Jeffrey Scott Bolender

Mr. Jeffrey S. Bolender is an established trial and appellate attorney with over eighteen years of experience representing policyholders, insurance carriers, underwriters, and other insurance professionals in complex legal disputes. Admitted to practice law in 1994, Mr. Bolender focuses his practice on commercial, business, and insurance law. He is licensed to practice law in the States of California, Hawaii, and Nevada, as well as the District of Columbia. Mr. Bolender regularly advises and advocates on behalf of policyholders and insurance professionals, providing guidance on legal principles for analyzing insurance policies and adjusting liability and property claims. He researches and analyzes important coverage issues to determine how courts will interpret various policy provisions. Mr. Bolender also designs and drafts insurance products, forms, and endorsements for regional and national underwriters. He is California approved provider of mandatory continuing legal education. As the author of numerous legal articles on insurance law, Mr. Bolender speaks regularly before industry and attorney groups regarding his expertise in insurance law. Mr. Bolender has litigated scores of complex civil lawsuits, including matters in the courts of Hawaii, California, Washington, Delaware, Florida, South Carolina, and Wyoming. He has successfully represented clients in lawsuits involving insurance coverage, trademark rights, trust administration, insurance broker malpractice, unfair competition, commercial leases, and products liability. In addition to trial experience, Mr. Bolender frequently appears before the California Court of Appeal and the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals.

Southwestern University School of Law

J.D. (1994) | Law

1991 - 1994

California State University - Northridge

B.A. (1991) | Speech

1986 - 1991

President

Bolender & Associates, A Professional Law Corporation

2001 - 2013

Operated for eleven years an insurance litigation firm, Bolender & Associates, based on the South Bay are of Los Angeles. California. Bolender & Associates devoted itself to commercial, business, and insurance law, including complex insurance litigation. Founded by Jeffrey S. Bolender in 2001, the firm continuously provided clients with premier quality legal services and advice involving the latest law and jurisprudence of multiple jurisdictions, including California, Nevada and Hawaii. The Firm employed over fifty individuals in the South Bay area from 2001 to 2013.

Litigation Partner

Monroe & Shapiro

2000 - 2001

Defended lawsuits throughout the United States against a variety of defendants in the water sports and extreme sports industries, including scuba instructors, dive shops and guides, dive product manufacturers and distributors, etc. Founded insurance coverage department with emphasis on analysis of liability insurance policies involving claims of bodily injury, property damage, personal and business torts, etc.

Litigation Associate

Ropers, Majeski, Kohn & Bentley

1999 - 1999

Litigated insurance coverage disputes and served as coverage counsel in numerous construction defect mediations as junior and mid-level associate for two 100+ attorney firm. Personally handled the prosecution and defense of lawsuits seeking declaratory relief and contribution, as well as defending bad faith lawsuits. Drafted dozens of complaints, responsive pleadings, coverage opinions, and reservation-of-rights letters. Developed substantial skill at motion practice, depositions, and trial preparation

Insurance Litigation Associate

Selman Breitman

1996 - 1999

My responsibilities included analyzing disputed insurance language and advising insurance carriers of their contractual and extracontractual risks and duties to their policyholders. I filed numerous declaratory relief actions, both against policyholders for reimbursement and non-participating carriers for indemnification, contribution, and subrogation. Many of the issues I dealt with involved the seminal Cumis opinion and subsequent codification of its essential rule as set forth at section 2860 of the California Civil Code.

Litigation Law Clerk

Ropers & Folino

1992 - 1994

Airman First Class

United States Air Force Reserve

1979 - 1984

Will Nevada Adopt the Cumis Requirement?

Nevada State Bar

October 15, 2013

Hot Topics in Construction Defect Litigation and Related Insurance Coverage Issues

Nevada State Bar

October, 2010

The Fun Never Ends - Key Construction Related Insurance Coverage Developments from 2009 - 2010

Defense Research Institute

September 29, 2010

The ABC's of Analyzing an Insurance Policy, by Jeffrey S. Bolender

South Bay Bar Association

June 25, 2010

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Approved Provider of Continuing Legal Education

California State Bar

American Jurisprudence Award for Insurance Law

American Jurisprudence

1994

American Inns of Court - Benjamin Aranda III

Master

2012 - Current

Nevada State Bar

Member

2008 - Current

Construction Law Section of State Bar of Nevada

Member

2008 - Current

Activities: As a member of the newly formed section, I organized and promoted the section's initial efforts to educate its members regarding insurance related construction issues. The initial presentation was given during the spring of 2010 at both Reno and Las Vegas locations. Later that autumn, a full-day seminar was put on in Reno and Las Vegas with co-organizer Dennis Jones.

Health & Insurance Law Section of State Bar of Nevada

Member

2008 - Current

Activities: As a member of the newly formed section, I was offered the opportunity to speak at a breakout section at the 2010 Annual Meeting of the State Bar of Nevada. Mr. Bolender presented an early version of his 5-step method of analyzing complex issues relating to disputes over liability insurance coverage.

District of Columbia Bar

Member

2007 - Current

California

Since 1994

District of Columbia

District of Columbia Bar

Since 2007

Hawaii

Since 2006

Nevada

Since 2008

9th Circuit

Since 2004

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• Insurance Litigation
• Insurance Bad Faith