Law360 – September 8, 2021
So-called nuclear verdicts, jury awards of $10 million or more, have generated splashy headlines in recent years as plaintiffs lawyers have seized on jurors’ anger toward corporate defendants to secure such awards, signaling that a change in strategy is needed for insurers that handle these corporations’ defense efforts.
Law.com The Recorder – July 21, 2021
San Diego-based midsize firm Tyson & Mendes has launched a new high-stakes trial business based out of the firm’s offices.
The newly created subsidiary, called TM HALO, is targeting the increasing threat and reality of nuclear verdicts—Jury verdicts in excess of $10 million—for its insurance clients.
Law 360 Pulse – July 22, 2021
Insurance-focused litigation firm Tyson & Mendes LLP has appointed a recent recruit based in California as the new head of its health care group, and expanded the group with two Washington state partners.
Law 360 Pulse – July 14, 2021
Robert Tyson and Patrick Mendes established their firm, Tyson & Mendes, in a small space on La Jolla Boulevard in San Diego in 2002 to represent clients in the insurance industry. Since then, the civil defense law firm has grown to have more than 200 attorneys in 14 offices serving 17 states.
San Diego Business Journal – July 19, 2021
Kristi Blackwell Selected as Finalist for SDBJ’s 40 Under 40.
The CLM – July 01, 2021
Pharmaceutical and products giant Johnson & Johnson (J&J) received devastating news on June 1, 2021, when the U.S. Supreme Court refused to hear the company’s appeal of a $2.2 billion verdict in its ongoing baby powder battle.
San Diego Business Journal – June 28, 2021
Cayce Lynch and Kristi Blackwell Selected for Women of Influence in Law for 2021 by SDBJ
Transport Topics – June 23, 2021, 2021
For more than a year, prominent San Diego defense attorney Robert Tyson has been scolding his colleagues for not sharing trial defense strategies to beat plaintiff attorneys in the nation’s courtrooms.
The plaintiff bar does share strategies, he notes, and in recent years they have won billions of dollars in trucking accident cases.
SD Metro – June 21, 2021
David Ramirez has been elevated to partner at Tyson & Mendes LLP, a San Diego insurance and civil litigation defense firm.
Tyson & Mendes LLP – one of the nation’s fastest-growing insurance and civil litigation firms, announced the addition of Edward Leonard as partner.
CLM Magazine Weekly – June 2021
Rarely do claims professionals play a role in limiting liability, often because a loss has already occurred by the time they receive a new matter. That is one of the biggest differentiators in specializing in cyber-related claims, according to our next most-memorable claim interviewee, Christine Flammer.
Hotels Magazine – May 18, 2021
In the hotel business, creating a welcoming, home away from home is key to customer loyalty. Naturally, making sure guests are safe is a bedrock of the hospitality industry. As both leisure and business travel ramps back up around the world, hotels are fixated on ensuring travelers are as safe as possible, specifically from the COVID-19 pandemic. But is this message of safety keeping hotels safe from litigation and Nuclear Verdicts™? Unfortunately, the answer is no.
Attorney at Law Magazine – April 29, 2021
Tyson & Mendes LLP announced today it has added two new partners – Sheryl Rosenberg and Margaret Holm – from global insurance defense firm Clyde & Co LLP, strengthening its business litigation, personal injury and medical malpractice practices.
Law360 – April 29, 2021
National litigation boutique Tyson & Mendes LLP said it has added two California partners from the U.K.-based insurance defense firm Clyde & Co.
Law360 – April 14, 2021
During a year of court closures and indefinitely postponed trials, litigation boutiques have been uniquely affected by the upheaval. Firms are telling Law360 Pulse that much of the uncertainty remains, but…
Advisen – March 22, 2021
Here is a question for insurers: You are in the business of managing risk, but what have you and your defense counsel done differently in the last decade to manage or stop Nuclear Verdicts™?
The risk is real. Jury verdicts of $10 million or more have exploded over the last 10 to 15 years. The number of $100 million jury verdicts, and even billion-dollar verdicts, are also on the rise. But for the most part, insurers and their defense counsels have yet to do anything meaningful to lower the risk of such verdicts.
This has to stop. And insurance companies can stop Nuclear Verdicts™, today.
Attorney at Law Magazine – February 18, 2021
Nationwide civil litigation defense firm Tyson & Mendes LLP announced today the promotion of two women to equity partner: Kristi Blackwell and Lynn Allen. With three men and five women equity partners, the firm is now nearly two-thirds women-owned.
Law360 – February 8, 2021
Civil defense firm Tyson & Mendes LLP, which reached gender parity among equity partners back in June, has promoted two more women to equity partner, making the firm more than 60% female-owned.
Law360 – January 27, 2021
Civil defense firm Tyson & Mendes LLP has announced that former Harrington Foxx Dubrow & Canter LLP partner Kevin Gray has joined its San Francisco office as a partner, with plans to oversee personal injury and premises liability defense work.
Transport Topics – January 19, 2021
“Sympathy still works, but for the last 10 to 15 years, the focus has been on getting the jury angered,” said Robert Tyson, founding partner of the law firm of Tyson and Mendes, headquartered in San Diego. “Anger is the No. 1 factor for any runaway jury verdict.”
Millionacres – January 19, 2021
Rob Olson is senior counsel in San Diego with Tyson & Mendes, a litigation firm that specializes in insurance defense. He said:
“The first question in evaluating a lawsuit over COVID exposure: Where did the plaintiff allege they were exposed? If it was at work, in a tenant’s office space, then it is outside the property owners’ control. But if the plaintiff alleges that they were exposed in a common area, then the property owner may not easily get out of the lawsuit.”
PLUS Journal – December, 9 2020
Nuclear Verdicts™ are a problem, and they are only going to get worse.
San Diego Business Journal – December 6, 2020
Cayce Lynch was selected by San Diego Business Journal as one of the Most Influential People in San Diego.
Law.com – November 20, 2020
“You no longer need to be a ‘traditional’ lawyer to advance—there is room for creativity. Contrary to conventional wisdom, it is possible to carve out your own path or create your own niche.”
