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# James R. Kristy

*James R. Kristy is the principal trial attorney at*The Kristy Law Firm*, which he founded in 2003. At Whittier Law School, he served as Editor-in-Chief of the Whittier Law Review during 1999-2000. He has successfully prosecuted plaintiffs’ insurance-bad-faith cases during his entire legal career. Currently, he devotes his trial practice to representing consumers against insurers, employers, and medical institutions and practitioners. Since 2005, Kristy has served continuously as a member of the Board of Governors of the Consumer Attorneys Association of Los Angeles (CAALA). *

### Articles written by this author:

## [Subbed out or subbed in](https://www.advocatemagazine.com/issues/2014-november/subbed-out-or-subbed-in "Subbed out or subbed in")

Issues relating to liens for attorneys’ fees

[James R. Kristy](https://www.advocatemagazine.com/authors/james-r-kristy "James R. Kristy")

[2014 November](https://www.advocatemagazine.com/issues/2014-november)

## [Subbed out or subbed in](https://www.advocatemagazine.com/issues/2014-november/subbed-out-or-subbed-in-2 "Subbed out or subbed in")

Issues relating to liens for attorneys’ fees

[James R. Kristy](https://www.advocatemagazine.com/authors/james-r-kristy "James R. Kristy")

[2014 November](https://www.advocatemagazine.com/issues/2014-november)

## [The duty to provide an adequate defense](https://www.advocatemagazine.com/issues/2015-august/the-duty-to-provide-an-adequate-defense-2 "The duty to provide an adequate defense")

Insurer’s potential bad-faith liability for the breach of the duty to provide competent counsel, fund the defense and provide independent counsel as required

[James R. Kristy](https://www.advocatemagazine.com/authors/james-r-kristy "James R. Kristy")

[2015 August](https://www.advocatemagazine.com/issues/2015-august)

## [The duty to provide an adequate defense](https://www.advocatemagazine.com/issues/2015-august/the-duty-to-provide-an-adequate-defense "The duty to provide an adequate defense")

Insurer’s potential bad-faith liability for the breach of the duty to provide competent counsel, fund the defense and provide independent counsel as required

[James R. Kristy](https://www.advocatemagazine.com/authors/james-r-kristy "James R. Kristy")

[2015 August](https://www.advocatemagazine.com/issues/2015-august)

## [Reformation of an insurance policy](https://www.advocatemagazine.com/issues/2017-september/reformation-of-an-insurance-policy "Reformation of an insurance policy")

Reformation is an equitable remedy that is available when the policy does not express the parties’ real agreement

[James R. Kristy](https://www.advocatemagazine.com/authors/james-r-kristy "James R. Kristy")

[2017 September](https://www.advocatemagazine.com/issues/2017-september)