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Vance A. Woodward
Expertise
Insurance Litigation
- Mr. Woodward specializes in the analysis and litigation of complex insurance coverage disputes. He is experienced in litigating all types of coverage matters in state and federal courts.
Publications/Presentations
- Courts Breathe New Life into Existing Rules of Contract Interpretation, published in California Insurance Law & Regulation Reporter, Vol. 20, No. 5 (May 31, 2008) » Read article
- What's Happened to Carroll Towing?, published in Mealey's Emerging Toxic Torts, Vol. 16, #11 (September 7, 2007)
- Must Policyholders Prove Their Covered Damages? Why State of California v. Lloyds's Will Not Survive Review, published in California Insurance Law & Regulation Reporter, Vol. 19, No. 3 (2007)
- Is "Injury In Fact" Really A Trigger In Insurance, published in Mealey's Litigation Report: Insurance Vol. 21, #24 (April 24, 2007)
- "Bad Faith: Excess-Limits Damages & Awards of Attorneys' Fees," Presented at ABA Insurance Coverage Litigation Committee, Tucson, Arizona (March 2-4, 2006)
Areas of Expertise
Education
Osgoode Hall Law School of York University, LL.B.
- Recipient: McCarthy Tétrault Prize for first standing
- Fraser Milner Prize for first standing
- Sir Jacob Prize in the Administration of Justice
- J.S.D. Tory Research and Writing Award
- Ontario Law Society Award for Academic Excellence
- President, Osgoode Hall Debate Society, 1998-1999
- Senior Editor, Osgoode Hall Law Journal, 1998-2001
University of Winnipeg, B.S., chemistry with distinction, 1995
- Recipient: Duckworth Scholarship in Physics
Schulich School of Business of York University, M.B.A., 2001
- Dean's List; Ontario Graduate Scholar
Admissions
State Bar of California
New York State Bar
U.S. District Court, Eastern, Northern, Central and Southern Districts of California
Professional Distinctions
Judicial Clerk to Justice J. Edgar Sexton, Federal Court of Appeal of Canada, 2001-2002
Professional Memberships
Bar Association of San Francisco
Contra Costa County Bar Association