DAVID E. WOOD
Concentration:
National insurance policy enforcement
Honors:
"AV" ("Highest") rating, Martindale-Hubbell
Admissions:
California
U.S. District Courts for the Northern, Eastern, Central and Southern Districts of California, U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
Memberships:
American Bar Association, Tort & Insurance Practice Section, Fidelity & Surety Committee, Directors & Officers Section
Education:
J.D. University of California, Hastings College of Law, 1985, A.B., cum laude, Williams College, 1979
Practice Details:
David E. Wood co-founded Wood & Bender LLP, one of the country's leading law firms specializing in insurance policy enforcement. With two decades of experience in the insurance industry, Wood devotes his practice to evaluating and enforcing business insurance claims and to handling litigation aimed at accessing insurance coverage.
Practice Philosophy:
In matters throughout California and the nation, Wood represents public and private companies enforcing their claims under professional errors and omissions, directors' and officers' liability, special risk and general liability policies, and fidelity bonds. The policyholders Wood typically represents include Fortune 1000 corporations and corporate directors and officers, with special emphasis on contractors’ errors and omissions, design professional errors and omissions, contractor and subcontractor additional insured disputes, and construction risks in general. Representative clients include Turner Construction in the United States and Aecon Group, Inc. in Canada.
"Clients come to us for our knowledge of the business of insurance," he says. "We know how to enforce insurance policies by creating risk for carriers that don't honor their responsibilities to policyholders. Our experience allows us to anticipate and deliver results, without surprises and without a big learning curve."
Honors:
Wood holds the highest "AV" rating for professional skill and ethics conferred by Martindale-Hubbell. Chosen by 60,000 of his peers, and based on the independent research of Law and Politics magazine, he has been named one of the top 2007 Southern California lawyers. Wood is a long-time member of the American Bar Association Tort & Insurance Practice Section, Fidelity & Surety Committee, as well as the Directors and Officers Section.
Speeches and Publications
Wood is frequently quoted in national media on significant insurance matters. He has been interviewed on insurance recovery issues on CNBC Television, Bloomberg Radio, USA Today, and Forbes and Forbes.com. He also is a frequent speaker on insurance policy enforcement matters before organizations like the Association of Corporate Counsel, the Society of Corporate Secretaries and Governance Professionals, Mealey's, the International Risk Management Institute, and the Risk & Insurance Management Society.
Wood has published articles for trade and legal publications including D&O Advisor, The John Liner Review, The National Law Journal, Risk Management Magazine, California Lawyer, San Francisco Recorder, and Risk & Insurance Magazine.