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Brandt L. WolkinBrandt L. Wolkin

Brandt L. Wolkin is a partner in the law firm of Wolkin Curran where his concentration is in insurance coverage matters.

Mr. Wolkin received his Bachelor of Arts, Phi Beta Kappa, from Hobart & William Smith College in New York and his J.D. from Boalt Hall School of Law. Mr. Wolkin's published appellate opinions include Wells Fargo Bank v. CIGA, et al., (1995) 38 Cal.App.4th 936, an important decision upholding the position of Mr. Wolkin’s excess carrier client in a "drop-down" insolvency case and Pennsylvania General Insurance Company v. American Safety Indemnity Co., (2010) 185 Cal.App.4th 1515, a post Montrose “trigger case” construing language purportedly “drafting around” that seminal California Supreme Court decision. Mr. Wolkin's publications include "Bad Faith and the Financial Institution Bond" published in XXV Tort and Ins. L.J. 741 (1990) and "Reservations of Rights, Waiver and Right to Independent Counsel," published in Insurance Coverage for Defective Construction Litigation (1997). Mr. Wolkin lectures frequently, including speaking and presenting written materials at the International Risk Management Institute, the CPCU Annual Convention, the Defense Research Institute and the West Coast Casualty Conference.

Mr. Wolkin began his career as a construction and surety attorney successfully trying to verdict cases of both varieties. In the late 1980’s, Mr. Wolkin began using his construction and surety background to litigate an early generation of wrap-up insurance policies. Mr. Wolkin expanded on this construction defect coverage litigation practice and began also handling large product cases arising out of the construction industry, environmental and asbestos coverage litigation, as well as reinsurance arbitrations.

Mr. Wolkin prides himself in his ability to resolve coverage-related matters prior to litigation being filed, or as ongoing events warrant. Mr. Wolkin is equally proud of his trial and appellate record related to such matters.