Biography

Mr. Adreani specializes in the areas of bad faith litigation, class actions, wage/hour laws, civil appeals, insurance regulation, administrative actions and appeals, employer liability, and legislative action. He has been a Chairperson of the Southern California Employment Law and Human Resources Forum for each of the past two years.

He represents employers, brokers, public entities, school districts, trade organizations, reinsurers, sureties and individuals in a wide variety of insurance related matters with an emphasis on risk management, coverage, and workers' compensation cost containment. Mr. Adreani also represents both employers and employees in prosecuting and defending against various wage and hour matters.

Prior to joining RPNA in 1997, Mr. Adreani gained valuable experience in insurance related issues while working at the California Department of Insurance, legal division, in San Francisco, and with the in-house legal team at Hannover Re-, one of the world's largest reinsurers located in Hannover, Germany.

Mr. Adreani also served as a legal extern in the Eastern District of California, and worked in the international division of The Coop Bank in Basel, Switzerland.
 

• Represented large staffing and labor leasing company in bad faith litigation to recover compensatory and punitive damages from Liberty Mutual for deficient claims handling and improper reserving under a policy of workers' compensation insurance.
   
• Represented large California insurance broker in various actions to obtain insurance coverage for public entity clients through the California Insurance Guarantee Association.
   
• Represented international reinsurance company in action brought by California Insurance Commissioner to recover proceeds to a surety bond.
   
• Represented national contracting company in action brought by employee to recover for serious injuries which occurred after hours at an apartment rented by the employer.
   
• Represented class of computer software engineers in action to recover overtime compensation from several CitiGroup entities.
   

• Honor:  California Super Lawyers, Rising Stars 2008. Designated a Rising Star in the Southern California legal community for the third consecutive year.
   
• Presenter:  Featured speaker, California Employer Advisory Counsel Annual Meeting, 2009. Spoke on various employment and insurance related matters to non-profit organization that works with the Employment Development Department (EDD) to improve the quality of employment services in California.
   
• Presenter: Featured speaker at the 2006 and 2007 national RIMS conference as well as at local chapter meetings.
   
• Author: Has authored articles for trade publications including the most recent one titled “Covering Your Tail: LPTs Transfer Risk When Moving To Fully Insured Plans” for PEO Insider.
   
• Member: Co-Chair, Southern California Employment Law Forum presented by the Council on Education, 2008-2010. Chairs and presents on multiple topics at a prominent employment law forum attended by many of California’s top employers.
   
• Member: Risk and Insurance Management Society (RIMS).
   
• Member: American Bar Association, Los Angeles Bar Association, and Italian American Bar Association.
   

• Admitted to practice: California, 1998. Also admitted in United States District Courts, Central District, Southern District
   
• Northeastern University School of Law, Boston, MA, J.D., 1997
   
• University of California at Berkeley, B.A. in German and Economics, 1993
   
• University of Göettingen, study abroad, 1990-1991
   

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