Paul S. White is a partner in the Los Angeles office of Tressler, LLP. Paul focuses his practice on complex
insurance coverage and bad faith litigation. He also represents defendants in commercial litigation.
Paul's insurance coverage practice includes advising and representing insurers in bad faith litigation and
in insurance policy disputes including first-party property policies, general liability coverage, errors &
omissions insurance and media liability insurance. He also advises and represents insurers in
subrogation actions on property losses. His litigation practice also includes the defense of insurance
agents and brokers in professional liability matters. Paul has also served as an expert witness.
Paul is a former Chair of DRI's Insurance Law Committee; a former Chair of DRI's Publications
Committee; and former Editor of DRI's newsletter, “Covered Events.” He is the current chair of DRI's
Excess and Reinsurance Subcommittee. In addition, Paul is a member of The Federation of Defense &
Corporate Counsel (FDCC), and is the vice chair of its Extra-Contractual Liability Section.
Paul regularly speaks and publishes for groups such as DRI, PLRB/LIRB, PLUS, American Conference
Institute, and the National Business Institute on insurance coverage issues including, among others,
intellectual property, bad faith, professional liability, employment, environmental and construction
defects.
A sampling of Paul's publications includes:
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"The Scope and Limitations of Intellectual Property Exclusions in General Liability Insurance
Policies with a Multi-State Survey";
New Appleman on Insurance: Current Critical Issues in Insurance Law, Summer 2015;
"What Have We Learned from the Recent Ebola Outbreak?,” For The Defense, May 2015;
"Understanding Errors & Omissions Insurance," and Appleman Insurance Law Practice
Guide (December 2007, Ch. 38).
Paul has also provided presentations throughout the United States and internationally on insurance
coverage and bad faith matters. A sampling of his presentations includes:
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Disaster Strikes!: Are Insurers Ready for the Next Pandemic or Other Widespread Disaster?" DRI
Insurance Claims Conference, October 28, 2015;
"Implied Disparagement Claims and the Impact of the Intellectual Property Exclusion," DRI
Insurance Coverage and Claims Institute, April 3, 2014;
“Don’t Get Trapped!,” Tressler’s The Sophisticated Issues and Trends in Complex Property Claims
Seminar, Chicago, May 21, 2014;
"Coverage Issues in the Sexual Torts Arena,” DRI’s Sexual Torts Seminar, San Diego, November 15,
2013;
“The Trickery of Time Limit Demands,” Tressler’s New World Insurance Issues Seminar, Los
Angeles, October 10, 2013;
“Cyberliability Insurance Deconstructed,” Tressler’s New World Insurance Issues Seminar, Los
Angeles, October 10, 2013.