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# Donald de Camara

Donald de Camara is a sole practitioner in San Marcos, specializing in lien litigation and resolution. He has lectured at well over 120 trial lawyers’ seminars throughout California about liens and has presented four nationwide webinars on ERISA liens.  He has had dozens of articles on liens published in various trial lawyer magazines. He was lead counsel for the eight defendants in the case of *Carpenters Health v. Vonderharr*, 384 F.3d 667 (2004), cert. denied 126 S.Ct. 729 (2005), establishing that defendants prevailing in litigation with their ERISA plan are equally as entitled as plaintiffs to the strong “special circumstances” presumption in favor of an award of attorneys fees.  He briefed and argued *AC Houston v. Berg,* 407 Fed. Appx. 208 (9th Cir. 2010) as amicus counsel for CAOC in the 9th Cir., resulting in the court reversing the district court judgment holding a plaintiff’s attorney liable on an ERISA lien.  

### Articles written by this author:

[![Handling Medical Care Recovery Act claims for reimbursement](https://www.advocatemagazine.com/media/zoo/images/DeCamara_istock-1175584965_96f438cee984f1aaecfb03e73ee62875.jpg)](https://www.advocatemagazine.com/issues/2020-april/handling-medical-care-recovery-act-claims-for-reimbursement "Handling Medical Care Recovery Act claims for reimbursement")

## [Handling Medical Care Recovery Act claims for reimbursement](https://www.advocatemagazine.com/issues/2020-april/handling-medical-care-recovery-act-claims-for-reimbursement "Handling Medical Care Recovery Act claims for reimbursement")

A look at the government’s MICRA liens for medical care it paid, most commonly on behalf of military members, Tri-Care/Champus or V.A.

[Donald de Camara](https://www.advocatemagazine.com/authors/donald-de-camara "Donald de Camara")

[2020 April](https://www.advocatemagazine.com/issues/2020-april)

## [Understanding and handling long-term disability liens](https://www.advocatemagazine.com/issues/2026-march/understanding-and-handling-long-term-disability-liens "Understanding and handling long-term disability liens")

LTD insurers’ liens against third-party recoveries most often result from “other income” provisions in the insurance policies

[Donald de Camara](https://www.advocatemagazine.com/authors/donald-de-camara "Donald de Camara")

[2026 March](https://www.advocatemagazine.com/issues/2026-march)

## [Kaiser’s new lien grab for UIM dollars](https://www.advocatemagazine.com/issues/2026-august/kaiser-s-new-lien-grab-for-uim-dollars "Kaiser’s new lien grab for UIM dollars")

Challenging Kaiser’s attempt to claim reimbursement rights against first-party UM/UIM recoveries

[Donald de Camara](https://www.advocatemagazine.com/authors/donald-de-camara "Donald de Camara")

[2026 August](https://www.advocatemagazine.com/issues/2026-august)