William D. Naeve

Background

Naeve, William D. was born on November 6, 1953 in Pasadena, California, United States.

Education

Pasadena City College (Associate of Arts, 1973). University of California at Los Angeles (Bachelor of Arts, 1976). Western State University at Fullerton (Juris Doctor, with scholastic merit, 1979).

Career

Worked at Cotkin & Collins, A Professional Corporation (Santa Ana, California) specializing in Employment, First and Third Party Insurance Coverage, Bad Faith Litigation, Employment and Labor Law, Health Care Law, Business Litigation. Admitted to the bar, 1980, California. United States. District Court, Northern and Southern Districts of California.

United States.

Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit. United States. Supreme Court. Recipient: Corpus Juris Secundum Award.

American Jurisprudence Awards in Conflicts of Law and Crimes.

Member, Western State University Law Review, 1978-1979. Phi Alpha Delta. Author: "Withholding and/or Withdrawing Life Sustaining Treatment Policies and Procedures," 1990.

Contributing Author: Insurance Handbook for Business Litigators, 1989. Contributing Editor, Matthew Bender Federal Litigation Guide, "Responding to Document Requests," 1990.

Author: "Employee Benefit Plans: The American Broadcasting Company"s of Processing Claims Under Employee Retirement Income Security Act-Governed Employee Welfare Plans," Central Committee&F Legal Update, Summer, 1988.

"Healthcare Provider Liability: Some Wind is Taken Out of the Sails of MICRA," Central Committee&F Legal Update, Winter 1991. "Claims of Unfair Competition Are Striking the Workplace with Increasing Regularity," Orange County Business Journal, May 1992. "Limits on Litigation Privilege Could Portend Wider Liability," Los Angeles Daily Journal, August 1992.

Company-Author: "Preserving the Integrity of MICRA"s $250,000 Non-Economic Damages Cap," C&C Legal Update, Summer 1993.

"Malpractice Cap Limits Injury Compensation," Orange County Business Journal, Special Healthcare Report, February 1994. "Court Limits Scope of Disability Claims," Orange County Business Journal, April 1994.

Speaker, "Defense of Legal Malpractice," Orange County Bar Association Seminar, Lanai, Hawaii, October 1993. Member: Orange County (Member, Insurance Committee), Federal and American (Member, Tort and Insurance Practice Section) Bar Associations.

State Bar of California.

Association of Southern California Defense Counsel. Defense Research Institute. National Health Lawyers.

California Society for Healthcare Attorneys.

Achievements

• WILLIAM NAEVE has been listed as a reputable lawyer by Martindale-Hubbell.

Membership

Orange County (Member, Insurance Committee) and American Bar Associations. State Bar of California. Association of Souuthem California Defense Counsel.

Defense Research Institute.

(Resident). Insurance Bad Faith Defense, Professional Liability Defense and Insurance Coverage.