Bill Daniels

• Loyola Law School, Los Angeles, California
  • J.D. - 1994
• San Francisco State University, San Francisco, California
  • B.A. - 1982
  • Major: Radio-Television

• California, 1994
• U.S. District Court Central District of California, 1994
• U.S. District Court Northern District of California, 2004
• U.S. Court of Appeals 9th Circuit, 1994
• U.S. Supreme Court, 1994
• Supreme Court of California, 1994
• U.S. District Court Southern District of California, 2014
• United States Supreme Court, 2000
• Washington
• District of Columbia

• Consumer Attorneys Association of Los Angeles (CAALA), Former Board Member, Board of Governors, 2000 to 2008
• American Association for Justice, Member, 1994
• Consumer Attorneys Association of Los Angeles (CAALA), Co-Chair, Membership Committee, 2006 to 2008
• Loyola Law School Civil Justice Symposium, Committee Chair, 2003 to 2006
• Consumer Attorneys of California, 1992
• American Association for Justice, 1994
• Los Angeles County Bar Association
• Cowboy Lawyers Association, President, 2002 - 2003, 2011 - 2012, 2002 to 2003
• Cowboy Lawyers Association, Board of Governors, 1998 to Present
• Consumer Attorneys Association of Los Angeles, Editor-in-chief, Advocate Magazine, 2002 to 2003
• San Fernando Valley Bar Association, Trustee
• Encino Lawyers Association, President

• A Class Act, The Advocate, February, 2010
• Admonition In's and Out's, The Advocate, May, 2008
• Editor-in-Chief, The Advocate Magazine, 2002 - 2003
• Editor-in-Chief Emeritus, The Advocate Magazine, 2003 - present
• "A touch of Spring Fever at the Supreme Court"
• "Deposition stipulations, or do you know what you're giving up?"
• Get Your Deposition off to the Right Start
• "A Brain in Hand and a Brain Test Out of Control", 35 Advocate 18 (April 2008)
• "Getting Ahead of the Procrastination Curve"
• "Picking Experts and Avoiding Nightmares"
• Choose Your Experts Wisely
• "The Art of Case Picking"
• "Practical Tips on Genuine Dispute and Advice of Counsel"
• "Coping with California Firestorm Claims"
• "More on Rex's Reading List", 35 Advocate 12 (February 2008)
• "Rex's Reading List", 35 Advocate 18 (January 2008)
• "Federal Sovereignty, Discovery and Touhy Doctrine," 34 Advocate 20 (December 2007)
• "Gloom, Doom and Statistics," 34 Advocate 12 (November 2007)
• "Oh, How the People's Lawyers Open Doors"
• "Successfully Confronting Genuine Dispute & Advice of Counsel Defenses"
• "Book Review: Getting a Winning Verdict on My Personal Life: A Trial Lawyer Finds His Soul"
• "Five Fatal Bad Faith Mistakes and How to Avoid Them"
• "Ten Tips for Making Partner in a Plaintiff's Firm"
• "In Defense of the Honorable Manuel L. Real"
• "Seven Rules for Picking Cases: A Useful Guide for Lawyers, Young and Old"
• "Discovery and Depositions in the Bad Faith Case", CAALA Las Vegas Convention Syllabus, September, 2006
