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# Michael J. Bidart

Michael J. Bidart is the Managing Partner for *Shernoff Bidart Echeverria LLP*. He leads the firm’s HMO Litigation and Property/Casualty Departments. A well-known lecturer and keynote speaker on HMO litigation and bad faith insurance practices, Mr. Bidart has been a featured speaker for the Association of Trial Lawyers of America, Consumer Attorneys of California, American Conference Institute, The Rutter Group, the California Judges Association and many others. Mr. Bidart has served on the Board of Governors of Consumer Attorneys of California and Consumer Attorneys Association of Los Angeles, and on the Board of Regents of Loyola Marymount University.

### Articles written by this author:

[![COVID-19 business-interruption claims](https://www.advocatemagazine.com/media/zoo/images/Echeverria_istock-1212955571_9791747efb61f056f618161b4a258600.jpg)](https://www.advocatemagazine.com/issues/2020-june/covid-19-business-interruption-claims "COVID-19 business-interruption claims")

## [COVID-19 business-interruption claims](https://www.advocatemagazine.com/issues/2020-june/covid-19-business-interruption-claims "COVID-19 business-interruption claims")

Getting around the “virus” exclusion may require a lot of careful reading as language differs between policies

[Michael J. Bidart](https://www.advocatemagazine.com/authors/michael-j-bidart "Michael J. Bidart")
[Ricardo Echeverria](https://www.advocatemagazine.com/authors/ricardo-echeverria "Ricardo Echeverria")

[2020 June](https://www.advocatemagazine.com/issues/2020-june)