Jeffrey Kaufman is Of Counsel for Brydon Hugo & Parker.    Jeff has represented and advised insurers and insureds in hundreds of coverage disputes involving general liability, personal injury liability, advertising injury liability, property, agent errors and omissions, attorney errors and omissions, psychologist errors and omissions, other professional liability, umbrella and excess coverage, employment practices liability, auto, uninsured and underinsured motorists coverage, homeowners, OL&T, builders risk, premises liability, products liability, operations liability, pollution, asbestos, environmental, intellectual property, reinsurance, workers' compensation and employers' liability, surety, and fidelity.

Jeff has a winning track record for his clients based on thorough preparation, well crafted arguments and carefully devised strategies.    Within the last year he obtained a well publicized judgment from the Federal District Court in Philadelphia which saved his client an estimated $100 million, in addition to pretrial rulings which protected another $150 million.    This year he also obtained summary judgments in a case involving coverage for clergy abuse claims in which the demand was in the tens of millions, a federal district court case involving advertising injury coverage, a case involving attorney errors and omissions coverage, and a case involving insurance agent errors and omissions coverage.    In the recent past he has also obtained summary judgments in cases involving construction defect litigation, environmental contamination, and insurer bad faith. Other recent trial victories include litigation over commercial contract disputes in which he obtained awards totaling millions of dollars for his clients.

During the course of his practice, Jeff has handled litigation not only in California, but also in Ohio, Illinois, Indiana, New York, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, Washington, D.C., and Guam.