• "Searching for a Higher Duty", 33 Advocate 5, May, 2006
• "A Class Action Primer", Los Angeles Press Club Civil Justice Seminar, 2006
• "The Cost of Bias in the Legal Profession", CAALA Las Vegas Convention Syllabus, September, 2005
• "Genuine Dispute: Experts Now Have a Clear Role in Identifying Subpar Claims Handling", CAALA Las Vegas Convention Syllabus, August, 2004
• "When Catastrophe Comes Calling and Ten Insurance Claim Do's and Don'ts", 31 Advocate 12, Mar., 2004
• "Sports Premises Injuries and the Knight v. Jewett Evolution", 31 Advocate 20, Feb., 2004
• "Trying the Insurance Bad Faith Case", (Co-Author), CAALA Las Vegas Convention Syllabus, August, 2003
• "Balance Billing Update", CAALA Las Vegas Convention Syllabus, August, 2003
• "Why Campbell Doesn’t Necessarily Mean We’re In The Soup", 30 Advocate 20, July, 2003
• "Is There A Genuine Dispute or Is It Bad Faith?", 30 Advocate 12, February, 2003
• "Contacting Former Employees During Informal Discovery and Fighting the Motion for Disqualification", CAALA Las Vegas Convention Syllabus, August, 2002
• "When Rental Car Companies Add To The Carnage", 32 CAOC Forum 21, July/August, 2002
• "Asking for Whom the Statute Tolls: Continuing Representation and the Statute of Limitations", 29 Advocate 16, June/July, 2002
• "Hard to Tell: Counsel Must Rely on the Facts When Distinguishing Between Unfair Dealings and Mistaken Judgment by Insurance Companies", Los Angeles Daily Journal Verdicts & Settlements 6, March 29, 2002
• "Exposing Carriers Who Abuse Efficient Proximate Cause", 29 Advocate 18, February, 2002
• "On Dealing with Lien Claimants", CAALA Las Vegas Convention Syllabus, September, 2001
• "Aguilar and the New Face of Summary Judgment", 28 Advocate 28, July/August, 2001
• "Using Daubert, Kumho Tire and Kelly To Your Advantage", 27 Advocate 24, June, 2000
• "Defamation as a Reemerging Tort, Parts 1 and 2", (Co-Author), Part 1: 26 Advocate 8, October, 1999
• "Defamation as a Reemerging Tort, Parts 1 and 2", (Co-Author), Part 2: 26 Advocate 20, November, 1999
• "Movie Money: Understanding Hollywood's (Creative) Accounting", (Co-Author), Silman-James Press, ISBN: 1-879505-33-9, 1998
• "Vulture Video: Protecting the Consumer", (Co-Author), 25 CAOC Forum 9, June, 1995
• "Copyright Conundrums Along the Information Superhighway", First Place Winner, ASCAP Nathan Burkan Memorial Competition, 1994
• "Roth v. Garcia Marquez: Fitting Motion Pictures with International Shoes", Case note, 13 Loyola Law School Entertainment Law Journal, 1993
• Service is More than a Word, Valley Lawyers Magazine (April 2016)
• “Porter Ranch Gas Leak Update, Valley Lawyer Magazine (March 2016)
• Might as well face it, you’re addicted to late, 35 Advocate 28 (July 2008)
• “Admonition ins and outs, 35 Advocate 22 (May 2008)
• Contributing Author, California Civil Discovery Practice, 4th Edition (CEB)

