JeffreyS.
Crowe

PartnerCo-Leader, Insurance Industry Team
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Profile

Overview

For nearly 25 years, Jeff Crowe has helped insurance companies analyze and respond to a variety of coverage disputes and defend against suits alleging breach of contract, bad faith, unfair competition and class action claims. His experience runs across nearly all lines of personal and commercial insurance, including property, casualty, surplus and excess, professional liability, life and specialty insurance.

Jeff has a strong record of managing complex, high-stakes cases in state and federal courts, both at the trial and appellate levels. His work includes reviewing first-party coverages, investigating potentially fraudulent claims, analyzing complicated liability issues and preparing coverage opinions and position letters.

Jeff is a co-leader of Sheppard’s Insurance industry team and a frequent author and editor of the firm’s Insurance Law Blog. He also speaks on emerging industry issues and fair claims handling and settlement practices.

Outside of his insurance work, Jeff is active in pro bono and volunteer efforts, including serving as a United Way e-Mentor for the 2022 and 2023 e-Mentorship Program and as a member of the Advisory Board for the Carolyn Campagna Kleefeld Contemporary Art Museum.

Experience

Unpublished Decisions

  • Aquarius Well Drilling, Inc. v. American States Insurance Company (United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit, Case No. 13-15040) (2015)
  • Copelan v. Infinity Ins. Co., et al. (United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit, Case No. 16-55980) (2018)
  • Moore v. Safeco Ins. Co. of America (United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit, Case No. 12-56459) (2013)
  • Callison v. Liberty Mutual Fire Ins. Co. (California Court of Appeal, Fourth District, Division 3, Case No. G050633) (2015)
Credentials
Clerkships

Judicial Extern for Presiding Justice David G. Sills, California Court of Appeal, Fourth Appellate District, Division Three

Education

J.D., Whittier Law School, 2001, magna cum laude, Editor, Whittier Law Review

B.A., California State University, Long Beach, 1998

Admissions

California

Federal District Courts for the Central, Eastern, Southern and Northern Districts of California

U.S. Court for the Ninth Circuit

Honors

Recommended Lawyer, Insurance - Advice to Insurers, Legal 500 US, 2025

Best Lawyers in America, Best Lawyers, 2019-2026

Legal 500 Recommended Lawyer 2025
Memberships

Member, Orange County Bar Association

Member, Insurance Law Section of the OCBA

Member, Defense Research Institute

Advisor, Carolyn Campagna Kleefeld Contemporary Art Museum Advisory Board

Thought Leadership

“The Mediation Minefield: Resolving Third-Party Claims When Coverage is Contested,” OCBA MCLE, June 23, 2025

“Bad Faith Update: Recent Developments in California, Washington and Montana,” Pacific Claim Executives Association, October 2014