Mr. Opgenorth is an insurance coverage and bad faith litigator. He represents policyholders to ensure that they receive maximum compensation for their claims and are treated with respect by their insurance companies. He has obtained favorable judgments in both state and federal court. He has also achieved several multi-million settlements on behalf of clients. Mr. Opgenorth has been selected by his peers in the legal community as a Super Lawyer “Rising Star” each year since 2013.

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About Ryan H. Opgenorth

Practice Areas

Insurance Coverage and Bad Faith Litigation

Current Employment Position(s)

Partner

Qualifications

Bar Admissions

U.S. District Court Northern District of California
U.S. District Court Eastern District of California
U.S. District Court Central District of California
U.S. District Court Southern District of California

Other Affiliations

American Association for Justice (Member)
Consumer Attorneys of California (Member)
San Francisco Trial Lawyers Association (Member)
Asian American Bar Association (Member)

Education

University of Southern California Gould School of Law, Los Angeles, California, 2007
Juris Doctor
Law Journal: Southern California Interdisciplinary Law Journal, Member
University of California, Los Angeles, 2003
Bachelor of Arts
Honors: Magna Cum Laude

Classes and Seminars

Summary of workers’ compensation bad faith cases , “The Domino Effect” Seminar, Sept. 2014

Achievements

Other Sources of Feedback About Ryan H. Opgenorth

Included on the 2022 Northern California list

Past Lists

2021 Northern California Super Lawyers list
2020 Northern California Super Lawyers list
2019 Northern California Super Lawyers list
2018 Northern California Super Lawyers list
2017 Northern California Super Lawyers list
2016 Northern California Super Lawyers list
2015 Northern California Super Lawyers list
2014 Northern California Super Lawyers list
2013 Northern California Super Lawyers list

View the profile for Ryan H. Opgenorth on Super Lawyers

Honors

Selected to the Super Lawyers Northern California Rising Stars list for 2013-2015

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Address

100 Green Street San Francisco, CA 94111

Phone

888-433-8335

Fax

415-433-4816

Email

Offers Free Initial Consultation

Yes

Accepts Credit Cards

Yes

Websites

https://www.pillsburycoleman.com/

Publication

Articles

The impact of Crawford v. Weather Shield MFG., Inc. on contractual indemnity provisions , McCormick Barstow LLP, 2009
Insurance coverage issues in personal injury cases , San Francisco Trial Lawyers Association, September , 2015
Deposing insurance company personnel: lessons learned, Advocate Magazine, September, 2018

Representative Cases

Achieved 8-figure and 7-figure settlements for clients against insurers who wrongfully refused to defend their insureds in lawsuits that were covered under commercial general liability insurance policies.
Secured lifetime long-term care benefits for a client by barring her insurance carrier from rescinding the policy based on responses to impermissible application questions.
Reversed on appeal a summary adjudication ruling in insurer’s favor in the published decision Sequeira v. Lincoln National Life Insurance Company (2015) 239 Cal.App.4th 1438.
Successfully argued numerous motions for summary adjudication on bad faith and punitive damages before courts throughout California
Tucker v. The Travelers Indemnity Co. of Conn., et al. (N.D. Cal.) 2017 WL 10456186
Massachusetts Mutual Life Ins. Co. v. Chang (N.D. Cal.) 2016 WL 6778664
Sequeira v. Lincoln National Life Ins. Co. (2015) 239 Cal.App.4th 1438
Evans v. Poms & Associates Ins. Brokers, Inc. (C.D. Cal.) 2015 WL 857464
Cadenasso v. Unum Group, et al. (N.D. Cal.) 2014 WL 12703565
Rader v. Sun Life Assur. Co. of Canada (N.D. Cal. 2013) 941 F.Supp.2d 1191
Ruiz Food Products, Inc. v. Catlin Underwriting U.S., Inc. (E.D. Cal.) 2012 WL 4050001

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Fax:

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www.pillsburycoleman.com/

100 Green Street San Francisco, CA 94111