• Doe v. Luster
• Mary Doe vs. Pharmaceutical Company
• Shulman v. Group W Productions, Inc., 18 Cal.4th 200, 74 Cal.Rptr.2d 843, 1998
• Decena v. Pacific Specialty Insurance Company
• Zevada Enterprises v. Sasson
• Guttierez v. State Farm and Bednar v. Allstate
• Shulman v. Group W, Inc. (1998) 18 Cal.4th 200

• Southern California Super Lawyer, 2007 – 2010
• Named “Super Lawyer” by Los Angeles Magazine. A Distinction Reserved for the Top 5% of Southern California Lawyers, 2007 – 2008
• Named “Super Lawyer” by Los Angeles Magazine. A Distinction Reserved for the Top 5% of Southern California Lawyers, 2009 – 2010
• CAALA President’s Award, 2003 – 2006
• 1st Place, American Society of Composers, Authors & Publishers Nathan Burkan Memorial Competition, 1994
• AVVO rated 10.0/10
• ASCAP Nathan Burkan Memorial Competition First Prize, 1994

• Discovery and Depositions in the Bad Faith Case, Consumer Attorneys Association of Los Angeles, 2006 to 2006
• A Class Action Primer, Consumer Attorneys Association of Los Angeles, 2006 to 2006
• Insurance Panel: Discovery and Depositions in the Bad Faith Case, CAALA Las Vegas Convention, 2006 to 2006
• Civil Justice Basics, Los Angeles Press Club Civil Justice Seminar, 2005 to 2005
• Elimination of Bias: The Cost of Bias in the Legal Profession, CAALA Las Vegas Convention, 2005 to 2005
• Insurance Panel: Defeating the Genuine Dispute Issue Doctrine, CAALA Las Vegas Convention, 2004 to 2004
• Ethics Panel: Balance Billing - Practitioner Tricks and Traps, CAALA Las Vegas Convention, 2003 to 2003
• Insurance Panel: Maximizing Damages in Settlement/Mediation, CAOC Monterrey Convention, 2003 to 2003
• Cool & Interesting Topics in Insurance Bad Faith, CAOC Whistler Winter Ski Seminar, 2003 to 2003
• Ethics Panel: Contacting Former Employees During Informal Discovery and Fighting the Motion for Disqualification, CAALA Las Vegas Convention, 2002 to 2002
• Ethics Panel: On Dealing with Lien Claimants, CAALA Las Vegas Convention, 2001 to 2001
• CAALA Paralegal Seminar, 2001
• 1999 Legislative Update: Admissibility of OSHA Standards, CAALA Program, 1999 to 1999
• The Touhy Trap: Maybe You Should Make a Federal Case out of It, 2016 Wildland Fire Conference, Monterrey, CA, Apr. 22, 2016
• Issues in Porter Ranch Gas Leak Litigation, Valley Lawyer Affinity Group, Mar. 8, 2016
• Crumbling Infrastructure: Porter Ranch Gas Leak Cases, Western Trial Lawyers Association, Feb. 18, 2016
• Substance Abuse and Lawyer Competence, Encino Lawyers Association, 2016
• Elimination of Bias: Avoiding Embarrassment, Encino Lawyers Association, 2015
• The Art of Voire Dire, Encino Lawyers Association, 2015
• Lawyers and Opportunity in the Affordable Care Act, Encino Lawyers Association, 2014
• Ethical Tricks and Traps: Clients on the Internet, Encino Lawyers Association, 2013
• Destroying Critical Evidence: Dangerous Loopholes in the Law, Encino Lawyers Association, 2013
• Social Networking on the Internet, Encino Lawyers Association, 2011
• Ins and Outs of Expedited Jury Trials, Encino Lawyers Association, 2011
• Doing Your Own Focus Groups, Encino Lawyers Association, 2011
• Preparing the Problem Witness and Ethical Issues, Encino Lawyers Association, 2011
• Insurance Bad Faith Claims in California: Effective Selection and Use of the Expert Witness, Sheraton Downtown Los Angeles, CA April 2008
• Mealey’s California Bad Faith Litigation Conference: Discovery Tool Box, Ritz-Carlton Hotel, San Francisco, CA, January 2008
• Questions and Answers on Civil Justice, Los Angeles Press Club Civil Justice Seminar, December 2007
• Lessons Learned: Trying the Wage and Hour Class Action, Sheraton Hotel, Los Angeles, November 2007
• Insurance Panel: The Genuine Dispute Defense, CAALA Las Vegas Convention, September 2007

• Loyola Law School Advanced Trial Skills Institute, Founding Member, 2007
• Loyola Law School Civil Justice Symposium, Organizing Committee, 2003 - Present
• Loyola Law School Civil Justice Symposium, Committee Chair, 2003 - 2006
• Public Justice Foundation, 1999
• Loyola Law School Advocacy Institute Board
• Trial Advocacy Team Coach, Chaminade High School, West Hills, 2007 to 2008

• Schwartz, Daniels & Bradley, Partner, 2004 to 2008
• Mazursky, Schwartz, Daniels & Bradley, Partner, 2004 to 2006
• Mazursky, Schwartz (Formerly Mazursky, Schwartz & Angelo), Associate, 1999 to 2003
• Paul & Janofsky (Formerly Paul & Stuart), Associate, 1992 to 1998
• Paul & Janofsky (Formerly Paul & Stuart), Law Clerk, 1992 to 1994
• Law Offices of Tyson Park, Law Clerk, 1991 to 1992
• Near North National Group/Near North Insurance, Senior Vice President, 1990 to 1991
• Daily Variety, Reporter, Business Writer, 1984 to 1990

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