Ricardo Echeverria

Ricardo Echeverria

Ricardo Echeverria is a trial attorney with Shernoff Bidart Echeverria LLP, where he handles both insurance bad-faith and catastrophic personal-injury cases.  Hewas named the 2010 CAALA Trial Lawyer of the Year, the 2011 Jennifer Brooks Lawyer of the Year by the Western San Bernardino County Bar Association, and a 2012 Outstanding Trial Lawyer by the Consumer Attorneys of San Diego. He was also a finalist for the CAOC Consumer Attorney of the Year Award in both 2007 and 2009, and is also a member of ABOTA and the American College of Trial Lawyers.

 

Articles written by this author:

Non-economic damages in the wrongful death trial

Sympathy is not what you’re looking for and, frankly, sympathy is inadequate


Trying a bad faith case: The duty to settle

The duty to settle under liability coverage is the single most important bad-faith principle of insurance


Using a trial theme effectively throughout your case

Using a trial theme effectively throughout your case

A stong, carefully chosen theme brings clarity and simplicity to the presentation of your case


The lid is off the policy . . .But what’s next?

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


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?


Non-ecomonic damages: from voir dire to closing argument

Often the most challenging damages to present at trial, here is a step-by-step guide leading up to your closing argument


Looking forward to serving you in 2017!

Echeverria honored to serve as your new CAALA President


One simple and powerful sentence

The jury system is the purest form of democracy


An inspiring human story

CAALA member overcomes tremendous odds in the criminal justice system



Civility: It’s not a four-letter word

CAALA Partners with Association of Southern California Defense Counsel and the American Board of Trial Advocates on civility conference on civility program


Now more than ever, we must be united with CAOC and AAJ

Every day we are reminded that the battles are not limited to Sacramento



CAALA VEGAS

A tremendous learning experience





2017: Thanks for the opportunity to serve you

I didn’t know how much fun it would be to represent this great association



The art of taking the bad-faith duty-to-settle case to trial

The art of taking the bad-faith duty-to-settle case to trial

From acknowledging the “skunk on the table” in voir dire, to acting as a “public servant” as you ask for punitive damages, here is the framework for trying the bad-faith case


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


The duty-to-settle analysis after [[case]]Pinto[[/case]]

The duty-to-settle analysis after [[case]]Pinto[[/case]]

Was the insurer’s failure to settle the result of unreasonable conduct on the part of the insurer?


Arguing punitive damages

Arguing punitive damages

You are now arguing on behalf of society to not only punish the bad conduct but to prevent it from happening again