Ray Bourhis
Email: rfbourhis@aol.com
Phone: (415) 392-4660
Fax: (415) 421-0259
Born:
New York City
Domestic
Peace Corps (VISTA)
July 1968 - September 1969
Staff,
Senator Robert Kennedy, 1968
Professional:
Boalt
Hall, University of California,
Berkeley, J.D., June 1972.
Martindale
Hubbell a v (highest rating).
Engaged
in civil trial practice since 1972 specializing in insurance coverage and bad
faith litigation.
Special
Master, Department of Insurance: Appointed By San Francisco Superior Court Judge
John Dearman to oversee Department of Insurance compliance with Court Order granting
Writ of Mandate against the DOI.
Recently
the subject of a "60 Minutes" Report by Ed Bradley concerning insurance
abuses and unfair claims and underwriting practices.
Has
written and lectured extensively throughout the country in insurance coverage
and bad faith issues.
KCBS
Consultant regarding punitive damage issues.
Appointed
by United States Senator Barbara Boxer to the Federal Judicial Selection Advisory
Committee. This Committee reviews and recommends applicants for federal district
court judgeships for her selection and recommendation to the President.
Education
Planner for Bad Faith Insurance Litigation Group
Content
Editor:
InsuranceConsumers.com, 2002
Author:
Insult to Injury: Insurance, Fraud and the Big Business of Bad Faith
Barrett-Koehler
Publishers 2005
Seminars:
ATLA
Hawaii 2005
Bad Faith Workshop
"Bring your first party questions"
with Ray leading the discussion
Recent Lectures and Articles:
ATLA
Seattle
The Future of Bad Faith Litigation:
1.State by state analysis of
insurance laws and damage awards
2.Emerging areas of practice
3.Avoiding
ERISA: how employees can get around ERISA
4. Q+A
"Infectious
Greed (In the Shadow of Enron)." Panel discussion on The Private Practice
of Public Interest Law. Harvard Law School. April 8 2003.
Bad
Faith: Depositions and Cross Examinations of Claims Personnel; Expanding Your
Practice in the New Millennium. Association of Trial Lawyers of America. San Francisco.
July 1999.
Strategies
for Success in Litigating Disability Claims. American Conference Institute. Boston.
June 1999.
Summation
in a Bad Faith Case. Consumer Attorneys of California. Lake Tahoe. March 1998.
Cross
Examination of the Insurer's Bad Faith Expert. Association of Trial Lawyers of
America. San Diego. July 1997.
Cross
Examination in Deposition and at Trial. Consumer Attorneys of California. San
Francisco. November 1996.
The
Need for Federal Insurance Reform. Association of Trial Lawyers of America. Boston.
July 1996.
Insurance
Litigation, Recorder Magazine (Legal Newspaper). Analyzing Insurance Coverage
and Maximizing Recoveries in Bad Faith Cases. San Francisco. July 1996.
The
Duty to Defend in Insurance Regulation: General Principles. Association of Trial
Lawyers of America. Breckenridge, Colorado. March 1996.
Anatomy
of an Insurance Bad Faith Case. Consumer Attorneys of California. Los Angeles.
February 1996.
Homeowner's
Insurance and Bad Faith. Consumer Attorneys of California. Los Angeles. November
1995.
Cross Examination
of Insurance Witnesses at Deposition and Trial. Consumer Attorneys of California.
April 1995.
Emerging
Issues in Commercial and Homeowners Coverage. Association of Trial Lawyers of
America. Chicago July 1994.
Selected
Issues in Insurance Litigation. State Bar of California, Continuing Education
of the Bar. San Francisco, Santa Clara and Sacramento. Videotaped for 34 additional
Locations. December 1993.
Advising
Individual and Commercial Policyholders Concerning Insurance Coverage and Bad
Faith. The San Francisco Daily Journal 1992.
Insurance
Coverage and Bad Faith. Stratton Press. Bad Faith Seminar, San Francisco, Beverly
Hills, Santa Clara. 1988-89.
Trial
Strategy in Insurance Bad Faith Litigation. California Trial Lawyers Association.
Lake Tahoe Seminar. April 1986.
Strategy
and Tactical Considerations in Bad Faith Actions. California Trial Lawyers Association.
San Francisco 1985.
Bad
Faith Insurance Litigation. State Bar of California, C.E.B. Seminar, San Francisco,
Monterey, San Rafael, San Jose, April-May 1985.
Insurance
Bad Faith: Some Commonly Asked Questions, Answers and a Few Predictions. San Francisco
Attorney Magazine. Bar Association of San Francisco. California Trial Lawyers
Magazine. CTLA. March 1985.
Calculating
and Proving Damages. State Bar of California, C.E.B. San Francisco, San Jose,
and Tahoe. January 1985.
Seaman's
Direct Buying Service, Inc. v. Standard Oil Co. and The Law of Commercial Bad
Faith. California Trial Lawyers Magazine. CTLA. August 1984.
Insurance
Bad Faith Litigation. California Trial Lawyers Association. Statewide Seminar.
San Diego 1984.
The
State Bar Litigation Specialization Program: A New Solution or a New Problem?
Los Angeles Daily Journal and San Francisco Recorder, August 1984. California
Trial Lawyers Magazine. CTLA. August 1984.
Insurance
Bad Faith and The Use of Insurance Code Section 790.03. California Trial Lawyers
Association and San Francisco Trial Lawyers Association. San Francisco 1983.
Persuasion
in Settlement and Trial. California Trial Lawyers Association and San Francisco
Trial Lawyers Association. San Francisco 1983.
Evaluating
and Arguing Damages. California Trial Lawyers Association and San Francisco Trial
Lawyers Association. San Francisco. 1983.
Proving
Income Loss For the Insured Professional or self-employed Person. California Trial
Lawyers Magazine. CTLA. March 1983.
Recognition
and Recovery for Bad Faith Torts. TRIAL Magazine. Association of Trial Lawyers
of America. December 1982.
Summation.
California Trial Lawyers Association. Statewide Seminar, Anaheim 1982.
Pleading
and Proving General Damages. State Bar of California. C.E.B. San Francisco, San
Mateo, Yosemite 1982.
Examination
and Cross Examination of Expert Witnesses. State Bar of California. C.E.B. San
Francisco 1981.
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