Law Office of Mitchell L. Lathrop
Best's Recommended Expert Service Providers - Insurance Experts
- Telephone: 619-955-5951
- Fax: 619-566-4034
- E-Mail: mllathrop@earthlink.net
- Website: www.LathropADR.com
- Website: www.mlathroplaw.com
Established: 1966
Qualified Member Since: 2013
- About Us
- Services Rendered
- Qualifications
- Software Platforms & Technology Used
- Professional Memberships
- Personnel
- High Profile Cases
- Additional Links
About Us
Arbitrator, mediator and expert consultant/witness in insurance, reinsurance and lawyers' professional responsibility. Former Presiding Referee of the California State Bar Court. Expertise includes insurance coverage for long-tail claims and bad faith, and coverage in business interruption matters, including COVID-19 claims.
Services Rendered
- Mediation
- Arbitrations
- Expert Testimony
- Insurance Consulting
- Reinsurance
- Lawyer' Professional Responsibility
- Insurance Practice and Standards of Care
- Reasonable Care and Diligence
- Special Relationships
- Agency/Company Disputes
Software Platforms & Technology Used
- Zoom
- Microsoft Teams
- Skype
- MS Word
- WordPerfect 2020
- Nuance PDF Pro
Qualifications
In his over 45 years of experience in the insurance industry, Mr. Lathrop has worked as a lawyer, educator, writer, editor, legal association officer, expert witness and consultant in the areas of insurance, reinsurance & lawyers' professional responsibility. He is Martindale-Hubbell "A" rated, listed in The Best Lawyers in America (2006-present), listed in Super Lawyers for both New York & San Diego & received Best Lawyers' 2012 San Diego Insurance Law Lawyer of the Year.
Professional Memberships
- American Board of Trial Advocates
- Association of Professional Responsibility Lawyers
- American Bar Association
- San Diego County Bar Association
- Forensic Expert Witness Association
- District of Columbia Bar
- International Bar Association
- International Council for Commercial Arbitration
- Judge Advocates Association
- American Board of Neutrals Association
- International Association of Defense Counsel
- Federal Bar Association
- Association of Business Trial Lawyers
- Federal Bar Council
- Center for International Legal Studies
- International Institute for Conflict Prevention and Resolution (CPR)
- AIDA Reinsurance and Insurance Arbitration Society (ARIAS-US)
- Association of Insurance and Reinsurance Run-Off Companies (AIRROC)
Personnel Information
Firm Member
Mitchell Lee Lathrop C.Arb., FCIArb.
Admitted
- California
- New York
- District of Columbia
- U.S. Supreme Court
- U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal, District of Columbia, Second, Fifth, Ninth, and Tenth Circuits
Education:
- United States Naval Academy, B.S.Engr.
- University of Southern California School of Law, J.D.
Additional Links
Insurance Coverage for Environmental Claims by Mitchell L. Lathrop, Lexis-Nexis
High Profile Cases
Shell Oil Company v. Winterthur Swiss Insurance Company, et al., 12 Cal.App.4th 715, 15 Cal.Rptr.2d 815 (1993), as modified, February 22, 1993, 1993 Cal. App. LEXIS 156. Liggett Group, Inc. v. Affiliated FM Ins. Co., C.A. No. 00C-01-207 HDR, Del. Super. Ct., New Castle County, October 1, 2001, 2001 Del. Super. LEXIS 385, aff’d sub nom. Liggett Group Inc. v. Ace Prop. & Cas. Ins. Co., 798 A.2d 1024 (Del. 2002). Consolidated Edison Company of New York, Inc. v. Allstate Ins. Co., 283 A.D.2d 322, 724 N.Y.S.2d 853 (2001), leave to appeal granted, 97 N.Y.2d 603, 760 N.E.2d 1288, 735 N.Y.S.2d 492 (2001), aff’d, 98 N.Y.2d 208, 774 N.E.2d 687, 746 N.Y.S.2d 622 (2002).
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