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ROBERT D. BRUGGE
Mr. Brugge, a director with the firm, received his bachelor of arts degree in 1976 from Loyola University of Los Angeles. He received his juris doctor from Southwestern University School of Law in 1979. While in law school he received an American Jurisprudence Award for Estate Planning and Taxation.
Mr. Brugge is admitted to the State Bar of California; the United States District Courts for the Central, Southern, and Eastern Districts of California; and the United States Ninth and Tenth Circuit Courts of Appeal. He is a member of the Association of Southern California Defense Counsel and has served as a court-appointed arbitrator/mediator.
Prior to joining Knapp, Petersen & Clarke, Mr. Brugge served as house counsel for Fremont Indemnity Insurance Company and later was a partner of a Los Angeles law firm. His major areas of practice include general civil litigation, insurance bad faith, and commercial and intellectual property law. He also specializes in appellate work and has obtained many published appellate decisions in state and federal courts.
Mr. Brugge has taught numerous seminars and workshops for institutional clients in such areas as tort law, insurance contract interpretation, construction defect, environmental law and civil procedure.
- Areas Of Practice:
- Litigation and appeals
- Insurance law
- Business and commercial law
- Intellectual property law
- Bar Admissions:
- California
- U.S. District Court Central District of California
- U.S. District Court Southern District of California
- U.S. District Court Eastern District of California
- U.S. Court of Appeals 9th Circuit
- U.S. Court of Appeals 10th Circuit
- Education:
- Southwestern University School of Law, Los Angeles, California, 1979
- Juris Doctorate
- Honors: American Jurisprudence Award, Estate Planning and Taxation
- Loyola University, Los Angeles, California, 1976
- B.A.
- Activities: Alpha Delta Gamma; Ski Team; Crew Team
- Classes/Seminars Taught:
- Numerous seminars and workshops in tort law, insurance contract interpretation, environmental law and civil procedure, institutional clients
- Professional Associations and Memberships:
- Association of Southern California Defense Counsel
- Member
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Court-appointed arbitrator
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