San Francisco Insurance Litigation Attorneys

Bad Faith Insurance Trial Lawyers Working on Behalf of California Policy Holders

• Was your disability insurance claim unfairly denied?
• Did the insurance company offer to pay only half the actual value of your home or business after a fire damaged your property?
• When asked for payment on a life insurance policy, did the insurer refuse to pay and accuse your loved one of fraud?
• Did your insurance company refuse to settle or defend the claim, leaving you vulnerable to a large jury verdict against you?

Yours is not an isolated incident. Thousands of individuals and businesses across the U.S. experience similarly unfair treatment at the hands of an insurance company every year. It takes the skill and experience of dedicated trial lawyers who specialize in coverage matters to help insureds fight for the benefits for which they have paid.

Pillsbury & Levinson, LLP, is first and foremost a policyholder insurance litigation firm. All of our insurance attorneys are experienced trial lawyers with remarkable track records of success in bad faith insurance litigation involving a broad range of policies, including:

• Property policy litigation
• Life, health and disability insurance litigation
• Commercial liability and product liability litigation
• Fidelity and employee dishonesty litigation
• Specialized business policy litigation

See a list of insurance companies we've beaten in court.

Our Attorneys

Each founding partner has more than 30 years of trial court experience and hold AV-ratings in the Martindale Hubbell peer-review rating system for highest legal skill and ethical ability.* Several of the partners at our firm are listed as "California Super Lawyers."

• Philip Pillsbury, Jr. has secured settlements and verdicts totaling over $500 million in cases of insurance bad faith and insurance coverage matters, representing small and large domestic and international companies, and individuals.
• Arnold Levinson has achieved numerous multi-million dollar verdicts and settlements, including a record $32 million verdict in a disability insurance bad faith case in Marin County. He is a three-time recipient of the Presidential Award of Merit from Consumer Attorneys of California.
• Terrence J. Coleman, an attorney with more than 15 years of experience, recently secured an extraordinary verdict of $1.5 million in a disability insurance case, six times the amount of disability benefits owed.
• Vedica Puri, a trial lawyer with more than 15 years of experience, has recovered more than $15 million for her clients and set legal precedent in a California business claims case.
• Rebecca Grey, with more than 10 years of experience, has secured numerous million-dollar settlements in disability and property liability cases.

Tough Negotiators, Passionate Trial Lawyers

We handle complex insurance matters for which there often are not simple answers. We stand up to insurance companies in negotiations and in court. When you need strong, effective representation, contact Pillsbury & Levinson, LLP. From our law offices in San Francisco, we represent clients throughout California and across the nation.

*CV, BV, and AV are registered certification marks of Reed Elsevier Properties Inc., used in accordance with the Martindale-Hubbell certification procedures, standards, and policies. Martindale-Hubbell is the facilitator of a peer review rating process. Ratings reflect the confidential opinions of members of the Bar and the judiciary. Martindale-Hubbell ratings fall into two categories - legal ability and general ethical standards.