Gary J. Valeriano
Los Angeles, California
Senior Partner
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While at law school, Mr. Valeriano acted as Managing Editor of the Law Review for the 1978-1979 academic year.
Since joining the firm, he has specialized in handling claims and litigation with an emphasis on fidelity and related commercial/financial institution matters, including directors and officers errors and omissions. Mr. Valeriano has served as an Adjunct Professor of Law at Loyola University School of Law (1985-1987), has lectured on issues involving fidelity insurance, and has authored or co-authored several papers on the topic.
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- 1982
- Claims and Litigation
- Fidelity & Crime Insurance Coverage & Defense
- Commercial & Financial Institution Matters
- Directors and Officers Liability Coverage & Defense
- California, 1979
- U.S. District Court Central District of California
- U.S. District Court Northern District of California
- U.S. Bankruptcy Court Southern District of California
- U.S. Court of Appeals 9th Circuit
- Loyola Law School, Los Angeles, California
Law Review:
Loyola University School of Law Review, Managing Editor, 1978 - 1979
- California State University, Northridge, California,
1974
Bachelor of Arts
- Dishonest Acts of the Insured as a Defense to Coverage Under a Commercial Crime Policy (co-authored with John R. Riddle), ABA Fidelity and Surety Law Committee Meeting, October, 2009
- The Role of the Director in a Fidelity Claim (co-authored with John R. Riddle), ABA Fidelity and Surety Law Committee Meeting, October, 2009
- Ninth Circuit Agrees that a Loan by Any Other Name is Still a Loan (co-authored with David T. DiBiase and Mark J. Krone), IADC Newsletter, October, 2006
- Handling Fidelity Bond Claims 2d Ed., Chapter 8 Handling Forgery Claims and Articles 3 and 4 of the Uniform Commercial Code, ABA Publishing, 2005
- Ins and outs of Wire Transfers: Recent Cases on UCC Article 4A (co-authored with Jason C. Love), CAN Fidelity Law Symposium, May 26, 2004
- The Interpretation of a Direct Loss Under Fidelity Bonds (co-authored with Carleton R. Burch), 33 The Briefs 32, Summer, 2004
- Adventures in the Movie Business: Fidelity and Surety in Hollywood (co-authored with Timothy Markey, Carleton R. Burch), Eastern Bond Claims Association Meeting, May 19, 2003
- Forgery Claims Against Stockbrokers and the UCC (co-authored with Michael B. Mulvey), Eastern Bond Claims Association Meeting, May 20, 2002
- Recent Developments in Fidelity and Surety Law (co-authored with Judith Blake, Barbara Weller, F. Malcolm Cunningham, Martha Perkins and William R. Mait), 34 Tort and Insurance Law Journal 389, Winter, 1999
- A Look at Revised Articles 3 and 4 of the Uniform Commercial Code, 1 Fidelity Law Association Journal 53, November, 1995
- Fidelity Claims and Bankruptcy (co-authored with Carleton R. Burch), Surety Claims Institute Annual Meeting, 1995
- Pitfalls in Insurance Coverage for "Computer Crimes", 59 Defense Counsel Journal 511, October, 1992
- Computer Crime Coverage, National Bond Claim Association, September 27, 1991
- Statutory Fidelity Bonds - Do They Mean What They Say?, ABA Fidelity & Surety Law Committee Meeting, January 27, 1989
- Claims Against Stockbrokers and the UCC, Eastern Bond Claims Association
- Recent Developments Concerning "Direct Loss" Under Fidelity Bonds (co-authored with Carleton R. Burch)
- Litigation Strategy from the Defendant's Viewpoint (co-authored with David T. DiBiase)
- Lecturer, Fidelity Insurance
- Los Angeles County Bar Association
- American Bar Association
- International Association of Defense Counsel
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