 Carleton R. Burch
Los Angeles, California
Senior Partner
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Mr. Burch's practice includes fidelity and insurance coverage and bad faith litigation, banking and bank operations litigation, ERISA benefits litigation, business litigation, and intellectual property litigation. He has published extensively in the areas of fidelity insurance and insurance litigation. Mr. Burch joined the firm as an associate following his graduation from the University of California, Hastings College of Law, in 1987. After a year with the firm, he worked for three years in Tokyo, Japan, in the legal section of Marubeni Hytech Corporation, a member of the Marubeni Group devoted to the semiconductor industry. Mr. Burch has been with the firm since his return to the United States in 1991. He is a member of the California and Colorado Bar Associations. He received his undergraduate degree cum laude from the Colorado College in Colorado Springs, Colorado, in 1984. Mr. Burch speaks Japanese and Spanish.
- 1991
- Fidelity and Insurance Coverage
- Bad Faith Litigation
- Banking and Lender Liability Litigation
- Business Litigation
- Intellectual Property Litigation
- California, 1987
- Colorado, 1994
- Nevada, 2007
- University of California, Hastings College of the Law, San Francisco, California,
1987
- Colorado College, Colorado Springs, Colorado,
1984
Honors: Cum Laude
- Annotated Commercial Crime Policy 2d Ed. Chapter 2 Loss and Causation, with David DiBiase, Contributor to Kain, Glovach, eds., ABA Publishing, 2006
- Institutions Must Be Ready for Financial Elder Abuse Litigation, California Mortgage Finance News, Summer, 2006
- "Direct Means Direct," The Practical Impact of Vons Companies, Inc. v. Federal Insurance Company, Fidelity & Surety Law Newsletter, Winter, 2002
- The Lessons of Lustig, Liability Under The Civil False Claims Act, The Brief, Fall, Vol. 30, No. 1, p. 43, 2000
- A Year or So of Causation Analysis in Less than 2000 Words with David DiBiase, IADC Newsletter, October 2005
- The Interpretation of a Direct Loss Under Fidelity Bonds with Gary Valeriano, The Brief, Summer, Vol. 33 No. 4, 2004
- Stacking Limits on Fidelity Claims, The Exception or the Norm?, 2002 ABA Mid-Winter Meeting, Tort & Insurance Practice Section with David DiBiase
- "Direct Loss" Under Common Fidelity Coverages - "Direct Means Direct", 1999 Meeting of the ABA, Tort & Insurance Practice Section
- The Use and Abuse of Evidentiary and Other Sanctions in Fidelity Litigation in Federal Court, Surety Claims Institute, June 1998 with Lisa Coplen
- Third Party Losses, A Causational Approach to Resolving Claims on Fidelity Bonds and Other Common Crime Coverages Based Upon Losses to an Insured Arising Out of Claims Against the Insured by Third Parties, June 1997 Surety Claims Institute, with Joseph J. Brenstrom
- Only The Hits! 20 Top Cases Relating to Fidelity and Crime Insurance, June 1997 Surety Claims Institute, with David T. DiBiase
- Fidelity Claims and Bankruptcy, June 1995 Surety Claims Institute, with Gary J. Valeriano
- Forgery Claims Against Stockbrokers and the UCC, Eastern Bond Claims Association - May, 2002
- Who's Who? An update on the Alter Ego Defense, presented with Carl Grant and Guy Harrison, Tenth Annual Eastern Bond Claims Review, May 21, 2007, Chatham, New Jersey
- Moderator, The Nuts & Bolts of Repurchase/Indemnification Litigation presented with Jacqueline Barend, Steven Dailey, Jesse Hernandez, Paul Levin and Vanessa Widener, California Mortgage Bankers Association, 12th Annual Western States Loan Servicing Conference, Las Vegas, Nevada,
August 5, 2007
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August 7, 2007
- California Bar Association
- Member
- Colorado Bar Association
- Member
- Mediator, Los Angeles Superior Court Panel
- InterPacific Bar Association
- California Mortgage Bankers Association
- Los Angeles Superior Court - Mediation & Arbitration Panel
- Gardena Judo Club Board of Directors
- Japanese
- Spanish
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