Professional Liability

Tyson & Mendes has represented all types of professionals throughout the United States. We have successfully defended accountants, attorneys, architects, doctors, engineers, and real estate and insurance professionals, among others.

We provide personal, quality representation to our professional clients in a cost-efficient manner. We have developed the expertise, as well as a network of highly qualified experts, necessary to evaluate and defend such cases. By making our professional clients an integral part of our litigation strategy, we apply our specialized knowledge and experience to the successful defense of professionals through trial.

Tyson & Mendes has also taken a leading role in professional liability issues, regularly lecturing and publishing on malpractice and loss prevention topics for a variety of professionals. Founding partner Robert Tyson is a former member of the California State Bar Committee on Professional Liability Insurance and chairman of the San Diego County Bar Association’s Financial Professionals Liaison Committee. Tyson & Mendes is also a member of numerous professional organizations and is actively committed to the education and defense of professionals across the nation.

Tyson & Mendes Saved the Insurance Industry More Than $679 Million in 2023: Nationwide Insurance and Civil Litigation Defense Firm Saves Clients Nearly $3 Billion in Four Years

January 5, 2024 2:32pm

SAN DIEGO (January 5, 2024) – Tyson & Mendes LLP, one of the nation’s fastest-growing insurance and civil litigation defense firms, saved its insurance industry and self-insured clients $679.9 million in aggregate damages claims in 2023, bringing the firm’s savings results...

Tyson & Mendes Saved the Insurance Industry Over $1 Billion in 2022: Nationwide Insurance and Civil Litigation Defense Firm Tops $2.27 Billion in Savings for Clients in the Past Three Years

January 18, 2023 11:56am

SAN DIEGO (January 18, 2023) – Tyson & Mendes LLP, one of the nation’s fastest-growing insurance and civil litigation defense firms, saved its insurance industry and self-insured clients an astonishing $1.07 billion in aggregate damages claims in 2022...

Jury Finds San Diego Accountant Not Liable in Professional Malpractice Trial

March 11, 2019 4:46pm

SAN DIEGO (March 11, 2019) – Following a two-week trial in San Diego, a California Superior Court jury has found accountant Roy Hosaka and his firm, Hosaka Nagel & Co., not liable in a $2 million malpractice case. Tyson & Mendes attorney Dan Fallon represented Mr. Hosaka and Hosaka Nagel & Co. in the high-stakes professional malpractice case, which alleged fraudulent nondisclosure and breach of fiduciary duty.

Exploring the Defense Arsenal: How to attack inflated damages in professional malpractice and catastrophic injury cases

Author: Daniel Fallon | September 25, 2018 8:56am

CLM – September 10, 2018 With the rising costs of medical, rehabilitation, and long-term care, the increase in special damages can be exponentially impactful to jury verdicts and settlements. The gross exposure from cases not only affects carriers, but also creates concerns for policyholders relative to policy limits, premiums, and professional reputations.

Bravo(?) for New Attorney Rule of Professional Conduct

Author: Charles Lawrence | September 8, 2023 4:45pm

Effective August 1, 2023, all California lawyers are required to report other lawyers they suspect of certain bad acts, or risk being subject to disciplinary charges themselves. The new Rule 8.3 was enacted in the fallout of charges against disgraced lawyer Tom Girardi...

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Professional Liability