Background
Shernoff, William M. was born on October 26, 1937 in Chicago, Illinois, United States.
Shernoff, William M. was born on October 26, 1937 in Chicago, Illinois, United States.
University of Miami (Bachelor of Business Administration, 1959). University of Wisconsin (Juris Doctor, 1962).
Worked at Shernoff, Bidart & Darras (Claremont, California. Also Palm Desert) specializing in Insurance Bad Faith. Admitted to the bar, 1962, Wisconsin.
1966, California.
Company-Author: Legal Treatise, "Insurance Bad Faith Litigation," published by Matthew Bender, 1984.
"How to Make Insurance Companies Pay Your Claims and What to do if They Don"t," Hastings House, 1990. Author: "Payment Refused," published by Richardson & Steirman, 1986.
Member: State Bar of California. Los Angeles Trial Lawyers Association (Trial Lawyer of the Year, 1975).
California Trial Lawyers Association (President, 1981).
The Association of Trial Lawyers of America. (Also practicing individually at Newport Beach, California).
Legal Treatise, "Insurance Bad Faith Litigation," published by Matthew Bender, 1984. Author: "Payment Refused," published by Richardson & Steirman, 1986. "Demise of the Sub Rosa Investigation," 45 California State Bar Journal 853, November—December 1970.
"Class Actions-An Overview," Wisconsin Bar Bulletin, June 1972. "Anatomy of a Bad Faith Case," Los Angeles Trial Lawyers Advocate, October 1975. Trends In Insurance Agents' and Brokers’ Liability," CTLA Forum XIII No.
4, May 1983
"The Tort of Bad Faith: Insurers Statutory Liability for Refusal to Settle Personal Injury Claims," CTLA Forum Volume IX No. 5, June 979
"Applicability of the ‘Silberg Rule’ to Disability Insurance," CTLA Forum Vol IX No. 3, April 1979
"What Is an ‘Occurrence’ or ‘Accident’ as contemplated in General Liability Insurance?" CTLA Forum Vo.
IX No. 2, March 1979. "The Revival of Pre-Judgment Interest," LATLA Advocate Volume VI No. 10, November 1978
"Investigating for Bad Faith: The Role of Plaintiffs Attorney," The Forum, Volume XIV No.
2 Fall, 1978
"Evolution of Insurance Bad Faith Litigation: Emerging Damages Issues," 16 CTLA Law Journal 131, 1977.
State Bar of California. Los Angeles Trial Lawyers Association (Trial Lawyer of the Year, 1975). California Trial Lawyers Association (President, 1981).
The Association of Trial Lawyers of America.
(Also Member, Ben-Veniste & Shernoff, Washington, District of Columbia).