JustineM.
Casey

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Overview

Justine Casey is an experienced trial lawyer who for more than 35 years has represented clients in disputes throughout the United States. She focuses her practice on complex business litigation, insurance advice, counsel and litigation, class actions, fiduciary litigation, workers compensation litigation and sports law and contracts. She has taken dozens of cases to jury verdict.

Serving as lead trial counsel in a wide variety of business disputes, Justine has handled class and representative actions concerning claims under Business and Professions Code Section 17200, the California Consumer Legal Remedies Act, truth in lending, fraud, bad faith and interference with contract. She also has significant experience obtaining and defending against provisional remedies such as attachments, preliminary injunctions and writs. She represents clients through all phases of litigation and pre-litigation advice and handles cases from inception through trial and appeal.

Justine has represented insurers and insureds in D&O and E&O claims matters as well as health insurers in complex, multidistrict (MDL) antitrust and claims litigation. She has also advised on qui tam actions.

In her class actions work, Justine tried to judgment one of the most significant class actions in California history (A&J Liquor Co., et al. v State Compensation Ins. Fund) and has handled a variety of claims challenging business practices under consumer protection, truth in lending and other statutes.

Justine represents fiduciaries in trust and estate disputes, providing advice and counsel and, when necessary, litigation defense in probate court.

She also represents professional athletes in contract negotiations, including the licensing of name, image and likeness (NIL) rights.

In her free time, Justine is an avid downhill skier and enjoys playing ice hockey.

Experience

Representative Trial Experience

  • Ms. Casey has represented numerous clients at trial, in arbitration and before the courts of appeal in a significant number of matters state wide. Her extensive experience includes the following notable cases:
  • A&J Liquor Co., et al. v. State Compensation Ins. Fund - San Francisco Superior Court - Ms. Casey was one of the trial counsel for State Fund in this 2 billion dollar certified class action alleging breach of contract, fraud, unfair business practices and breach of the implied covenant of good faith and fair dealing. After a seven month bench trial involving over 50 witnesses and 1,200 exhibits, the court entered a judgment in favor of State Fund and against the plaintiffs - a class of over 160,000 policyholders.
  • Bonded Motors v. State Compensation Ins. Fund - Los Angeles Superior Court - obtained favorable result after seven week jury trial involving alleged bad faith and unfair business practices against the state's largest workers' compensation insurer.
  • Tricor v. State Compensation Ins. Fund - Los Angeles Superior Court - obtained favorable verdict in an action involving the workers’ compensation system and regulation of the workers' compensation insurance industry.
  • Tudor Ranches v. State Compensation Ins. Fund - Riverside Superior Court - obtained a stipulated judgment against plaintiff in an action for bad faith, upheld on appeal in Tudor Ranches v. State Compensation Ins. Fund (1998) 65 Cal.App. 4th 1422.
  • M.S. Development v. State Compensation Ins. Fund - Los Angeles Superior Court - obtained a defense verdict in favor of State Fund on bad faith and denial of coverage claims.
  • Bank of America v. Washington - Riverside Superior Court - obtained a favorable judgment on breach of contract and declaratory relief claims.
  • Security Pacific Bank v. McKellar Development, et. al. - San Diego Superior Court - obtained a 6.7 million dollar jury verdict against defendants.
  • Ms. Casey currently represents numerous clients in pending class and representative actions.
  • Ms. Casey is also legal counsel to the California Amateur Hockey Association.

Representative Published Appellate Opinions

  • Courtesy Ambulance Service v. Superior Court (1992) 8 Cal.App. 4th 1504
  • P.W. Stephens v. State Compensation Ins. Fund (1994) 21 Cal.App. 4th 1833
  • MacGregor Yacht v. State Compensation Ins, Fund (1998) 63 Cal.App 4th 448
  • Tudor Ranches v. State Compensation Ins. Fund (1998) 65 Cal.App. 4th 1422
  • State Compensation Ins. Fund v. Superior Court (2001) 24 Cal. 4th 930 
Credentials
Education

J.D., Loyola Law School, 1989, Order of the Coif

B.S., San Diego State University, 1986

Admissions

California, including the District Courts and the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals