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Jeffrey S. Crowe | Principal
jcrowe@bergerkahn.com
Orange County
Jeff Crowe is a member of the firm's Litigation and Dispute Resolution
team and serves as co-chair of the firm's Professional Development
Committee. He concentrates his practice on complex civil litigation,
with an emphasis on business litigation and insurance bad faith. He also has broad civil litigation experience in matters involving real estate, product liability, and medical malpractice.
Over the past five years, Jeff has represented individuals, small
businesses and large companies in a variety of
commercial disputes. He has handled large complex cases starting from
the investigation and discovery phase through trial and ending in appeal,
and understands that effective client communication and aggressive
advocacy are key to early and favorable resolutions to disputes.
Jeff has represented clients in state and federal courts and in mediation
and arbitration proceedings. He recently obtained a judgment on a motion
for nonsuit at the close of plaintiff's case on behalf of an insurance
company client. Jeff has also successfully achieved summary judgment and partial summary judgment on behalf of several large insurance clients in complex bad faith suits.
Jeff received his B.A. from California State University, Long Beach and
graduated magna cum laude from Whittier Law School in 2001, where he was
Lead Articles Editor for the Whittier Law Review and a recipient of the
Whittier Law Review Outstanding Candidate Award. He is the author of
"New v. Armour Pharmaceutical Co. and The Twilight Zone Of Injury:
Discussing The Statute of Limitations' Role In Contemporary Wrongful
Infliction of AIDS and Toxic Torts Cases," 22 Whittier L. Rev. 91 (2001).
During law school, Jeff served as a judicial extern to Presiding Justice
David G. Sills of the California Court of Appeal, Fourth District,
Division Three.
Jeff is a member of the State Bar of California and the Orange County Bar
Association. He is admitted to practice before all California State
Courts, as well as the United States District Court for the Central
District of California and the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals.
An Orange County resident, Jeff enjoys skiing, surfing, golfing and
basketball in his spare time.
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