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Los Angeles, CA 90071-2043
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Professional Notes & Events
Misty A. Murray
Misty Murray is a senior associate in Barger & Wolen’s Los Angeles office, and has been with the firm since 1998. Ms. Murray handles a diverse range of business and insurance litigation issues in the state and federal courts. Ms. Murray has extensive experience counseling and defending insurance companies in the areas of unfair competition, class actions, insurance bad faith, managed care, insurance coverage, ERISA, agent and broker liability, and FINRA (formerly called NASD) disputes. Ms. Murray has also handled numerous appeals at the state and federal level.
During her tenure at Barger & Wolen, Ms. Murray has litigated hundreds of cases and her extensive experience enables her to provide exceptional legal representation and counsel in both pre- and post-litigation matters.
Ms. Murray is admitted to practice before all California state courts as well as the United States District Court for the Central, Southern, Eastern and Northern Districts of California and the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals.
Ms. Murray’s representative matters include:
- Successfully defending life, health and disability insurers from bad faith allegations and claims for punitive damages.
- Successfully defending insurance companies and welfare benefit plans in claims for ERISA benefits and breach of fiduciary duties under ERISA in individual cases and class actions.
- Defeating class certification on behalf of life, health and disability carriers sued for unfair business practices and other violations of California law.
Education
- Southwestern University School of Law, J.D., magna cum laude, 1998
Lead Articles Editor, Southwestern Law Review
Oralist, Southwestern Moot Court Honor Program - George Washington University, B.A., 1990
Articles & Publications
- Insurers That Fund ERISA Plans and Administer Claims Are Proper Defendants in Lawsuits for Benefits
(Barger & Wolen's Life, Health and Disability Insurance Law Blog, June 27, 2011) - No Certification in Massive Wal-Mart Class Action
(Barger & Wolen's Insurance Litigation & Regulatory Law Blog, June 23, 2011) - California Supreme Court Holds that Zip Codes Constitute “Personal Identification Information”
(Barger & Wolen's Insurance Litigation & Regulatory Law Blog, February 17, 2011) - Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act of 2009 Now in Effect
(Barger & Wolen's Insurance Litigation & Regulatory Law Blog, September 27, 2010) - Federal Mental Health Parity Interim Rules Published
(Barger & Wolen's Life, Health and Disability Insurance Law Blog, February 22, 2010) - Federal Bill for Health Care Reform Unveiled
Analysis of H.R. 3200: America's Affordable Health Choices Act of 2009 (Barger & Wolen’s Life, Health and Disability Insurance Blog, July 17, 2009)
Notable Decisions and Reported Opinions
- Hake v. MassMutual, 2011 U.S. Dist. Lexis 87584 (D. Nev. 2011)
- Kaldenbach v. United Of Omaha Ins. Co., 178 Cal. App. 4th 830 (2009)
- Sgro v. Danone Waters of North America, 532 F.3d 940 (9th Cir 2008), 44 Employee Benefits Cas. 1225, 08 Cal. Daily Op. Serv. 8424, 2008 Daily Journal D.A.R. 10,214, C.A.9 (Cal.), July 02, 2008 (NO. 06-55916)
- Ticconi v. Blue Shield of California Life & Health Ins. Co., 160 Cal. App. 4th 528 (2008)
Professional Memberships
- The State Bar of California
- Los Angeles County Bar Association
