Pierce T. Selwood

Pierce Selwood is a senior litigation partner in the Litigation and Antitrust Department in the firm's Los Angeles office.

Areas of Practice

Mr. Selwood's practice focuses on civil business litigation in both state and federal courts.  He has represented clients in litigation involving insurance and workers' compensation, financial institutions, title insurance, commercial and manufacturing disputes.  Mr. Selwood specializes in class action cases, protracted commercial disputes, bad faith insurance litigation, consumer defense cases, and court cases involving administrative regulation.  His practice includes counseling on industry problems or problems of particular clients.  His practice also involves litigation review on mergers or refinancings as part of due diligence, counseling on preventive law, counseling on strategy in complex litigation, and counseling foreign clients regarding litigation in California.

He has had extensive jury and non-jury trial experience in state and federal courts and has argued appeals before the California Courts of Appeal, the California Supreme Court and the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals.  Mr. Selwood also represents clients in resolving business disputes through arbitration and mediation.

Mr. Selwood chaired the firm's Litigation Department from 1985 to 1990 and served as judge pro tem on several occasions.

Education

• LL.B., Harvard University, 1964
• A.B., Princeton University, 1961, cum laude

Honors

• Listed in Who's Who in American Law and Who's Who in America

Memberships

• Member, Board of Governors of the Association of Business Trial Lawyers
• Co-Chair, both the RICO Subcommittee and the Litigation Management Techniques Subcommittee of the ABA Committee of Corporate Counsel
• Served on numerous committees and subcommittees of the ABA Litigation Section, Los Angeles County Bar Association and Association of Business Trial Lawyers

Speeches

• Mr. Selwood has been a frequent lecturer and panelist for programs offered by the CEB, PLI, ABA National Institutes, ABA Committee of Corporate Counsel, and Association of California Insurance Counsel.