Lloyd Bernstein
Gordon & Polscer, LLC
9755 SW Barnes Road, Suite 650
Portland, Oregon 97225
Practice:
Lloyd Bernstein’s practice focuses on litigation, with an emphasis on insurance coverage disputes and extra-contractual/bad faith claims. He has tried 11 cases to verdict in State and Federal Court, and has successfully arbitrated, mediated, and otherwiseresolved through motion practice and/or negotiation hundreds more. Mr. Bernstein has also written and presented on various aspects of insurance law.
Mr. Bernstein advises and represents clients on all aspects of first-party, liability, and excess insurance issues presented by personal, commercial, professional, builders risk and other excess and specialty lines including: additional insured, bodily injury, business interruption, catastrophic, collapse, construction defect,cyber, directors and officers, earth movement, employee dishonesty, errors and omissions, extra expense, fiduciary, flooding, fraud,intellectual property,media, products liability, property damage, soft costs,technology,water intrusion and related punitive damages claims.
Mr. Bernstein also advises clients on, and has extensive experience litigating, all types of general, business, and commercial contracts and torts; products, professional and premises liability; construction and real estate; and catastrophic injury and wrongful death disputes.
Education
California Western School of Law – J.D
Recipient, American Jurisprudence Award, Advanced Legal Research
State University of New York, Plattsburgh – B.S
Study Abroad, European Politics, Lancashire University, England
New York State Assembly Internship, Legislative Assistant
Bar Admissions:
Admitted to California Bar
Admitted to U.S. District Court, Southern District of California
Admitted to U.S. District Court, Central District of California
Admitted to Oregon Bar
Admitted to U.S. District Court, District of Oregon
Washington Bar, reciprocity in process
Professional & Civic Involvement:
Oregon Bar Association
Multnomah County Bar Association
Oregon Association of Defense Counsel, Insurance Coverage Committee
Defense Research Institute, Insurance Law Committee
American Jewish Committee, Oregon Chapter
African American Chamber of Commerce, former Board Member
Awards & Honors:
Named as a “Rising Star” for Insurance Coverage, Oregon Super Lawyers (2008)
Recipient, State Bar of California, Wiley W. Manuel Award, Pro Bono Legal Services
Articles & Presentations:
Article, “Avoiding a ‘Collapse’ of Common Sense”, OADC Summer Newsletter (2009)
Presenter, “Computer Virus: Adjusting Losses in a Worldwide Network Environment”, PLRB/LIRB Large Loss Conference (2008)
Presenter, “Thorny Issues with Commercial Property Coverage”, PLRB/LIRB Regional Conference, Western Region (2008)
Article, “Oregon Court finds that ‘Insured versus Insured’ Exclusion does not bar coverage”, (2007)
Presenter, “Emerging Torts: Good Old Fashion Negligence – the Latest Theory in Cyber Liability?”, WDTL Annual Tort Law Update (2007)
Presenter, “Analyzing Intellectual Property Coverage and Defense Claims”, PLRB/LIRB Regional Conference (2007)
Article, “Oregon Media Liability Insurers Beware: Policy Covers Loss to Publishers for Reprinting” (2006)
Presenter, “Liability Lurks in Your Backyard”, OSB Legal Links Talk Show (2005)
Speaker, “Bad Faith Litigation in Oregon”, National Business Institute (2004)
Co-Author, OSB CLE Insurance, Chapter 20 – Property Insurance (2003)
Article, “Captive Insurance Agent has No Duty to Homeowners”, OADC Spring Newsletter (2002)