Carrier Management – May 13, 2022
As the pandemic continues to wind down, and with jurors finally starting to return to large metropolitan courthouses across the country, it is becoming increasingly clear that insurance carriers are not ready to handle the impending wave of litigation that is on its way…
Carrier Management – April 22, 2022
Insurance carriers, are you and your defense counsel ready for the “perfect storm” of litigation that is coming once the pandemic is over? Are your teams trained to defend against the increasing wave of nuclear verdicts—jury verdicts of $10 million or more, or those in which non-economic damage awards are disproportionate to the economic damages—that is sure to come?
Daily Journal – March 21, 2022
A new trial program to teach defense attorneys how to fight excessive or runaway jury verdicts is set for June in San Diego, but plaintiffs’ lawyers don’t think it is needed.
Law 360 Pulse – February 22, 2022
Insurance defense litigator Randy Faust started eyeing a future in law firm management while working at a firm formerly known as White Fleischner Fino & Wade in the 1990s.
Attorney at Law Magazine – February 11, 2022
Greenburg joined Tyson & Mendes in 2017 and is based in the firm’s Fort Lauderdale office. His practice focuses on the representation of individuals, businesses, and insurance carriers in matters involving claims of personal injury, construction defects, premises liability, wrongful death, first party property claims, and contract-related issues.
Mark Shanberg is Promoted to Partner in Chicago – February 11, 2022
Shanberg defends clients in high exposure and catastrophic personal injury cases involving medical liability, construction liability, product liability, trucking and transportation liability and premises liability.
Law360 – (February 11, 2022)
Hanson Bridgett appointed Laura Long to the role of chief operating officer on Jan. 1. Long Previously served as the firm’s CFO and will continue to oversee the firm’s financial activities.
Law360 – (February 9, 2022)
The continued rise in insurance litigation and verdict size has the insurance industry searching for the reasons behind the trend, with third-party litigation financing targeted as a key contributor.
Law360 – (February 9, 2022)
The continued rise in insurance litigation and verdict size has the insurance industry searching for the reasons behind the trend, with third-party litigation financing targeted as a key contributor.
Law Week Colorado – January 28, 2022
On Jan. 18, national civil defense firm Tyson & Mendes LLP announced longtime Denver Partner Jacob Felderman was promoted to equity partner. Felderman joined the firm in 2011 and, on top of his diverse legal practice, he has held numerous leadership positions at the firm and Denver office.
The Daily Transcript – January 26, 2022
The law firm Tyson & Mendes LLP recently promoted long-time San Diego partner Daniel Fallon to equity partner. He leads a group of litigators specializing in professional liability, personal injury, general commercial liability and business litigation.
Attorney at Law Magazine – January 19, 2022
National civil defense firm Tyson & Mendes LLP announced today the promotion of two long-time partners to equity partner: Jacob Felderman and Daniel Fallon. These new additions bring the firm’s total equity partnership to 10, including Robert Tyson, Patrick Mendes, Mina Miserlis, James Sell, Susan Oliver, Cayce Lynch, Kristi Blackwell and Lynn Allen.
‘Twas the season for law firm expansion, with a pair of Northeast firms agreeing to join forces after a “great first date” and another opening a brand-new office in Boston. Here are the holiday hires and shakeups from around the Hub.
Law 360 – December 23, 2021
The soaring costs of nuclear verdicts have reached a point where transportation companies, product makers and other defendants are more likely to accept responsibility early, hoping to sway juries with their own suggestions of damage amounts and avoid the headline-grabbing awards that have put some in financial straits.
Law 360 – December 22, 2021
Mid-Law overall saw strong financial performance in 2021, benefiting from the increase in demand for legal work, but faced challenges as a hot legal talent market put pressure on many mid-size, regional and boutique firms, making recruiting more difficult and leaving them vulnerable to poaching from BigLaw.
San Deigo Business Journal – November 29, 2021
In 2021, the stars aligned for San Diego. The city finally shed its “small town” image to become a bona fide global hotbed of innovation, entrepreneurial energy and business leadership.
San Diego’s world-class transformation has been driven by the vision and accomplishments of the leaders profiled in this year’s edition of the SD500. From civic and lifestyle champions to pioneers in blue tech, biotech, high tech, life sciences, real estate and finance, the San Diego Business Journal’s SD500 are the human capital powering the region’s unparalleled prosperity.
Claims Journal – November 4, 2021
William Tisdale made a poor choice by stopping late at night at convenience store and gasoline station in a sketchy neighborhood of Tacoma.
A jury in Pierce County, Washington found Tisdale 10% at fault for the circumstances that led to him being beaten over the head with a baseball bat by an insane assailant.
Law.com – October 26, 2021
Tyson & Mendes, a San Diego-based midsize insurance defense firm, has named longtime partner Jake Felderman its inaugural head of legal operations.
Felderman joined Tyson & Mendes in 2011 in San Diego, and became the founding partner of the firm’s Colorado office in 2018. In the newly created role, Felderman will devote 90% of his time to legal operations.
Law360 – October 20, 2021
In an effort to combat what Tyson & Mendes calls the “year of great resignation,” the civil litigation and insurance defense firm is now allowing attorneys to opt out of their full-time partnerships and instead work hourly on their caseload. The program, which the firm unveiled on Monday, is designed to help attorneys who no longer want to work full-time still take on a meaningful caseload.
CVN Courtroom View Network – October 5, 2021
Los Angeles, CA – A California state court jury awarded $2.4 million on Thursday to two professors who claimed they were fired from a small Christian nursing school in retaliation for launching an investigation into sexual harassment claims against the school’s founder.
ABA Journal – October 1, 2021
In Gadsden County, Florida, last October, six jurors and an alternate settled in for a long day in front of their home computers and mobile devices to hear a personal injury case. Among them was a pastor, a chiropractor and a state government worker.
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.