Firm News and Results
P.K. Schrieffer LLP Welcomes Newest Addition to Senior Counsel
We welcome James Bernald’s return to our PKSLLP team. With 20 years of experience, his practice includes insurance coverage, litigation on behalf of insurers, and defense of bad faith claims involving personal lines insurance policies. We are happy to have James return to our firm, and we believe his leadership and experience will [...]
P.K. Schrieffer LLP Adds New Member of Senior Counsel to its Team
Jon F. Winter has joined P.K. Schrieffer LLP as senior counsel in the firm’s litigation defense and insurance coverage teams. Prior to joining P.K. Schrieffer LLP, Mr. Winter’s practice varied with a primary focus on insurance defense and asbestos litigation, as well business entity formation and management, and intellectual property [...]
P.K. Schrieffer LLP Welcomes its Newest Associate
We are pleased to announce the newest addition to our team of attorneys. Leila Renee Rajazi is an Associate with the firm’s Los Angeles office and is a member of the litigation practice group with a focus on representing clients in civil litigation matters. She is skilled in all aspects [...]
P.K. Schrieffer LLP Welcomes its Newest Partner
We are pleased to announce Wayne H. Hammack has rejoined P.K. Schrieffer LLP as its newest partner. Wayne has extensive litigation experience in insurance defense and insurance coverage matters. His personal injury practice includes premises liability, product liability, construction and automobile actions. Mr. Hammack also has trial and litigation experience [...]
P.K. Schrieffer LLP Announces Its Newest Associate
It is our pleasure to announce that Maxwell R. Schrieffer has joined the team as P.K. Schrieffer LLP’s newest associate. Maxwell joined the litigation team at P.K. Schrieffer LLP after serving as its Senior Counsel Law Clerk during the summer of 2020. He recently passed the 2020 California Bar Examination [...]
PKSLLP Wins on Appeal of Demurrer
The 2nd Appellate District Court in Reza Fateh Manesh v. Geoffrey G. Melkonian affirmed the trial court’s order sustaining Melkonian’s demurrer on all counts involving legal malpractice claims. Justice Carl H. Moor found, with Justices Lamar W. Baker and Dorothy C. Kim concurring, there was no continued representation to effectively [...]