Paul J. Lipman

Paul Lipman is a partner who attended UCLA and then Loyola Law School. He specializes in insurance defense including transportation litigation (buses and ambulances), premises liability, automobile negligence (with an emphasis in defending against suspicious or fraudulent claims), and products liability.

Mr. Lipman is certified to practice before in the 9th Circuit, the U.S. District Court for the Central District and the California Supreme Court.

Mr. Lipman has handled many cases involving MICRA, government liability and immunity, and other sub-fields of civil litigation. He has a specialty in hotel defense and has successfully litigated many hotel security, slip and fall, food poisoning and other cases to conclusion.

Mr. Lipman has published numerous articles relating to civil procedure, particularly summary judgment, and is the continuing editor of the chapter on summary judgments in CEB's three volume treatise, Civil Procedure Before Trial. Mr. Lipman is the editor of the Firm's newsletter. He also handles the writs and appeals and coverage issues for the Los Angeles office.