David Allen Shaneyfelt
David A. Shaneyfelt has nearly thirty years’ experience in litigating complex civil matters in state and Federal courts across the country. A former shareholder with the New York-based law firm of Anderson Kill, Mr. Shaneyfelt has represented numerous private and public business entities in disputes against insurance companies and joint powers agencies.
His representative cases and matters include the recovery of insurance policy benefits (defense and indemnity) for employment practices liability (EPLI) cases, wage and hour class actions, director and officer (D&O) liability, public entity liability, professional malpractice, reinsurance, accidental death insurance, and lifetime disability. He has also handled a wide-variety of complex litigation matters involving commercial contract disputes, public affordable housing programs, unfair competition, entertainment, insurance broker malpractice, and attorney malpractice.
He is a member of three state bars – California, Illinois, and Oregon (inactive) – and has practiced in the following Federal courts: Central District of California; Southern District of California, Northern District of California; Northern District of Illinois; Central District of Illinois; Western District of Washington; Southern District of Mississippi; District of Hawaii; Ninth Circuit Court of Appeal; Seventh Circuit Court of Appeal; and the U.S. Supreme Court.
He is a 1981 graduate of Thomas Aquinas College in Santa Paula, California. He received his J.D. in 1984 from the Willamette College of Law in Salem, Oregon, where he was senior editor of the Law Review.
He is a frequent speaker for several continuing legal education groups at conferences and webinars on insurance coverage issues. Among the webinars he leads are those sponsored by the National Constitution Conferences, the American Law Institute, the Strafford Company, and Bridgeport Continuing Education.
- Insurance Claims
- Bad Faith Insurance, Business Insurance, Disability Insurance, Health Insurance, Life Insurance, Motor Vehicle Insurance, Property Insurance
- Business Law
- Business Contracts, Business Dissolution, Business Finance, Business Formation, Business Litigation, Franchising, Mergers & Acquisitions, Partnership & Shareholder Disputes
- Insurance Policy Enforcement
- Free Consultation
- Credit Cards Accepted
- Contingent Fees
- California
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- Illinois
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- Oregon
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- English: Spoken, Written
- Willamette University College of Law
- J.D. (1984)
- Honors: Senior Editor, Law Review
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- Thomas Aquinas College
- B.A. (1981) | Classic Liberal Art
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- AV® Preeminent™ Peer Review Rated
- Martindale Hubbell
- Highest Rating
- Top 100 Graduates In 100 Years Award
- Grants Pass High School
- Special Achievement Award
- U.S. Department of Justice
- California State Bar # 240777
- Member
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- Los Angeles County Bar Association
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- Ventura County Bar Association
- Current
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- Claims Against The Claims Handlers Under Large Deductible Workers' Compensation Insurance Policies
- The State Bar of California, Business Law News
- Are Negligent Supervision Claims 'Occurrences'?,
- Law 360, New York
- Insurance Bad Faith: Strategies for Avoiding or Pursuing Claims
- American Law Institute
- Sacrificing Priests On The Altar Of Insurance
- Homiletic and Pastoral Review
- Cyber Insurance: What Your Corporate Client Needs To Know
- Ventura County Bar Ass’n
- Reservation of Rights Letters: Issues To Consider When Coverage Is In Question, National Webinar
- American Law Institute
- Insurance Bad Faith: Strategies for Avoiding or Pursuing Claims, National Webinar
- American Law Institute
- Protecting Your Coverage Rights After A Claim, IRMI (Insurance Risk Management Institute) 27th Annual Construction Risk Conference, Orlando, FL
- Insurance Risk Management Institute
- Meet Your Counterpart: The Lawyer You Didn't Think You Needed - An Insurance Discussion, Fall Meeting, San Diego, CA
- Association of Corporate Counsel
- Hospitality Industry Insurance Litigation Update - 2009, Hospitality Law Conference, Houston, TX
- National Hospitality Law Association
