Education
California State University, Northridge (B.A. Speech, 1991)
Southwestern University School of Law (J.D., 1994)
Admitted to Practice
State Courts of California (1994)
District Court, Central District of California (1995)
District Court, Eastern District of California (1995)
District Court, Northern District of California (1999)
State Courts of Hawaii (2006)
District Court, District of Hawaii (2006)
Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals (2004)
District Court, District of Columbia (2007)
Member
American Bar Association (Tort and Insurance Practice Section)
Los Angeles County Bar Association (Litigation Section)
South Bay Bar Association
Defense Research Institute
Torrance Chamber of Commerce
Description
Mr. Bolender litigates matters in state, federal, and appellate courts involving matters of insurance coverage; subrogation; trademark and copyright disputes; domain-name recovery; unfair competition; wrongful death; personal injury; products liability; defamation; internal corporate disputes; and maritime law. He also advises insurance company clients on coverage matters, prepares coverage opinions, and drafts reservation of rights letters.
Mr. Bolender’s experience includes complex business disputes, including prosecuting domain-name recovery actions, as well as defending trademark and copyright claims. He also acts as insurer-retained monitoring counsel in business litigation where insurer agrees to furnish a legal defense under reservation of rights. Mr. Bolender was formerly with Selman Breitman, LLP, Ropers, Majeski, Kohn & Bently, and Monroe & Shapiro.
Clients
Mr. Bolender’s past and present clients include:
- Nautilus Insurance Company
- Great Divide Insurance Company
- Evanston Insurance Company
- Fireman’s Fund McGee Marine Underwriters
- Highlands Insurance Group
- LMI Insurance Company
- American States Insurance Company
- Scottsdale Insurance Company
- Commercial Union Insurance Company
- Certain Underwriters at Lloyd’s of London
Mr. Bolender was born in Covington, Kentucky in 1961. He received his undergraduate education at the California State University, Northridge and attended law school at the Southwestern University School of Law. Mr. Bolender began the law firm Bolender & Associates in 1999.
