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The LFMG
Independent Case Selection Review Panel
reviews cases for participation, evaluating
each for both liability and damages. This
distinguished panel applies its wide range
of substantial legal experience and
expertise in business, commercial, contract,
real estate, insurance, entertainment and
intellectual property legal areas. Each case
that qualifies for review by the Independent
Case Selection Review Panel receives full
consideration based on opinions of
case-area-specific professional trial
attorneys and experts.
Herbert Dodell,
LFMG's consultant, has exceptional
experience as both a transactional and trial
lawyer, Judge Pro Tem and arbitrator. He has
served as Director of Business Affairs for
Warner Brothers where he supervised the
legal department, negotiated agreements with
major entertainment individuals/entities,
and administered the studio facility. During
the past 43 years of his highly diverse law
practice - exclusive of cases he prosecuted
as a Deputy District Attorney of Los Angeles
County - he has tried approximately 95 jury
trials to a verdict in State and Federal
Courts, a number of which resulted in $1
million-plus verdicts, and a substantial
number of non-jury trials, with similar
results. His extensive experience
encompasses commercial, business,
entertainment, intellectual property and
insurance-related litigation matters,
including manufacturing, agriculture and the
wholesaling of products, goods and services.
Mr. Dodell is also a member of The Million
Dollar Advocates Forum, which requires a
verdict in excess of $1 million as a
condition of membership; a member of ABOTA
(American Board of Trial Advocates), having
been selected for membership by his peers;
and sits on the Board of Directors of the
University of Pittsburgh Alumni Association.
He successfully argued before the California
Supreme Court in the case of
Essex
Insurance vs. Five Star Dye House, Inc.,
which created landmark authority relating to
an insurance company’s obligation to provide
a defense where its insured has been sued
and the assignability of insurance bad faith
cases. He is a published author in insurance
law and has lectured frequently on the
subject.
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