Profile: Mr. Freeman founded this firm in 1962, three years after graduating from Stanford Law School, and has been serving local and national clients ever since. His expertise inlcude matters relating to Real Estate business and development, Eminent Domain / Condemnation, Commercial Law, Civil and Commercial Litigation. He has authored several articles including "An Overview of Defenses Available to Guarantors of Real Property Secured Transactions Under California Law," 2 Santa Clara Law Review (1998).

Firm Profile: Serves as special litigation counsel to numerous government entities in eminent domain, inverse condemnation, tort and contract matters. The firm represents banks, real estate developers, contractors, food processors, growers and manufacturers. We serve as local counsel for many national companies in litigation, business and governmental matters.

The firm's litigation practice focuses on: complex business litigation, including class actions, coordinated and multi-district proceedings; land use, real estate, eminent domain and environmental litigation; insurance coverage/bad faith disputes; professional liability; and appellate proceedings. Our transactional practice encompasses complex commercial and real estate transactions, including buy/sell agreements, development agreements, mergers and acquisitions.

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Howard Garfield has over 25 years of experience in Insurance Coverage and Bad Faith. He has qualified and testified in state and federal courts as bad faith expert. Mr. Garfield graduated from JD Harvard Law School, and AB Stanford with great Distinction. He has been admitted into the California Bar, U.S. Supreme Ct, as well as all Federal courts in California and elsewhere.

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Mr. Miller, a Board Certified Forensics Examiner, is a nationally recognized insurance consultant, published author, lecturer and guest speaker. He has extensive experience as a qualified trial expert in state and federal courts in both civil and criminal cases, nationwide. His particular areas of expertise include "bad faith" allegations, coverage disputes, coverage interpretation, insurance industry standards, customs, practices, and underwriting.

Mr. Miller has testified in approximately 400 cases nationwide, including more than 90 trials. He is certified as an insurance arbitrator by the Insurance Arbitration Forum, Inc.. He is the author of the national best seller book HOW INSURANCE COMPANIES SETTLE CASES now in its 13th edition, and has designed the software program HOW TO ESTIMATE THE VALUE OF A BODILY INJURY CLAIM.

Since he began working in the insurance industry in 1963, Mr. Miller has adjusted approximately 34,000 claims for over 150 insurance companies, trained adjusters & written claims manuals. He has owned & operated his own independent insurance adjusting firm, and has worked as a claims manager for a national insurance company. He holds federal & state insurance adjusting licenses & is also a licensed private investigator. In addition to providing consulting services to insurance companies & policy holders, Mr. Miller acts as a consultant to the Department of Insurance, State of California.