Callahan & Blaine

On June 29, 2011, Edward Susolik of Callahan & Blaine will provide the policyholder perspective for the 15th straight year at the Orange County Bar Association Annual Insurance Law Update seminar.

Mr. Susolik, who is partner in charge of the Insurance Department at Callahan & Blaine, will discuss a number of topics, including bad faith, insurance coverage issues, litigation strategies, review of California Supreme Court cases, the duty to defend, Cumis counsel, punitive damages and numerous other insurance topics.

In addition, Mr. Susolik will provide his highly popular Annual Survey of 2010/2011 Insurance Cases, an analysis and summary of all insurance cases decided by California state and federal courts during the last year.

Sign-up information can be obtained directly from Callahan & Blaine or from the Orange County Bar Association.

Callahan & Blaine’s Ed Susolik is known and respected as one of the top insurance lawyers in the Western United States.  He has been recognized by his peers as one of the “Top 100 Attorneys in Southern California” for 2009, 2010 and 2011 – one of only seven Orange County attorneys annually given that distinguished honor by Super Lawyer Magazine.  He has developed a reputation among insurance companies and defense counsel as a feared and formidable adversary, combining insurance law expertise and knowledge with the powerful skills of a master litigator and trial lawyer.

Mr. Susolik has been chair of the Insurance Department at Callahan & Blaine for nearly 20 years. During that time, he has obtained over $1.0 Billion in policyholder benefits on behalf of his clients, and has successfully resolved over 1,000 bad faith lawsuits and disputes.

Among his many accomplishments in the insurance area, Mr. Susolik has been an adjunct professor at USC Law School since 2001, where he teaches Insurance Law.  He was also chair of the Orange County Bar Association Insurance Law Section for over 10 years.