Background
COTKIN, RAPHAEL was born on July 31, 1939 in New York, New York, United States.
COTKIN, RAPHAEL was born on July 31, 1939 in New York, New York, United States.
University of California at Los Angeles (Bachelor of Arts, 1960). University of Southern California (Juris Doctor, 1964). Panelist and
Worked at Cotkin & Collins, A Professional Corporation (Los Angeles, California) specializing in Insurance Coverage Law, Toxic Substances Litigation, Professional Liability Litigation and Coverage, Mediation and Arbitration. Admitted to the bar, 1965, California and United States. District Court, Northern, Central and Southern Districts of California.
Panelist and Author: "Brave New World: Today"s Extracontractual Liability," American Insurance Association, General Counsel"s Symposium, June, 1989.
Speaker and Author: "Third Party Claims," Stanford Bar Institute-Bad Faith, March, 1988. Author: "Bad Faith Before Moredi-Shalal," Beverly Hills Bar Journal, September, 1988.
"Litigating an Insurer"s Bad Faith," American Bar Association, Litigation, Summer, 1988. Panelist: Continuing Education of the Bar Seminars, "Bad Faith Insurance Litigation," and "Insurance Coverage Programs in Motor Vehicle Cases," February, 1983.
SCDC Annual Seminar, "Sweaty Palms: Dealing With the Policy Limits Demands," January, 1985.
Business Trial Lawyers Seminar re, "Insurance Coverage and Business Litigation -- Where the Dollars Are and How to Get Them2 " February, 1985. Continuing Education of the Bar Seminar, Second Annual Real Property Practice Institute: Construction Law "Liability Insurance for Defective Work and Property Damage," February, 1985. California Business Law Institute Seminar: "California Environmental Compliance Workshop" "Getting Your Insurance Carrier to Pay the Bills," May, 1985.
American Bar Association Seminar, "Coping with the Latest Corporate Insurance Crisis: Are You Covered?" November, 1986.
Continuing Education of the Bar program on Bad Faith Litigation: "Recent Trends and Effective Tactics," March, 1987. Partito Liberale Italiano (Italian Liberal Party) Seminar, "Media Insurance: Protecting Against High Judgments, Punitive Damages and Defense Costs," July, 1983.
Partito Liberale Italiano (Italian Liberal Party) Seminar, Insurance, Excess & Reinsurance Coverage Issues: "Coverage for Punitive Damages Assessed Against an Insured," January, 1986. Southern California Adjusters Association Seminar, "Policy Limits Demands: How to Deal With Them From a Carrier"s Standpoint," March, 1986.
Chartered Property Casualty Underwriter Society of Orange County: Panel Discussion of Cumis, April, 1986.
Title Insurance Underwriters Section of the American Land Title Association Meeting: "Brave New World: Carriers Under a Microscope," September, 1986. General Real Estate Law Subsection of the Real Property Section of the Los Angeles County Bar "Significant Insurance Developments," November, 1986. Public Risk & Insurance Management Association 8th National Conference "Pollution Claims: Who Foots the Bill?" May 1987.
Speaker and Author: "Partito Liberale Italiano (Italian Liberal Party) Seminar on Professional Liability Insurance for Attorneys, Accountants and Insurance Brokers: Coverage Aspects of Claims Against Professional: Plaintiff"s Perspective," June 1986.
Panelist and Author: Association of Business Trial Lawyers, "The Deepest Pocket Strikes Back: Recent Developments in the Avoidance, Preparation, Settlement and Trial of Bad Faith Insurance Lawsuits," June 1986. Speaker and Author: California Business Law Institute, California Environmental Regulation Conference "Insurance Coverage for Spills - Recent Developments," October 1987.
American Bar Association Seminar, Going Bare: A Survival Course for Self-Insureds: "Digging Up Coverage Under Old Insurance Policies: Why, How and What Are the Pitfalls?" March 1987 and November, 1987. Author: "Arguments for Bachelor of Arts 209 - Attorneys, Professional Responsibility Fund," State Bar of California Reports, July 1977.
