John S. "Jack" Pierce

Biography

Jack Pierce is a senior litigation partner in the firm’s San Francisco office. He is an AV-rated trial lawyer, admitted to practice in California and Washington, D.C., with more than 30 years of litigation and trial experience.

Mr. Pierce’s litigation and trial experience includes a wide variation of complex national cases for insurance and non-insurance clients. His broad range of experience includes defense of corporations and their officers and directors in cases involving complex financial claims; professional liability matters; prosecution of commercial misappropriation and fraud cases; anti-SLAPP suit matters; attorney fee disputes; insurance coverage matters; mass tort litigation and construction contract disputes.

Mr. Pierce is also a nationally recognized author and expert witness in the areas of legal fee disputes, fee and cost allocation, legal ethics, and issues related to legal and ethical responsibilities of lawyers that arise from the tripartite relationship between insurers, insureds and defense counsel. He has argued related issues before state Supreme Courts in numerous jurisdictions throughout the country. He is a co-author of Defending the Insured (2004-2008), a legal textbook published by Aspen Publishers.

In November 2005 and June 2006 Mr. Pierce was named one of the “Best Lawyers in the Bay Area” by Bay Area Lawyers Magazine.

He has also served as a consultant and expert in the litigation management of cases involving a wide range of issues, including intellectual property disputes, mass tort litigation, breast implant litigation, commercial disputes, environmental coverage disputes, recording royalty disputes and mass asbestos litigation.

Mr. Pierce has served as a Member of California Legislature’s AB 2069 Committee, commissioned to study conflicts of interest and ethics within the tripartite relationship and to make recommendations to the California Legislature.

Education

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Admissions/Licenses

• Bar Admissions: CA