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Lisa Kralik Hansen

Practice Areas

Insurance Coverage; Insurance Bad Faith Defense; Professional Liability; Business Litigation; General Litigation; Toxic Tort; Product Liability; Appellate.

Admitted

1990, California; United States Supreme Court; United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit; United States Districts Courts for Central, Northern, Southern, and Eastern Districts of California.

Law School

Creighton University (Law Review, Dean’s List, ABA Moot Court team – National Finalist 1990, Jessup International Moot Court team, AmJur Awards in Federal Courts and Criminal Law)

Member

State Bar of California; Claim and Litigation Management Alliance (CLM); Association of Southern California Defense Counsel

Biography

Ms. Hansen has 35-plus years of experience on matters involving insurance coverage, the handling of insurance claims, the defense of insurance coverage actions, and the defense of insurance bad faith lawsuits for insurance industry clients. Ms. Hansen also has extensive experience handling appeals in California state courts and the Ninth Circuit on a variety of matters from insurance coverage to business disputes to product liability lawsuits.

Ms. Hansen has insurance coverage experience on a national basis for both domestic and London market insurers. Her litigation defense and appellate experience includes insurance broker errors and omissions, product liability, legal malpractice, business litigation, toxic tort, and general litigation. Ms. Hansen also has years of experience representing large corporations in product liability, general litigation, and asbestos litigation. She has handled appeals, writs, and motions in the California Supreme Court, the California Courts of Appeal, and the Ninth Circuit. She has argued appeals in the California Courts of Appeal and the Ninth Circuit. Ms. Hansen handles appeals for both the firm’s cases and for trial counsel at other firms.

Ms. Hansen has trial experience as lead counsel and as a key member of the defense teams who have tried cases to verdict for insurers, their insureds, and private clients in both state and federal court. She also has extensive post-trial motion experience on a variety of matters.

Ms. Hansen has a proven track record of success on dispositive motions ranging from demurrers to motions for summary judgment.

Ms. Hansen has been selected a Southern California Super Lawyer in Insurance Coverage each year since 2014.

Ms. Hansen also provides seminars on the California Fair Claims Settlement Practices, updates on California law, and California Anti-Fraud training.

Published Cases

  • Gemini Ins. Co. v. Delos Ins. Co., 211 Cal.App.4th 719 (2012)
  • Ashou v. Liberty Mutual Ins. Co., 12 Cal.App.4th 748 (2006)
  • Prichard v. Liberty Mutual Ins. Co., 84 Cal.App.4th 890 (2000)
  • Pardee Construction Co. v. Insurance Co. of the West, 77 Cal.App.4th 1240 (2000)
  • Standun, Inc. v. Fireman’s Fund Ins. Co., 62 Cal.App 4th 882 (1998)
  • Baker v. Liberty Mutual Ins. Co., 143 F.3d 1260 (9th Cir.1998)
  • Cahill v. Liberty Mutual Ins. Co., 80 F.3d 336 (9th Cir.1996)
  • Diaz v. United Agricultural Employee Welfare Benefit Plan & Trust, 50 F.3d 1478 (9th Cir. 1995)
  • Soule v. General Motors Corp., 8 Cal.4th 548 (1994)

Recent Unpublished Appellate Cases

  • Vanowen Realty LLC v. Houston (2026)
  • Strategic Business Holdings, Inc. v. Kamjula (2026)
  • Hudacko v. Regents of University of California (2026)
  • Axis Entertainment, Inc. v. Yari (2023)
  • Allcapcorp Ltd. v. CHC Consulting LLC (2021)

Presentations/Speaking Engagements

  • Insurance Bad Faith: How to Identify and Mitigate Risk (Knowledge Group July 2017)
  • London symposium – Independent Counsel and California Fair Claims Practices (CDA London March 2017)
  • London symposium – Depositions and California Fair Claims Practices (CDA London March 2016)

Recent Successes

  • Dismissal of Ninth Circuit appeal due to lack of appellate jurisdiction (August 2017)
  • Obtained summary judgment in favor of London market insurer on an insurer vs. insurer dispute, defeating a contribution claim in excess of $900,000 (August 2017)
  • Obtained summary judgment in favor of London market insurer on a declaratory relief/rescission action (July 2017), after defeating a motion to stay the declaratory relief action
  • Post-trial motions following six-week trial reduced the verdict against the firm’s client by $14.1 million (July 2017)