David Shaneyfelt, Esq.

David A. Shaneyfelt has been litigating complex civil matters in state and Federal courts across the country for nearly four decades.  He served in the Civil Division of the U.S. Department of Justice in Washington, D.C., and as a shareholder with the New York-based law firm of Anderson Kill.  With this experience, he represents insurance policyholders in claims against insurance companies having recovered millions of dollars in benefits for individuals and corporate clients.  

He handles virtually every kind of insurance dispute – commercial, homeowner’s, life, accidental death, disability, director and officer, professional malpractice, and public entity insurance.  He also represents individuals and entities who have been sued and who have need for defense and indemnity from their insurance carriers.  

His litigation experience also extends to most facets of civil litigation, including contract disputes, real estate litigation, entertainment, insurance broker malpractice, workers’ compensation audits, trust litigation, conservatorship, and probate litigation.

He is among the five percent of attorneys recognized as a Southern California Super Lawyer and has consistently been awarded the highest possible rating in both legal ability and ethical standard from the Martindale-Hubbell Peer Review Rating by judges and fellow attorneys.  He is a frequent speaker for continuing legal education programs on insurance coverage.

He is a 1981 graduate of Thomas Aquinas College in Santa Paula, California.  He received his Juris Doctor in 1984 from the Willamette College of Law in Salem, Oregon, where he was senior editor of the Law Review.  

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