Mike Melendez
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Member of CLM Since: 2014
CLM Committees
- Extra-Contractual
CLM Contributions
- Speaker - 2017 CLM and Business Insurance Construction Conference
- Speaker - 2017 CLM San Francisco Bay Educational and Networking Event- 10/26
- Speaker - 2018 Annual Conference
- Speaker - 2020 Annual Conference
- Speaker - 2020 Claims College
- Speaker - 2020 CLM Construction Conference
- Speaker - 2021 Annual Conference
- Speaker - 2021 Claims College
- Speaker - 2021 CLM Construction Conference
- Speaker - 2021 CLM Focus: Cyber Liability, Extra-Contractual, Insurance Coverage, Claims and Litigation Management
- Speaker - 2022 Annual Conference
- Speaker - 2022 Claims College
- Speaker - 2022 CLM Focus: December
- Speaker - 2023 Annual Conference
- Speaker - 2023 Claims College
- Speaker - 2024 Annual Conference
- Speaker - 2024 Claims College
- Speaker - Reservation of Rights and the Insured's Right to Personal Counsel
Articles
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Practice Areas
- Bad Faith
- Insurance Coverage
- Claims Management
- Construction/Real Estate/Surety
- Litigation Management
Biography
Michael W Melendez is a commercial litigator focusing on all types of complex insurance coverage, including construction defect, advertising injury, personal injury, directors and officers, and general liability. Mike provides claims handling and coverage advice to insurers, defends bad faith suits, and litigates declaratory relief and contribution actions.
Mike has designed and given several presentations to claims professionals and attorneys on insurance coverage and general legal issues including claims practices, construction defect, additional insurance, independent counsel, ethics, and bad faith.
Mike has represented clients in numerous jurisdictions throughout the United States, and has tried cases and argued appeals in both state and federal courts. Mike is licensed to practice before all the state and federal courts in California and Nevada, and has been admitted to the US Supreme Court, the US Court of Appeals for the 9th Circuit and the US Court of Claims.
Mike has earned Martindale-Hubbell's "A-V Preeminent" Peer Review Rating. He has also been selected as a Northern California Super Lawyer, a designation reserved for the top five percent of the bar.
Education
No information available.
Admissions/Licenses
- Bar Admissions: NV, CA