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In the News
- Alan Schonfeld, Corinne Bertsche, and Cecilia Preciado all Certified by the State Bar as Legal Malpractice Specialists - On January 3, 2012, Alan Schonfeld, Corinne Bertsche, and Cecilia Preciado were each certified by th...
- Alan Schonfeld Defenses Another Legal Malpractice Trial - On November 18, 2011, a jury in San Bernardino Superior Court, Rancho Cucamonga Division, rendered a...
- Alan Schonfeld Voted A Top Ten Finalist By San Diego Lawyers - After almost 900 nominations, Alan Schonfeld has been voted by his peers as one of ten Finalists in ...
- SBP Obtains Lopsided Settlement After Taking Plaintiff’s Deposition - After Alan Schonfeld took his deposition, the plaintiff and his attorney agreed to drop their lega...
About Our Firm
The lawyers of Schonfeld, Bertsche & Preciado, LLP began practicing law at Ault, Deuprey, Jones & Gorman, one of the significant insurance defense firms in Southern California from 1978 to 1997. The firm earned an outstanding professional and ethical reputation, and several of its partners went on to become Superior Court Judges. Ault, Davis & Schonfeld was formed in 1997 and consisted primarily of the professional liability and commercial litigation group of Ault, Deuprey.
Schonfeld, Bertsche & Preciado, LLP was formed in 2008 by the professional liabilty and commercial litigation group of Ault, Davis & Schonfeld. SBP continues to represent clients in virtually all areas of commercial litigation and professional liability defense, with particular expertise and experience in attorney errors and omissions.
The firm has extensive trial and appellate experience. Alan Schonfeld has tried over 20 jury trials, including 13 legal malpractice jury trials and several real estate licensee jury trials. He has also represented individuals in major catastrophic personal injury/products liability jury trials against international motor vehicle manufacturers and distributors. Corinne Bertsche and Cecilia Preciado have both first and second chair trial experience as well. Among our published appellate decisions are two important cases in the legal malpractice area:
- Wiley v. County of San Diego (1998) 19 Cal.4th 532 (plaintiff in legal malpractice action arising out of underlying criminal matter must prove actual innocence to satisfy causation element)
- Gordon v. Law Offices of Aguirre & Meyer (1999) 70 Cal.App.4th 972 (equitable tolling doctrine does not apply to legal malpractice statute of limitations).
We work with and have worked with many insurance companies, including:
- Lawyers’ Mutual Insurance Company
- Argo Pro
- Colony Insurance Company
- Navigators Pro
- Lloyds Underwriters
- Country Mutual Insurance Company
- Jardine Lloyd Thompson, Inc.
- North American Risk Services
- Scottsdale Insurance Company
- The Hartford
- Lawyers Mutual of North Carolina
- British Columbia Legal Society
- CNA
- Kemper Insurance Company
- Sentry Claims Services
The firm handles matters throughout California, with an emphasis on San Diego, Orange, San Bernardino, Riverside and Imperial Counties. We have offices in San Diego and Orange County.
