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# Matthew Clark

*Matthew Clark is a partner with the Irvine-based law firm of*Bentley & More LLP,*where he handles complex, law-and-motion, and appellate matters in fields ranging from insurance bad faith, to catastrophic personal injury and public-entity liability. He was recognized as a Rising Star by Super Lawyers magazine in 2015, 2016, and 2017 and attended the University of Michigan and Notre Dame Law School.*

### Articles written by this author:

## [The lid is off the policy . . .But what’s next?](https://www.advocatemagazine.com/issues/2015-august/the-lid-is-off-the-policy-but-what-s-next-2 "The lid is off the policy . . .But what’s next?")

Winning and collecting from an insurer a judgment that exceeds the policy limits

[Matthew Clark](https://www.advocatemagazine.com/authors/matthew-clark "Matthew Clark")
[Ricardo Echeverria](https://www.advocatemagazine.com/authors/ricardo-echeverria "Ricardo Echeverria")

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

## [Safeguarding a default judgment from claims of insurer neglect](https://www.advocatemagazine.com/issues/2015-december/safeguarding-a-default-judgment-from-claims-of-insurer-neglect "Safeguarding a default judgment from claims of insurer neglect")

The defendant wants to set aside your default judgment, claiming they tendered to their insurance carrier and the insurer failed to file a responsive pleading. Now what?

[Matthew Clark](https://www.advocatemagazine.com/authors/matthew-clark "Matthew Clark")

[2015 December](https://www.advocatemagazine.com/issues/2015-december)

## [Questions in coverage: Intentional tort by an employee](https://www.advocatemagazine.com/issues/2016-september/questions-in-coverage-intentional-tort-by-an-employee "Questions in coverage: Intentional tort by an employee")

Do claims of negligent supervision, hiring, and retention of an employee who commits an intentional tort trigger an occurrence under a standard CGL Policy?

[Matthew Clark](https://www.advocatemagazine.com/authors/matthew-clark "Matthew Clark")
[Ricardo Echeverria](https://www.advocatemagazine.com/authors/ricardo-echeverria "Ricardo Echeverria")

[2016 September](https://www.advocatemagazine.com/issues/2016-september)

## [Demander beware!](https://www.advocatemagazine.com/issues/2017-september/demander-beware "Demander beware!")

A policy-limit demand is crucial to any claim for failure to settle, but making an incorrect demand can cripple your case

[Matthew Clark](https://www.advocatemagazine.com/authors/matthew-clark "Matthew Clark")

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

## [Keep digging](https://www.advocatemagazine.com/issues/2022-november/keep-digging "Keep digging")

Utilizing [[case]]Colonial Life[[/case]] discovery in an insurance bad-faith case

[Matthew Clark](https://www.advocatemagazine.com/authors/matthew-clark "Matthew Clark")

[2022 November](https://www.advocatemagazine.com/issues/2022-november)