"The Outlook for Availability of Attorneys Errors and Omissions Coverage," Report of the Seventeenth Annual Seminar, Association of Southern California Defense Counsel, 1978.
"Update: Legal Malpractice Insurance," Report of Eighteenth Annual Seminar, Association of Southern California Defense Counsel, 1979. "Rules of Construction Applicable to Insurance Policies: Carriers Duty to Its Insured, General Rules of Policy Construction," Partito Liberale Italiano (Italian Liberal Party), July 1983. "Continuing Education of the Bar California Automobile Insurance Law Guide," annual Supplements, 1982-1987.
Author: Treasury Inflation Protected Securities: "Insurance: The Golden Goose for Intellectual Property Disputes?" Winter 1991.
Panelist and Author: American Bar Association Seminar: "Walking the Tightrope: Contesting Coverage During the Underlying Case," August 1991. University of Southern California Institute for Corporate Counsel: "American Broadcasting Company"s of Employee Retirement Income Security Act," March 1992.
Speaker: Legal Aid Foundation: "After the Los Angeles Riots," May 1992. Author and Panelist: "Recent Developments in Insurance Law," Lorman Business Center Seminars in Los Angeles and Newport Beach, California, February 1993.
Author and Speaker: "Fundamentals of Subrogation and Pursuing These Rights Notwithstanding Coverage Disputes," American Bar Association National Meeting, New York City, August 1993.
Company-Author and Speaker: "Insurance Coverage for Unfair Competition," American Bar Association-Treasury Inflation Protected Securities Mid-Winter Meeting, Orlando Florida, February 1994. Author and Panelist: Partito Liberale Italiano (Italian Liberal Party) Seminar, "Insurance Excess and Reinsurance Coverage Disputes," March 1995. Moderator: American Bar Association-Tips Seminar: "Cutting the Gordian Knot: Mediating the Construction Coverage Dispute," February 1996.
Member, Los Angeles Superior Court Arbitration Panel, Judicial Arbitration of Civil Cases, 1978-1982.
Member, International Association of Property Insurance Council, 1981. Member: Los Angeles County (Member, Trial Lawyers Section) and American (Member, Tort and Insurance Practice Section.
Vice-Chair, Insurance Litigation Section. Chair, Subcommittee on Inland Marine and Trucking Coverage, 1991.
Vice Chairman, Insurance Litigation Section and Tort and Insurance Practice Section, 1990.
Chairman, Treasury Inflation Protected Securities Inland Marine Subcommittee, 1992) Bar Associations. The State Bar of California (Member, 1976 and Chairman, 1978-1979, Group Insurance Committee. Member, Client Protection Board, 1977- 1978) Defense Research Institute.
Association of Southern California Defense Counsel (Member, Board of Governors, 1976-1978.
Chairman, Industry Liaison Committee, 1978). Association of Business Trial Lawyers.
International Association of Property Insurance Counsel.
Member, Los Angeles Superior Court Arbitration Panel, Judicial Arbitration of Civil Cases, 1978-1982. Member, International Association of Property Insurance Council, 1981. Member: Los Angeles County (Member, Trial Lawyers Section) and American (Member, Tort and Insurance Practice Section.
Vice-Chair, Insurance Litigation Section.
Chair, Subcommittee on Inland Marine and Trucking Coverage, 1991. Vice Chairman, Insurance Litigation Section and Tort and Insurance Practice Section, 1990.
Chairman, Treasury Inflation Protected Securities Inland Marine Subcommittee, 1992) Bar Associations. The State Bar of California (Member, 1976 and Chairman, 1978-1979, Group Insurance Committee.
Member, Client Protection Board, 1977- 1978) Defense Research Institute.
Association of Southern California Defense Counsel (Member, Board of Governors, 1976-1978. Chairman, Industry Liaison Committee, 1978). Association of Business Trial Lawyers.
International Association of Property Insurance Counsel.