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Larry M. Golub

Larry Golub is a litigation partner in the firm’s Los Angeles office. His practice focuses on a wide range of litigation matters for insurance companies and non-insurance clients. His insurance expertise includes coverage litigation, class action litigation and appellate practice, as well as California Unfair Competition Law 17200-17210.

His non-insurance experience includes employment litigation and construction litigation.

Mr. Golub speaks regularly on insurance-related claims handling topics for continuing legal education providers, clients and trade organizations. He is co-editor of Barger & Wolen’s Insurance Litigation and Regulatory Law Blog.

Education

  • University of California, Hastings College of Law, J.D., magna cum laude, 1983
    Note and Comment Editor, Hastings Law Journal (1982-1983)
    Judicial Extern, California Supreme Court Associate Justice Joseph Grodin, Court of Appeal, First District, (1982)
  • University of California, Los Angeles, B.A., magna cum laude, 1979

Articles & Publications

  • Business General Liability Policies, California Insurance Law & Practice, LexisNexis Matthew Bender (2005)
  • Products Liability Insurance, California Insurance Law & Practice, LexisNexis Matthew Bender (1992)
  • Identifying and Using Insurance Coverage in Business Litigation, California Continuing Education of the Bar (1984, 1988, 1989, 1991, 1993, 1998, 2001 and 2003)
  • Analyzing Coverage: Reading and Interpreting Insurance Policies and Claims Involving Excess Insurance, California Liability Insurance Practice: Claims and Litigation, California Continuing Education of the Bar (1991 and annual updates)
  • Insurance Coverage for Employee Claims, Advising California Employers 2d, California Continuing Education of the Bar (Originally written in 1996. Updated for 2009)
  • A Checklist for Insurance Coverage in the Employment Litigation Context, Western New England Law Rev., Vol. 18, Issue 1 (1996)

Notable Decisions and Reported Opinions

  • Basurco v. 21st Century Ins. Co., 108 Cal. App. 4th 110 (2003)
  • GE Engine Services v. Century Indemnity Co., 250 F. Supp. 2d 1237 (C.D. Cal. 2001), affirmed, 53 Fed. Appx. 812 (9th Cir. 2002)
  • CARE v. Aegis Security Ins. Co., 92 Cal. App. 4th 886 (2001)
  • Fidelity & Deposit Co. of Maryland v. Charter Oak Fire Ins. Co., 66 Cal. App. 4th 1080 (1998)
  • Denny’s, Inc. v. City of Agoura Hills, 56 Cal. App. 4th 1313 (1997)
  • Wolfe v. State Farm Fire & Cas. Ins. Co., 46 Cal. App. 4th 554 (1996)
  • Century Indem. Co. v. London Underwriters, 12 Cal. App. 4th 1701 (1993)
  • Farmers Ins. Co. v. Superior Court, 2 Cal. 4th 377 (1992)
  • Travelers Indemnity Co. v. Gillespie, 50 Cal. 3d 82 (1990)
  • Karlin v. Zalta, 154 Cal. App. 3d 953 (1984)

Professional Memberships

  • The State Bar of California
  • American Bar Association
  • Los Angeles County Bar Association
  • Association of Business Trial Lawyers
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