R. Jeff Carlisle
Senior Counsel
Overview
Mr. Jeff Carlisle has focused his practice on the resolution of insurance coverage disputes through consultation, mediation, arbitration and/or litigation. He served as lead trial attorney for a major US insurer in the Asbestos Insurance Coverage Cases before Judge Brown in San Francisco and has evaluated coverage for insurers involving hundreds of policies issued to various types of mass tort defendants including asbestos, mold, breast implants, environmental pollution and DBCP. In recent years, Mr. Carlisle has developed additional expertise in consulting regarding various types of medical , general, construction, and sexual liability claims.
When not working, Mr. Carlisle can be found working out (meaning playing basketball), following any number of sports including his daughter’s college basketball team, hiking through the California coastal mountains with his wife Melinda, or enjoying time with his growing family including his three children, their wives and his seven grandchildren.
General
Practice Areas
- – Appellate Practice
- – Bad Faith
- – Comprehensive General Liability Coverage
- – Construction Defect Liability and Coverage
- – Public Entities Liability and Coverage
- – Employment Practices Liability and Coverage
- – Healthcare Malpractice Liability and Coverage
- – Insurance Contract Interpretation & Drafting
- – Mass Torts Coverage
- – Mediation Practice as Counsel and as a Mediator
- – Personal & Advertising Injury Coverage
- – Products & Completed Operations Coverage
- – Professional Liability Errors & Omissions
- – Sexual Abuse Liability and Coverage
Education
Legal
- – Juris Doctor
- University of Southern California, Los Angeles
- 1977
Undergraduate
- – Bachelor of Arts
- University of California, Berkeley
- 1973
Professional
Bar Affiliations
- – State Bar of California
- – U.S. Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit
- – U.S. Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit
- – U.S. District Court, Central District of California
- – U.S. District Court, Southern District of California
- – U.S. District Court, Northern District of California
Professional Affiliations
- – Association of Southern California Defense Counsel – CLM
- – American Bar Association – TIPS
- – International Association of Defense Counsel
Notable
Seminars
- – Emerging Toxic Torts
- – Long-tailed Liabilities Coverage Issues
- – Asbestos Liabilities and Trends
- – Asbestos Bankruptcies
- – Notice Issues in Claims Made Policies
Awards
- – Los Angeles area’s “Best Lawyers – Insurance Law”, 2006 to present
Professional Activities
- – Strauss Institute for Dispute Resolution
- – Los Angeles County Bar Association, Joint Association Settlement Officer
- – AAA Arbitrator