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Brian S. Kabateck : Managing Partner ( bsk@kbklawyers.com )

Brian Kabateck is a plaintiffs-only attorney who currently represents thousands of victims in mass torts litigation, class actions, insurance bad faith, insurance litigation, and commercial contingency litigation. Mr Kabateck is lead counsel for the NAACP’s class action against Wells Fargo, HSBC, Citi, GMAC, Washington Mutual and 10 other leading financial institutions for discriminatory lending practices. Mr. Kabateck brought the only ever cases for victims of the Armenian Genocide against banks and insurance companies.

A nationally-recognized expert on consumer protection, Mr. Kabateck has worked with the California Legislature and California Department of Insurance to draft several laws including the Policyholder's Bill of Rights and a groundbreaking law to help Earthquake victims recover from their insurance companies. Mr. Kabateck’s clients have included celebrities such as Ed McMahon, Michael Jackson, Leigh Steinberg, and Jose Canseco. Corporations like The Bellagio Hotel and Turner Industries have turned to his firm for contingency representation.

Education:

Loyola Law School, J.D., cum laude (1989)

Order of the Coif
Member, Loyola Law School, Law Review
Published 22 Loyola Law Review 621 (1988)
American Bar Association, School Representative
Student Teacher, Evidence (Professor Stanley Goldman)

University of Southern California, B.A. Political Science (1985)

Professional Affiliations:

Consumer Attorneys of California (California State Trial Lawyers)

Vice President (2007 - present)

Loyola Law School - Board of Overseers (2008 - present)
Century City Bar Association

President (2005 - 2006)
President-elect, Vice President, Treasurer (2001 - 2005)
Board member (1998 - present)

Inner City Law Center - Board of Directors (2009 - present)
Los Angeles County Bar Association - Trustee (2000 - 2003, 2006 - 2007)
Consumer Attorneys Association of Los Angeles
State Bar of California
American Association for Justice
Inner City Law Center, Board of Directors
American Bar Association - Vice Chair, Torts Insurance Practices Section (2007 – present)
Argued cases before the California State Supreme Court, California Court of Appeal, Ninth Circuit Court of Appeal, and the Federal Circuit Court of Appeal, Washington D.C.

Awards/Recognition:

Daily Journal Top 100 (2009)
Loyola Law School 2008 Board of Governors Recognition Service Award
California Attorney of the Year/Litigation 2006
Finalist, Trial Lawyer of the Year, Consumer Attorneys of California 2005
Finalist, Law Dragon 500

Sampling of Media Coverage:

Featured guest on CNN's "Larry King Live."

Interviewed on Fox News, CNN, ABC, CBS, NBC, and many other national media outlets.

Los Angeles Times : Firms That Employed Metrolink Engineer Had Other Troubles

Network World : Samsung Stained By Ink Cartridge Suit

Los Angeles Times : Attorney, Pellicano Guilty of Snooping

Minneapolis Star Tribune : Student Loan Firm Sued Over End to 'Repayment Bonus' Program

Los Angeles Times : More For Your Money; Seeking Luxury? Join The Club

The Baltimore Sun : Bias Seen In Mortgages; NAACP Accuses Lenders, Blames Rise in Foreclosures

The Wall Street Journal : Network Solutions Is Sued Over Sale Of Domain Names

BBC News : Jackson lawyer wins $18m damages

Los Angeles Times : Jet service owner to pay millions in Jackson taping

New York Times : A Second Act for Destination Clubs

Fortune : Apple iMac: ‘New and inferior,’ lawsuit says

The Guardian : Apple sued over missing millions of colours it claims for new iMac

Los Angeles Times : Boater sues over ethanol-laced gasoline's effect on fiberglass fuel tank

Lawyers and Settlements : Attorney Brian S. Kabateck On Technology Litigation and Righting Old Wrongs

Associated Press : Google Accused of Deception in AdSense Sales

Daily Variety : Pellicano convicted of racketeering

Los Angeles Times : Pellicano trial redials an old number that many fear – wiretaps

Interviewed on numerous local television and radio news programs about his major cases, new laws, and regulations.

Clients have included Michael Jackson, Ed McMahon, José Conseco, Lou Ferrigno, and many others.

Publications:

"Nine Things You Must Know About Mass Torts - From Classification and Evaluation through Filing - and Keeping - Your Case in the Right Court," Advocate (February 2010)

"Central District Class Actions, A Catch 22," Los Angeles Times (October 28, 2009)

Construction Defect Litigation

Insurance Bad Faith Handbook for Small Firms and Sole Practitioners

Litigating the Insurance Bad Faith Case: From Client Evaluation to Trial Preparation

Litigating the Insurance Bad Faith Case: Settlement, Trial and Appeal Appraisals, Attorneys & Bad Faith

How to Make a Claim and Get Your Insurance Company to Pay

Verdicts and Settlements:

Kabateck Brown Kellner has successfully recovered well over $1 billion against some of the largest, most powerful companies in the world, including Eli Lilly, Epson, Farmers Insurance Company, Google, AOL, AXA Financial, New York Life Insurance Company, 21st Century, Nissan, Yahoo!, TRW, KB Homes, Merck, Johnson & Johnson, and Coca Cola. The firm focuses on insurance bad faith, class actions, mass torts and highly complex commercial litigation for its contingency-only clients.