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.  He is currently the incoming President of CAALA and was 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

Ricardo Echeverria

2014 April


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

Ricardo Echeverria

2014 August


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

Ricardo Echeverria

2015 July


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

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

Ricardo Echeverria
Matthew Clark

2015 August


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?

Ricardo Echeverria
Matthew Clark

2016 September


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

Ricardo Echeverria

2017 January


Looking forward to serving you in 2017!

Echeverria honored to serve as your new CAALA President

Ricardo Echeverria

2017 January


One simple and powerful sentence

The jury system is the purest form of democracy

Ricardo Echeverria

2017 February


An inspiring human story

CAALA member overcomes tremendous odds in the criminal justice system

Ricardo Echeverria

2017 March


Ask not what CAALA can do for you

Ask what you can do for CAALA

Ricardo Echeverria

2017 April


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

Ricardo Echeverria

2017 May


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

Ricardo Echeverria

2017 June


CAALA 3,000/4,000

It’s within our reach

Ricardo Echeverria

2017 July


CAALA VEGAS

A tremendous learning experience

Ricardo Echeverria

2017 August


Something remarkable is coming

CAALA women trial skills conference

Ricardo Echeverria

2017 September


The CAALA MENTOR PROGRAM

Become a mentor or mentee

Ricardo Echeverria

2017 October


CAALA’s new state-of-the-art office facility

An exciting new chapter for our organization

Ricardo Echeverria

2017 November


2017: Thanks for the opportunity to serve you

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

Ricardo Echeverria

2017 December


Homeowner’s insurers are prohibited from communicating misleading replacement-cost estimates

Homeowner’s insurers are prohibited from communicating misleading replacement-cost estimates

Misleading estimates qualify as a misleading statement under the Insurance Code

Ricardo Echeverria
Steven M. Schuetze

2018 September


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

Ricardo Echeverria

2019 September


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

Ricardo Echeverria
Michael J. Bidart

2020 June


The duty-to-settle analysis after <em>Pinto</em>

The duty-to-settle analysis after Pinto

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

Ricardo Echeverria

2022 November