Tina Imre Biography

In the last few years, Ms. Imre has
- eliminated over half a billion dollars in verdicts against her clients
- handled or consulted on cases in California, Alaska, Arizona, Illinois, Kentucky, Nevada, New York, Ohio, Utah, Pennsylvania, New Mexico and Texas
- been involved in 500 appeals and has dozens of published opinions on punitive damages, constitutional issues, insurance , class actions, mass or complex torts.
RECENT REPRESENTATIVE CLIENTS.
Selected as appellate counsel for: Goodrich v. Aetna, appeal from the largest judgment ever entered nationwide against an HMO; for the Catholic Church in coordinated punitive damages cases; appeal from a 200-plaintiff construction defect case
PUBLICATIONS. - 100-page monograph on punitive damages after State Farm v. Campbell, available at wlf.org
- writes a monthly column on the California Supreme Court
- wrote three chapters of a major treatise on appellate practice,
- contributing editor (six chapters) to the leading treatise on California Insurance Law,
- numerous monographs and articles on punitive damages, insurance and appellate advocacy
RECENT LECTURES: Punitive Damages, Insurance, Appellate.
- American Conference Institute (San Francisco and Miami);
- Association of California Insurance Companies (Las Vegas);
- Insurance Brokers & Agents of the West (Hawaii);
- Cal. Continuing Education of the Bar (Los Angeles, Orange County);
- Private insurer organizations (Continental U.S. & Bermuda)
- Rutter Group (San Francisco)
SOME RECENT HONORS/AWARDS.
- Voted by her peers a “Southern California Super Lawyer” for 2004 and 2005 by Los Angeles Magazine & Journal for Law & Politics
- Named one of the “50 Most Powerful Women in Los Angeles Law” by the Los Angeles Business Journal
- Fellow, California Academy of Appellate Lawyers
- CEB Board of Governors and Advisory Committee
