Description
Mr. Jeffrey S. Bolender is an established trial and appellate attorney with over fifteen years of experience representing policyholders, insurance carriers, underwriters, and other insurance professionals in complex legal disputes.  Admitted to practice law in 1994, he is the President and Managing Shareholder of Los Angeles-based Bolender & Associates, A Professional Law Corporation.  His practice focuses 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 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.

Key Achievements

• Filed, prosecuted, and defended scores of insurance lawsuits in the state and federal courts of California and Hawaii.
• Represented clients as coverage counsel in more than 70 mediations and settlement conferences, utilizing persuasive briefing and presentation strategies to maximize success.
• Recently obtained and collected $1 million and $735,000 arbitration judgments on behalf of insurance carriers against insurance agencies.
• Established trust litigation practice, securing settlements for trust beneficiaries in excess of $1.2 million.
• Developed marketing and educational programs enabling growth of firm from solo start-up to professional law corporation with multi-jurisdictional practice and reputation.
• Led presentations of numerous in-house legal seminars for insurance companies and live MCLE programs for California and Nevada attorneys, including the authorship of legal articles published by the Defense Research Institute and the Nevada State Bar Association.

Admitted to Practice

• California State Bar (1994)
• Hawaii State Bar (2006)
• Nevada State Bar (2008)
• District of Columbia Bar (2007)
• 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)

Professional Associations

• Los Angeles County Bar Association – Member
• Clark County Bar Association – Member
• South Bay Bar Association – Member
• Defense Research Institute – Member
• Torrance Chamber Of Commerce – Member
• Nevada State Bar Association
  • Construction Law Section – Founding Member
  • Insurance And Health Law Section – Founding Member
• Hawaii State Bar Association
  • Insurance Coverage Litigation Section – Member

Selected Presentations & Publications

• Bolender, Jeffrey, Meeting the Challenges of Raising Insurance at Mediation, Defense Research Institute, In-House Defense Quarterly, Autumn 2011.
• Bolender, Jeffrey, Hot Topics in Construction Defect Litigation and Related Insurance Coverage Issues, Nevada State Bar, October 2011.
• Bolender, Jeffrey, The Fun Never Ends - Key Insurance Coverage Developments from 2009 to 2010, Defense Research Institute, September 2010.
• Bolender, Jeffrey, The ABC’s of Analyzing a Liability Insurance Policy, Nevada State Bar, June 2010.

Past and Current Clients

• Nautilus Insurance Company
• Great Divide Insurance Company
• Evanston Insurance Company
• Fireman’s Fund McGee Marine Underwriters
• Markel Southwest 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
• Sheedy Drayage Company
• Diamond W Supply Co.
• Vision InfoSoft Corporation
• Tarkett

Prior Employment

• United States Air Force Reserves – Airman First Class
• Latham & Watkins – Paralegal Assistant
• Selman Breitman – Insurance Associate
• Ropers Majeski Kohn & Bentley – Litigation Associate
• Monroe & Shapiro –Litigation Partner

Personal Information
Born and raised in Kentucky, Mr. Bolender joined the Air Force Reserves after high school, receiving an honorable discharge in 1984.  He earned a Bachelors of Arts from California State University Northridge in 1991, and a law degree from Southwestern University School of Law in 1994.  He has lived in the South Bay since 1989, and he presently lives in Torrance with his wife and two children.  He enjoys traveling, as well as recreational tennis along with his wife on the public courts of the South Bay.