Attorneys

Professional Experience:

Steven R. Cuneo Jr. has been a partner with the firm for over a decade. His practice focuses on the areas of insurance and risk management, contract drafting, and advising clients on asserting or defending against claims on construction projects.   Mr. Cuneo has significant experience advising clients on insurance coverage disputes to ensure that clients receive all appropriated benefits under all insurance policies that cover the dispute facing the client.  Mr. Cuneo brings his experience to a considerable range of insurance coverage disputes including:  employment (EPLI), errors and omissions (E&O), commercial general liability (CGL) policy coverage disputes.  He also advises the firm’s owner and contractor clients on construction projects including commercial buildings, hospitals, casinos, power plants, fire stations, manufacturing facilities, and large residential developments.

Published Opinion:
Agricultural Insurance Company v. Superior Court (MKDG/Rhodes SC Partnership), 70 Cal. App. 4th 385 (CA. Appellate 1999

Practice Areas:

Insurance Law
Construction Contracts
Construction Defects
Government Construction Contracts
Construction Liens
Business Litigation
Real Property Law

Education:

University of California at Los Angeles School of Law (J.D.), Los Angeles, CA, 1994
Judicial Extern to the Honorable Irving Hill, U.S. District Court, Central Division, 1993
University of California at Los Angeles (B.A., Political Science, summa cum laude, Phi Beta Kappa), Los Angeles, CA, 1991

Professional Memberships:

State Bar of California

Bar Admissions:

California, 1994
U.S. District Court Central District of California, 1994
U.S. District Court Northern District of California, 2000
U.S. Court of Appeals 9th Circuit, 1994

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Practice Areas:

Insurance Law
Construction Contracts
Construction Defects
Government Construction Contracts
Construction Liens
Business Litigation
Real Property Law

Education:

University of California at Los Angeles School of Law (J.D.), Los Angeles, CA, 1994
Judicial Extern to the Honorable Irving Hill, U.S. District Court, Central Division, 1993
University of California at Los Angeles (B.A., Political Science, summa cum laude; Phi Beta Kappa), Los Angeles, CA, 1991

Professional Memberships:

State Bar of California

Bar Admissions:

California, 1994
U.S. District Court Central District of California, 1994
U.S. District Court Northern District of California, 2000
U.S. Court of Appeals 9th Circuit, 1994

Certification

Publications:

New California Law Will Require Major Changes in Construction Contracts (Co-Author), CMAA Southern California Chapter Newsletter, Legislative Section, Winter 2009

The Jury Verdict Method (Co-Author), Wiley Construction Law Update, Chapter 10, 1996

Representative Clients:

AMG & Associates, Inc.
Brinderson
C.W. Roen Construction Company
City of Orange
City of Pasadena
Fluor Enterprises, Inc.
Morrow & Morrow Corporation
Snyder Langston Builders
Swinerton & Walberg Co.

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