Linda E. Klamm, Partner

Practice Areas/Industries
Insurance Recovery

Firm Leadership
Chair, Insurance Recovery Practice
Operations Partner
Deployment Partner

Based in our San Francisco Office
415-995-5084 Direct Phone
415-541-9366 Fax
lklamm@hansonbridgett.com
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Linda Klamm has specialized in handling insurance disputes for more than 30 years and today serves as the firm’s Insurance Recovery Practice Chair. Linda represents policy holders, insurances brokers and agents. During the first half of her career Linda represented insurers and was one of Fireman's Fund Insurance Company's national coordinating counsel for Environmental Coverage litigation. Now Linda uses her insurance industry inside knowledge and experience to maximize recoveries for policy holders.

Representative Matters

• A 50+ million dollar recovery resulted from Linda’s defeat of the insurers’ assertion that policy terms negated coverage. This was a matter where she represented one of the nation's largest providers of long term and acute care in a dispute with its insurers over coverage for over 500 claims against the company. Linda was able to negotiate a settlement whereby the insurers agreed to provide full coverage for defense and indemnity for these claims resulting in payments of millions in insurance proceeds.
• A quarter million dollar insurance payment flowed in after only a few months of effort costing the client less than $10,000. This insurer had repeatedly denied the claim for over a year when the company sought assistance from Linda.
• This personal injury suit presented a multi-million dollar verdict potential and punitive damage exposure. The insurer declined the client’s claim for coverage, and this policy holder turned to Linda for help. In less than two weeks, she convinced the insurer to accept coverage for the matter and pay in excess of $2 million to settle the claim.

Litigation Experience

Linda has tried more than 30 cases and arbitrated or mediated more than 100 matters.

Presentations Delivered To

• The Insurance Subsection of the Litigation Section of the ABA
• The California Association of Healthcare Facilities
• The International Foundation of Employee Benefit Plans
• The Western Association of Insurance Brokers
• Assurex International and the Risk & Insurance Management Society
• National Business Institute
• The Transportation Lawyers Institute

Published Opinions
"Premier Ins. Co. v. Welch" (1983) 140 Cal.App.3d 720

Publications

• "Avoiding the Two Front War: Simultaneous Litigation Against Plaintiffs and Insurers," Insurance Recovery Alert (May 2010)
• "Ruling Affects Additional Insured Coverage for Public Entities," Public Agency Advisory, coauthored with Joan L. Cassman, Christine E. Hiler & Julie A. Sherman (March 2010)
• "Surviving the Loss of Your Home," Insurance Coverage Newsletter (October 2007)
• "Insurance Coverage in an Insurance-Unfriendly World", Seniors Housing Legal Notes, American Seniors Housing Association (Spring 2003)
• "Does Your Insurance Really Protect You Against Elder Abuse Claims?"Legal Brief, California Association Of Homes And Services For The Aging, by Pamela S. Kaufmann, Linda E. Klamm and Walter R. Schneider (May 1999)
• "Am I a Carrier, an Insurer or Both," The Transportation Lawyer Vol. 6, No. 4, pg. 22, by Linda E. Klamm and Walter R. Schneider (February 1998)
• "The New 'Notice' Provision in D&O Liability Policies," Claims pg. 59, by Linda E. Klamm and William A. Hickey (October 1997)
• "The Buss Ticket to Defense Costs Reimbursement," Insurance Advocate pg. 24, by Linda E. Klamm, Susan G. O’Neill and Kim Morimoto (September 1997)
• "Life After La Jolla Beach and Tennis Club," Transp.Law. No. 2 pg. 24, by Linda E. Klamm (April 1995)
  

Honors
Northern California SuperLawyers, San Francisco Magazine (2005–2010)

Education
J.D., University of California, Hastings College of the Law (1976)
A.B., with honors, University of California, Santa Cruz (1973)

Admissions and Courts
State of California