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ANDRÉ E. JARDINI
Mr. Jardini was born in California in 1951. He attended the University of Notre Dame and graduated in 1973 with a Bachelor of Arts degree. He attended Hastings College of the Law and received his Juris Doctor degree in 1976. He was admitted to the California Bar in 1976. He is a partner with the firm.
Mr. Jardini was a law clerk to the Honorable Robert Firth, United States District Court, Central District of California, from 1977 to 1978. He has been admitted to the Northern, Eastern, Southern and Central California Districts of the United States District Court and the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals.
Mr. Jardini specializes in complex litigation, and his experience in this area is wide-ranging and diverse, including trial work in insurance bad faith and coverage cases, employment and wrongful termination cases, and intellectual property, business torts and real estate litigation. In the last decade, Mr. Jardini has been the principal trial attorney in more than 35 lawsuits tried to jury verdict, each with exposure in the six to eight figure range. He also has been involved in environmental litigation, federal and multidistrict litigation, products litigation, and toxic tort litigation.
Mr. Jardini has developed a particularized practice regarding the review and analysis of legal billings. Since 1986, he has performed services on behalf of a wide variety of clients concerning all aspects of the issues of reasonableness and compensability of legal fees. Under the auspices of KPC Legal Audit Services Inc., a dba of the firm, Mr. Jardini has performed more than 500 audits, involving more than $500 million in legal fees. His services have been rendered as a consultant, an expert witness in litigation, and as an attorney in fee litigation.
Mr. Jardini is a member of the prestigious American Board of Trial Advocates. Recent superior court trials include: a jury trial in environmental coverage litigation with claims exceeding $35 million; a jury trial in a real estate fraud case with recovery of $1.7 million; a defense award in a major insurance bad faith case against an insurer seeking $18 million; and a substantial recovery in a jury trial on loan losses for a savings and loan.
- Areas Of Practice:
- Real estate law
- Litigation and appeals
- Insurance law
- Employment law -- employer
- Employment law -- employee
- Bad faith
- Wrongful termination -- employee
- Wrongful termination -- employer
- Intellectual property law
- Review and analysis of legal billing
- Bar Admissions:
- California, 1976
- U.S. District Court Northern District of California
- U.S. District Court Eastern District of California
- U.S. District Court Southern District of California
- U.S. District Court Central District of California
- U.S. Court of Appeals Ninth Circuit
- Education:
- University of California, Hastings College of the Law, San Francisco, California, 1976
- Juris Doctor
- University of Notre Dame, Notre Dame, Indiana, 1973
- B.A.
- Past Employment Positions:
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United States District Court, Central District of California,
Hon. Robert Firth, Law Clerk, 1977 - 1978
- Birth Information:
- 1951, California
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Glendale, CA 91203
Phone: (818) 547-5000 or (323) 245-9400
Fax: (818) 547-5329