Experienced, Successful And Aggressive In Fighting For You

With more than 70 years of experience, the attorneys at the McKennon Law Group PC in Newport Beach, California, have specialized in long-term disability and short-term disability insurance, life insurance, health insurance, accidental death insurance, and long-term care claims, as well as all types of ERISA litigation claims involving employee benefits, including group insurance claims, pension claims and severance claims. We aggressively fight insurance companies who have denied insurance claims to get our clients the insurance benefits they deserve. There is no law firm anywhere that can do a better job representing policyholders in getting their insurance claims paid.

Several of our lawyers, including founding shareholder Robert J. McKennon, previously represented insurance companies in claim denial litigation. Mr. McKennon and McKennon Law Group PC have been selected as a top insurance attorney and top insurance law firm for several years. Mr. McKennon has also been recognized as a Southern California “Super Lawyer” every year since 2011 and is a rare recipient of the Super Lawyers’ ten year award list for being awarded Super Lawyer status for at least ten years in a row. The American Society of Legal Advocates has recognized him as one of the top 100 Insurance lawyers in the State of California for several years.

McKennon Law Group PC has been recognized as the best insurance litigation firm in California and the United States.  Robert McKennon has been recognized by numerous organizations as the top insurance attorney in California and in the United States.  McKennon Law Group PC and our attorneys have been honored with numerous awards by many regional and nationwide publications, including Super Lawyers, Martindale-Hubbell, AVVO, Justia, Lawyers Worldwide Magazine, the Expert Institute, the Orange County Register, The American Society of Legal Advocates, Corporate Live Wire, The American Lawyer, Forbes, and the Los Angeles Times, receiving among other awards, including the following:

• Southern California “Super Lawyer” for at least ten straight years
• ACQ5 Global Awards – Insurance Lawyer of the Year, USA (Robert McKennon)
• Corporate LiveWire Global Awards – Insurance Lawyer of the Year (Robert McKennon)
• Lawyers Worldwide Awards Magazine – Insurance Litigation Law Firm of the Year
• USA Lawyer International – Legal 100 Awards – Best Insurance Litigation Law Firm of the Year, California, USA
• LegalComprehensive Law Awards – Insurance Litigation Law Firm of the Year, USA
• Leading Advisor Awards – Leading Insurance Litigation Lawyer of the Year, California (Robert McKennon)

See our complete list of Awards & Recognitions.

Respected Attorneys And Successful Outcomes

Our law firm is committed to the highest level of client service while maintaining the highest standards of legal excellence and professional ethics. Our litigation practice is thoughtful, experienced and integrated with each client’s needs, budgets, and goals. We pride ourselves on our impeccable reputation for work product, professional relationships and client service along with our aggressive, intelligent, innovative and practical approach to the practice of law.

Our Attorneys:

• Robert J. McKennon
• Joe McMillen
• Nicholas A. West
• Cory Salisbury
• Joe Hoff
• Larry Caldwell, Of Counsel

Our outstanding lawyers form a small, powerhouse legal firm with a wealth of trial experience, offering aggressive and effective representation on a broad range of legal issues, including insurance bad faith claims litigation, long-term and short-term disability insurance claims, life and health insurance claims, ERISA employee benefit claims, long-term care insurance claims, and various types of liability insurance claims.

Our attorneys have attended the top law schools in the country and we bring a strong sense of pride and quality work ethic to everything we do.  We combine a rare mix of big-firm expertise and legal quality with small-firm attention to your case. We are also able to provide clients with a level of trial experience rarely found in firms of our size. View a few of our success stories and testimonials.

Individually, Mr. McKennon is an accomplished trial attorney and is a nationally recognized expert in disability insurance, life insurance and ERISA/employee benefits litigation.  He has chaired, and been a frequent speaker at, numerous local and national conferences on the subjects of disability insurance, insurance coverage, life insurance and ERISA/employee benefits litigation. He has also authored numerous articles and book chapters on the subjects of disability insurance, insurance coverage, life insurance and ERISA/employee benefits litigation. Mr. McKennon has received the highest possible rating for legal ethics and legal abilities.  He is AV® Peer Review Rated and has received the highest AVVO rating of “Superb.”  Mr. McKennon was recognized as a Southern California Super Lawyer from 2011 – 2020, a recognition given to fewer than 5% of attorneys in the country.  As indicated in his section of this website, Mr. McKennon has been recently profiled in several magazines and other articles, and has received several recognitions and awards as a top California insurance coverage, ERISA and business litigation attorney.

Million-Dollar Judgments, National Reputation

Through the years, we have developed a strong reputation for assertive and personalized representation.  We are respected for recovering multi-million-dollar judgments, arbitration awards, and settlements for a long roster of clients in both state and federal courts in California as well as federal courts nationwide.

Although we primarily litigate in California, we take cases nationally. Our attorneys have extensive experience litigating cases in other states, especially in the western United States, including Hawaii, Arizona and Nevada.  Most of our consumer litigation cases, and many of our business litigation cases, are taken on a contingency fee basis, which means you pay nothing and we recover nothing unless you win your case by way of settlement or verdict.

Get Help From A Skilled Law Firm

From McKennon Law Group PC in Newport Beach, California, you get aggressive advocacy, integrity, excellence, trustworthiness, personal attention, experience and a group of attorneys devoted to the community.  We fight insurance companies to get the benefits you have been denied.  We are available to serve you in Newport Beach, Los Angeles, San Francisco, San Diego and beyond.  For a free initial consultation, please fill out this online form or call 1-800-682-4137.