David Stern

Experience

1. President and Corporate Secretary

   West Coast Casualty

   Jan 1993 — Present

   Dave joined West Coast Casualty Service in 1993, and has over thirty-eight years of diverse experience spanning the insurer, self-insurer, third party administrator and independent adjusting arenas all across the United States, Canada, England and Austria. Dave’s central focus has been on the investigation of all aspects of construction defect claims, amongst other things. He has been involved in the creation of innovative methods for the reduction of claims handling expenses Dave is called upon to testify as an expert in construction defect and insurance related litigation and has been asked to be a consultant on articles involving construction featured in the Los Angeles Times, the Boston Globe, Big Builder Magazine, Insurance Journal, BusinessWeek and the Orange County Register. Each year Dave coordinates West Coast Casualty\'s Construction Defect Seminar which is most highly attended construction defect event worldwide. Dave speaks at other seminars discussing vital issues. Dave has handled national multi-million dollar exposures including the coverage, liability and damage aspects of insurance related claims. He presently is the technical supervisor for all West Coast Casualty\'s TPA accounts. Dave is a past Vice President and past Secretary of the Construction Defect Claims Managers Association. In addition, he is a member of the Registered Professional Adjusters Program, the Society of Insurance Trainers and Educators and the National Association of Insurance Litigation Managers. Dave is on the President Circle of Habitat for Humanity, serves as Secretary/Treasurer of the Malibu Lost Hills Sheriffs Foundation and is an advisor to the Thousand Oaks Police Departments Charitable Foundation.

Skills

• Contract Negotiation
• Coverage
• General Liability
• General Insurance
• Liability
• Breach of Contract
• Employment Litigation
• Product Liability
• Arbitration
• Construction Law
• Litigation
• Litigation Management
• Mediation
• Wrongful Death
• Real Estate
• Personal Injury Litigation
• Insurance Coverage Litigation
• Commercial Insurance
• Insurance Claims
• Commercial Litigation
• Commercial Lines
• Class Actions
• Complex Litigation
• Adjusting
• Employment Law
• Insurance Law
• Customer Relations
• Dispute Resolution
• Casualty
• Claims
• Professional Malpractice
• Negotiation
• Insurance
• Torts
• Claims Management
• Contract Disputes
• Disputes
• Construction
• Civil Litigation
• Subrogation