Robert I. Westerfield
rwesterfield@bowlesverna.com
Robert Westerfield is a senior partner and seasoned litigator with particular expertise in handling insurance coverage matters and reinsurance disputes. His insurance practice focuses primarily on representing corporate policyholder clients in disputes with insurers. In the reinsurance arena, he has represented reinsurers both in arbitrations and in jury trials. Mr. Westerfield has successfully litigated myriad claims and secured several multi-million dollar jury verdicts and settlements totaling in excess of $100,000,000. In addition, Mr. Westerfield has experience in the areas of general business litigation, unfair competition and business torts, professional liability matters, environmental legal concerns, construction litigation and public entity issues.
Mr. Westerfield is actively involved in the Tort and Insurance Practice Section of the American Bar Association and is a vice chair of both the Insurance Coverage Litigation Committee and the Self-Insurers and Risk Managers Committee. He is a member of PARMA and the Contra Costa County Bar Association. In addition, he is the President of the Board of Directors of Family Life Center, a group home located in Petaluma, California.
Personal Information:
Robert Westerfield (who generally goes by Robin) was born in Louisville, Kentucky in 1955. After graduating with a bachelor’s degree in history from Indiana University in Bloomington in 1978, Robin moved to California and attended Hastings College of the Law. He received his Juris Doctorate from Hastings in 1983, and thereafter joined the firm of Bronson, Bronson & McKinnon in San Francisco. He was an associate at Bronson for two years before joining with Richard T. Bowles in founding the firm in 1985. Robin currently lives in Benicia with his wife Nancy. Together they have one daughter who graduated from Middlebury College in 2007, and share the pleasure of being owned by their wonderful dog, Buster. |
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