability for claims adjusters the right move” in the Los Angeles Daily Journal on April 21, 2014, a new case which exposes insurance adjustors to negligent misrepresentation and intentional infliction of emotional distress claims by policyholders.

McKennon Law Group PC founding partner Robert J. McKennon was awarded the designation of 2014 “Top Rated Lawyer in Labor and Employment” by American Lawyer Media and Martindale Hubbell, leading providers of news and rating information to the legal industry. Mr. McKennon received this top award for his and his firm’s work representing ERISA plan participants/insureds in disability insurance, life insurance and health insurance litigation.

At McKennon Law Group, we have a regional and national reputation for handling bad faith insurance claim cases. That reputation is built on a consistent history of securing outstanding settlements and verdicts at trial, which we’ve achieved through our commitment to aggressive advocacy for our clients.

Under California law, all insurance contracts contain an implied covenant of good faith and fair dealing, which means that both parties involved must act fairly and reasonably. Specifically, this means behaving in a way that does not unreasonably seek to negate the benefits owed under the contract. For example, if an insurance company attempts to withhold or delay benefits owed from you without just cause, they can be penalized under law. You have the right to recover not only the policy benefits owed to you, but also additional damages and fees. This may include emotional distress damages, punitive damages, consequential damages, pre-judgement interest and attorney’s fees.

If you think that the actions of your insurance company may have been in bad faith, there are options for getting the benefits due to you. We have almost 30 years of experience litigating and resolving bad faith insurance cases, many of which may be very similar to the situation you are in. We have been nationally recognized for our accomplishments, chaired several seminars and published several articles regarding bad faith claim matters. We are truly experts in our field and we are the best attorneys in California to handle your bad faith insurance claim case.

McKennon Law Group offers free consultations to all our new clients. This gives us a chance to learn more about your case and answer your questions without any financial pressure. Contact us today to learn how our Los Angeles attorneys can help you with your bad faith insurance case.