Leaders in Insurance and Business Litigation

When you need an attorney, choosing the right law firm is the most important decision you will make. We founded McKennon Law Group PC for one purpose: to provide our clients targeted, effective representation geared to get the best possible results. Our single-minded focus is to achieve our clients’ objectives in an aggressive yet professional manner.

We are counted among California’s leading insurance, ERISA, business, and consumer attorneys. We have arbitrated, tried, appealed, and resolved hundreds of disputes on all lines of insurance—life, health, disability, property/casualty, commercial general liability, professional liability, officers and directors liability, employment practices liability, homeowners and business owners property and liability. We have also litigated disputes involving insurance and real estate agent/broker liability, class actions, serious injury and wrongful death, and other consumer and general business matters, and we have recovered millions of dollars in judgments and settlements for our clients.

Our attorneys are nationally recognized experts in disability, life and health insurance and ERISA/Employee benefit litigation, and are frequent authors and speakers at national and local conferences on these topics.

Most of our consumer litigation cases, and many of our business litigation cases, are taken on a contingency fee basis, which means that you pay nothing, and we recover nothing, unless we win your case by way of judgment or settlement.

We welcome referrals from the legal community, and honor referral fee commitments in keeping with the rules of professional conduct.

Law Firm News and Media

• On May 15, 2013, a Santa Monica jury awarded $10,225,000 against Chase Manhattan Bank in Wrongful Foreclosure case in which the McKennon Law Group PC represented Plaintiff.  Robert McKennon and Scott Calvert represented the Plaintiff during the firm’s representation of the Plaintiff.
• The United States District Court for the Central District of California has approved the highest billing rate ever allowed by a California Court for ERISA insurance matters for McKennon Law Group’s founding partner, Robert McKennon.  The court approved Mr. McKennon’s billing rate based on his strong experience and expertise in litigating ERISA and bad faith insurance matters, stating: “[G]iven Mr. McKennon’s extensive experience in ERISA matters, it seems reasonable that he would command fees on the high end for attorneys practicing in this area of law.”
• On March 22, 2013, a federal district court ordered Sun Life Insurance Company to pay the McKennon Law Group PC over $215,000 in attorney’s fees for its client’s trial victory in an ERISA disability case.
• Mr.  McKennon was featured in the August 2012 issues of Corporate Counsel magazine and The National Law Journal, both of which feature the 2012 Top Rated Lawyers in Insurance Law.
• McKennon Law Group PC founding partner Robert J. McKennon was awarded the designation of 2012-2013 “Southern California’s Top Rated Lawyers” by American Lawyer Media and Martindale Hubbell, leading providers of news and rating information to the legal industry.
• McKennon Law Group PC founding partner Robert J. McKennon was awarded the designation of 2012-2013 “Top Rated Lawyer in Commercial Litigation” by American Lawyer Media and Martindale Hubbell, leading providers of news and rating information to the legal industry.
• McKennon Law Group PC founding partner Robert J. McKennon has been rated AV Preeminent in Insurance Law by his peers, an achievement of Martindale Hubbell’s highest rating in legal ability and ethical standards.
• Mr.  McKennon was featured in the August 2012 issues of Corporate Counsel magazine and The National Law Journal, both of which feature the 2012 Top Rated Lawyers in Insurance Law.
• On November 29, 2012, following a trial, Robert J. McKennon and Scott E. Calvert won a judgment against Sun Life and Health Insurance Company in a case involving long-term disability insurance benefits.  The McKennon Law Group attorneys convinced the Court that Sun Life “abused its discretion,” and Sun Life was ordered to pay their client all benefits due to him under the Policy.
• In November 2012, McKennon Law Group achieved a 7 figure settlement in an insurance bad faith and insurance fraud case against several defendants, including Hartford Life Insurance Company, on behalf of a business owner who was sold a 412(i) retirement plan.
• McKennon Law Group PC founding partner Robert J. McKennon was named in the Business Edition 2012 Thomson Reuters/Super Lawyers annual list of the nation's top attorneys in business practice areas.
• McKennon Law Group PC wins $3.94 million arbitration award in business litigation dispute involving a patent license. Robert McKennon is lauded by Arbitrator for his “exceptional skill in cross-examining” key witnesses.
• For the year 2012, Robert J. McKennon has been rated AV Preeminent in Insurance Law by his peers, an achievement of Martindale Hubbell’s highest rating in legal ability and ethical standards. Mr. McKennon will be featured in the August 2012 issues of Corporate Counsel magazine and The National Law Journal, both of which will feature the 2012 Top Rated Lawyers in Insurance Law.
• McKennon Law Group PC attorney Scott E. Calvert wins defense verdict in corporate severance suit.

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