Current Employment Position(s)

Partner

Lawyer Overview

Terrence J. Coleman, a partner in the firm since 1999, represents policyholders in insurance bad faith and insurance coverage matters. Mr. Coleman was lead trial counsel in Patrick v. UNUM Life Insurance Company, a disability case under ERISA, which resulted in an extraordinary verdict of $1.5 million, six times the amount of disability benefits owed. Mr. Coleman is a member of the State Board of California, Consumer Attorneys of California and the Board of Directors of the San Francisco Trial Lawyers Association. In 2003, Mr. Coleman served as Chair of the Insurance Section of the American Association for Justice. Mr. Coleman is a graduate of the University of San Francisco School of Law and the University of California at Berkeley.

The Trial Lawyer, Spring 2009 - Case: Michael Moody v. Liberty Life Assurance Company of Boston

Areas of Practice

• Insurance Bad Faith
• Insurance Coverage Matters

West Practice Categories

Insurance Law, Bad Faith

Bar Admissions

• California, 1994
• U.S. District Court Northern District of California, 1994
• U.S. Court of Appeals 9th Circuit, 1994

Professional Associations and Memberships

• American Association for Justice, 2003 - Present (Chair, Insurance Section)
• San Francisco Trial Lawyers Association, 2001 - Present (Board of Directors)
• Consumer Attorneys of California (Member)

Honors and Awards

• San Francisco Trial Lawyers Association, Distinguished Service Award, 2001 - Present

Classes and Seminars

• The Attorney-Client Privilege/Attorney Work Product in Bad Faith Cases, American Conference Institute's 10th National Advanced Forum on Litigating Bad Faith and Punitive Damages, March 29, 2004 - March 30, 2004
• Challenges in California Insurance Coverage Litigation, National Business Institute, March 31, 2004 - Present
• Civil Litigation Practice: 22nd Annual Recent Developments, Continuing Education of the Bar, January 27, 2004 - Present
• Insurance Coverage Law in California, National Business Institute, October 31, 2002 - Present
• The Year in Review - Developments in Civil Litigation, Continuing Education of the Bar, 2002 - Present
• Fundamentals of Insurance Litigation, Attorney Educational Seminar, Oakland, California, April 27, 2001 - April 28, 2001
• ERISA Preemption: A Relic of the Past?, American Association for Justice Annual Convention, 2000 - Present
• Recent Developments in Punitive Damages, Consumer Attorneys of California Winter Convention, 2000 - Present

Education

• University of San Francisco School of Law, San Francisco, California
• University of California, Berkeley, California

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Published Works

• Case: Michael Moody v. Liberty Life Assurance Company of Boston, The Trial Lawyer, Spring, 2009
• "Overcoming the 'Genuine-Issue' Rule in Bad-Faith Cases,", Terrence J. Coleman w/Arnold R. Levinson, Trial Magazine, March, 2002
• "Using the 'Treating Physicians Rule' in Disability Bad Faith Cases,", Terrence J. Coleman w/ Arnold R. Levinson, Forum Magazine, December, 2001
• Co-Author, Homeowner and Consumer Insurance: Landslides, Fires and Natural Disasters, American Association for Justice, 1995
• An Inequitable Approach to Defining Accountant Liability to Third Parties, Bily v. Arthur Young & Co, 28 USF Law Review 239

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