Keren H. Wasserman

Keren H. Wasserman is an Associate at Tyson & Mendes’ Fresno office. She defends insurance carriers and individuals in third- and first-party claims in the areas of trucking and transportation, automobile liability, premises liability, dog bites, complex litigation, and other torts.

Ms. Wasserman has extensive experience managing general liability cases ranging in complexity from low-impact collisions to catastrophic losses. She has a proactive approach to case management and is a zealous advocate for her clients with a reputation for securing sanctions against opposing counsel for their bad-faith discovery tactics. Ms. Wasserman first-chaired a high-exposure UIM case, securing a significantly favorable arbitration award given liability was uncontested. The last global settlement demand for the six claimants was $1.1 million, and the net arbitration award for all six totaled only $57,508.25, including an award of $0.00 for the lead claimant’s future medical expenses and $0.00 for his alleged loss of earnings as an anesthesiologist. Ms. Wasserman has been lead attorney on more than 150 cases in her first six years of practice and has been successful on numerous motions to compel, demurrers, and motions.

Ms. Wasserman obtained her J.D., cum laude, from University of San Francisco in 2015, where she served as a Comments Editor on the USF Law Review. She obtained her B.A. in Communication from Santa Clara University, with honors in her major. Ms. Wasserman is admitted to practice in California as well as the Central U.S. District Court of California.

In her free time, Ms. Wasserman enjoys spending time with her four children and her grandchild, many different forms of exercise (yoga, pilates, weight lifting, hiking), traveling, volunteering in her community, and exploring the outdoors.

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