Client-Recommended Attorneys, Adjusters and Experts
Client-Recommended Attorneys, Adjusters and Experts



Best's Recommended Insurance Attorneys - General Defense


550 West C Street, Suite 950, San Diego, California 92101

Established: 1996

Practice Areas

  • Construction Defect
  • Insurance Coverage
  • Bad Faith
  • Toxic Torts
  • Product Liability
  • Professional Liability
  • Medical Malpractice
  • Personal Injury
  • General Liability
  • Premises Liability
  • Employer Liability
  • Environmental Law
  • Class Actions
  • Wrongful Death


About Us

For over 25 years, the attorneys and staff at Walsh McKean Furcolo LLP have been working to build a client-centered law practice that responds to the demands of a changing market, based on core principles that have stood the test of time. Located in the heart of downtown San Diego, WMF is a Martindale-Hubbell AV Preeminent firm providing a broad array of litigation, insurance law, and business transactional services. We are proud to serve as California counsel of choice to companies operating nationwide while continuing to earn the trust of our hometown clients year after year. Let us know how the legal team at WMF can leverage our experience in San Diego and other California legal markets to meet your legal needs.


Client Information

Insurance Clients

Non-Insurance Clients

  • Advanced Geosolutions, Inc.
  • Dermacare
  • Good & Roberts, Inc.
  • Hon Development Company
  • Hughes Property Management
  • Ken Grody Ford
  • The Real Estate Group
  • Sunzone Real Estate Group, Inc.
  • Tone Framing
  • Trusonic, Inc.
  • West Coast General Building Contractors, Inc.

Personnel Information

Partners


Regan Furcolo

San Diego, CA

Admitted
  • California, 1992
  • U.S. District Court, Central, Eastern, Northern and Southern Districts of California
  • U.S. Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit
Memberships:
  • State Bar of California
  • San Diego County Bar Association
  • San Diego Defense Lawyers Association
  • Defense Research Institute
Education:
  • University of California, Irvine, B.A., 1989
  • Suffolk University Law School, J.D., 1992

Christopher M. Lea

San Diego, CA

Admitted
  • California, 2000
  • U.S. District Court, Central and Southern Districts of California
  • U.S. Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit
Memberships:
  • State Bar of California
  • San Diego County Bar Association
  • San Diego Defense Lawyers Association
Education:
  • Arizona State University, B.S., 1995
  • University of the Pacific, McGeorge School of Law, J.D., 1999

Thomas R. Kelleher

San Diego, CA

Admitted
  • California, 1995
  • U.S. District Court, Central and Southern Districts of California
  • U.S. Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit
Memberships:
  • State Bar of California
  • San Diego County Bar Association
  • San Diego Defense Lawyers Association
Education:
  • San Jose State University, B.A., 1987
  • California Western School of Law, J.D., 1995

James T. Derfler

San Diego, CA

Admitted
  • California, 1995
  • U.S. District Court, Central, Northern and Southern Districts of California
Memberships:
  • State Bar of California
  • San Diego County Bar Association
Education:
  • The Pennsylvania State University, B.S., 1976
  • The George Washington University, M.S., 1984
  • Thomas Jefferson School of Law, J.D., 1994

Lynn Trang

San Diego, CA

Admitted
  • California, 2003
  • U.S. District Court, Central, Northern and Southern Districts of California
Memberships:
  • State Bar of California
  • San Diego County Bar Association
Education:
  • University of California, Riverside, B.A., 1998
  • University of San Diego School of Law, J.D., 2003

Ashley W. Nagashima

San Diego, CA

Admitted
  • California, 2009
  • U.S. District Court, Central, Eastern and Southern Districts of California
Memberships:
  • State Bar of California
  • San Diego County Bar Association
  • San Diego Defense Lawyers Association
Education:
  • University of Southern California, B.A. (cum laude), 2006
  • Loyola Law School, J.D., 2009

Retired


  • John H. Walsh

Associates


  • Laura E. Stewart
  • Thomas M. Olson

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