Pollak, Vida & Barer represents public entities in a wide range of governmental law cases. Its clients include counties, cities, school districts, and public entity JPAs.
Pollak, Vida & Barer defends insurers in bad faith cases, and tries a number of large exposure cases to verdict every year. In the coverage arena, we counsel insurers on all aspects of personal, commercial, and professional liability coverages.
Pollak, Vida & Barer has experience in defending insureds under commercial policies in actions involving intellectual property, landlord/tenant disputes, employment litigation, premises liability, pharmaceutical malpractice, water damage/mold, product liability, general liability.
Pollak, Vida & Barer handles a large volume of appeals for its insurance and public entity clientele. It serves as appellate counsel to Los Angeles County as well as several cities. Members of the firm have more than 30 published opinions to their credit in the District Courts of Appeal, the California Supreme Court, and the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeal.