Bergman, Steven H.

Current Employment Position(s)

Of Counsel

Lawyer Overview

Steven Bergman is Of Counsel at Richards Brandt Miller Nelson where he is a member of the Litigation and Insurance Law practice groups. In recent years, Steven has focused his practice on antitrust litigation, complex insurance coverage and bad faith litigation, products liability litigation, class actions, contract disputes, and civil appeals. He has represented, among others: high tech companies in federal and state antitrust proceedings alleging monopolization and price fixing; insurance companies in coverage and bad faith litigation; a tire manufacturer/importer in several intellectual property matters and product liability actions; a multinational food and beverage company in an international arbitration concerning the divestiture of a foreign subsidiary; and several companies on civil appeals. In representing these and other clients, Steven has been involved in all aspects of pre-trial, trial, post-trial proceedings, civil appeals, mediation and arbitration proceedings, bankruptcy proceedings, and administrative proceedings.

Areas of Practice

• Antitrust and Competition 30%
• Insurance Coverage and Bad Faith Defense 30%
• Products Liability 15%
• Class Actions 10%
• Appellate 10%
• Contracts and Commercial Litigation 5%
• Arbitration
• Mediation
• Antitrust & Trade Regulation
• Antitrust Law
• Deceptive Trade Practices
• International Antitrust
• Unfair Competition
• Commercial Insurance
• Directors' & Officers' Liability Insurance
• Insurance Malpractice
• Insurance Subrogation
• Property & Casualty
• Reinsurance
• Intellectual Property Law
• Copyrights
• Trade Dress
• Trade Secrets
• Trademarks
• Bankruptcy Litigation
• Federal Appellate Practice
• Federal Trial Practice
• Multidistrict Litigation
• State Appellate Practice
• State Trial Practice
• Medical Products Devices
• Pharmaceutical Products

Representative Cases

• Hewlett Packard Co. v. ACE Prop. & Cas., Ins. Co., 2010 WL 1896464 (9th Cir. 2010)
• Hewlett Packard Co. v. ACE Prop. & Cas., Ins. Co., 2010 WL 1784726 (9th Cir. 2010)
• Thorpe Insulation Co. v. Century Indem., Co., 2009 WL 662083 (Cal. Ct. App. 2009)
• Torres-Refulio v. Mukasey., 2008 WL 5007137 (9th Cir. 2008)
• Sun Microsystems, Inc. v. Hynix Semiconductor Inc., 608 F.Supp.2d 1166 (N.D. Cal. 2009)
• California v. Infineon Technologies AG, 2008 WL 4155665 (N.D.Cal. 2008)
• Employers Reinsurance Co. v. Superior Court, 161 Cal.App.4th 906 (2008)
• Soliman v. Philip Morris Inc., 311 F.3d 966 (9th Cir. 2002)
• Duke Energy Trading & Marketing, L.L.C. v. Davis., 267 F.3d 1042 (9th Cir. 2001)

West Practice Categories

Alternative Dispute Resolution, Bankruptcy, Business & Commercial, Contracts, Estate Planning, Health Care, Insurance, Litigation & Appeals, Motor Vehicle Defects, Probate & Estate Administration, Products Liability, Trusts

Bar Admissions

• Utah, 2011
• California, 1995
• U.S. District Court Central District of California, 1995
• U.S. District Court Northern District of California, 1997
• U.S. District Court Eastern District of California, 1997
• U.S. District Court Southern District of California, 1998
• U.S. District Court District of Colorado, 1997
• U.S. District Court Eastern District of Texas, 2010
• U.S. District Court Southern District of Illinois, 2011
• U.S. District Court District of Utah, 2011
• U.S. Court of Appeals 9th Circuit, 1995

Professional Associations and Memberships

• Utah State Bar - Litigation Section, 2011
• California State Bar - Antitrust Section, 1995 - 2011

Pro Bono Activities

• Lead counsel helping a church recover fraudulently conveyed property, 2003 - 2004
• Guardian Ad Litem for Injured Minor, 1997 - 1999
• Death penalty habeas proceeding, 2010 - 2011
• Lead Counsel on Immigration Appeal, 2005 - 2011

Past Employment Positions

• O'Melveney & Myers LLP, Counsel, 2003 - 2011
• Simpson Thacher & Bartlett, Associate, 1998 - 2002
• Arnold & Porter, Summer Clerk, Associate, 1994 - 1998

Education

• University of California at Los Angeles School of Law, Los Angeles, California, 1995
  J.D.
  Honors: Order of the Coif
  Law Review: U.C.L.A. Journal of Environmental Law & Policy, 1992 - 1995
• University of California at Berkeley, Berkeley, California, 1984
  B.S.
  Honors: With Honors
  Major: Finance

Fraternities/Sororities

• Pi Kappa Alpha

Accepts Credit Cards

Published Works

• To See or Not To See: The Viability of Visibility at the Grand Canyon, U.C.L.A. Journal of Environmental Law & Policy, Spring, 1995

Address

Wells Fargo Center
299 South Main Street
15th Floor
Salt Lake City, UT 84111

Phones

801-326-2009
888-595-8404

Faxes

801-532-5506

Emails

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Websites

http://www.rbmn.com