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KENNETH E. BACON
Lewis & Bacon
1050 Fulton Avenue, Suite 125
Sacramento, California 95825
Tel. (916) 485-5005
Fax: (916) 485-5119
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LEGAL EXPERIENCE
Principal of Lewis & Bacon, A Professional Corporation, January 1993 to the present. Firm rated a.v. in Martindale Hubbell, 1985 to present.
Associate at Law Office of Steven A. Lewis, October 1988 through January 1993.
Attorney, Handelman & Bacon, Palo Alto, California, May 1983 through October 1988. Relocated to Sacramento.
Admitted to practice before all courts of the State of California (December 1982), and the United States District Courts for the Northern (February 1983) and Eastern (December 1988) Districts of California; Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals (October 1998).
MAJOR EMPHASIS IN PRACTICE
General civil and trial practice; professional liability and professional responsibility pertaining to attorneys, real estate and insurance brokers and construction professionals; attorney-client fee arbitrations and fee disputes; construction defect litigation; insurance law including insurance coverage; real estate litigation, title insurance claims and coverage.
PROFESSIONAL AND COMMUNITY ASSOCIATIONS AND ACTIVITIES
California State Bar Association; Member
California State Bar Committee on Mandatory Fee Arbitration; Member (2007 to present)
Sacramento County Bar Association; Member, Assistant Chair of Professional Responsibility Committee (1999)
Attorney-Client Fee Arbitrator, Sacramento County Bar Association (1999 to
present)
Attorney-Client Fee Arbitrator, California State Bar Mandatory Fee Arbitration Program (2005 to present)
Judicial Arbitrator, Sacramento County Superior Court (1990 to present)
Settlement Judge Pro Tem, Sacramento County Superior Court (1996 to present)
Los Angeles County Bar Association; Member
American Bar Association, Member Standing Committee on Professional Responsibility, National Legal Malpractice Data Center and Forum Committee on Construction
Association of Defense Counsel, Northern California
EDUCATION
University of Santa Clara School of Law, Juris Doctor degree awarded May 1982, with honors.
San Jose State University, Bachelor of Science degree in Administration of Justice awarded May 1978, with highest honors.
PUBLICATIONS/ARTICLES
Author: First Party Environmental Property Policy Claims. Sacramento County Bar Association, Docket, September 1991.
Author: Update on the Trigger of Coverage Applicable to Continuous or Progressive Damage Liability Claims. August 1992, Claims People.
Author: Insurance Coverage News: California Supreme Court Rejects Advertising Injury Coverage for Statutory Unfair Business Practice Claim. September 1992, Claims People.
Author: Recent Developments in Insurance Coverage Litigation. Lorman Education Services, March 1993.
Author: Recent Developments in the Duty to Defend: How Far Does the Potential For Coverage Extend? October 1993, Claims People.
Author: The Latent Defect Exclusion: Recent Developments in the Application to Construction Defect Claims. November 1993, Claims People.
Author: Alternate Dispute Resolution: The Benefits to Insureds and Insurers of Resolving Claims Out of Court. December 1993, Claims People.
Author: Analysis of Recent Cases From the California Supreme Court and Courts of Appeal Regarding Insurance Coverage Litigation. Lorman Education Services, March 1994.
SEMINARS
Panelist: Fee Arbitration Training Program, State Bar of California's Committee on Mandatory Fee Arbitration. May 22, 2008
Speaker: Ethical Duties of Counsel for Organization, Sacramento County Bar Professional Liability Committee November 1999.
Panelist: Recent Developments in Insurance Law. Lorman Education Service. March 8, 1994.
Panelist: Recent Developments in Insurance Law. Lorman Education Service. March 11, 1993.
REPORTED APPELLATE CASES
J.C. Penney Casualty Insurance Co. v. M.K. (1991) 52 Cal3d 1009 278 Cal.Rptr 64 [Significant California Supreme Court Decision relating to insurance coverage regarding willful act of insured].
Hensley v Caietti (1993) 13 Cal.App.4th 1165, 16 Cal.Rptr.2d 837
Carter v. Superior Court (San Mateo) (1987) 194 Cal.App.3d 424, 239 Cal.Rptr. 723
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