Eric J. Schindler

Attorney and Founding Partner

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Eric J. Schindler is a founding partner of McKennon│Schindler LLP. Mr. Schindler represents individual and business clients in arbitrations, trials and appeals involving insurance coverage and bad faith, construction defect, insurance and real estate agent/broker liability, trademarks and copyrights, class actions, serious injury and wrongful death, and other consumer and general business matters. Mr. Schindler has recovered numerous seven-figure verdicts and settlements for his clients. Mr. Schindler is admitted to practice in all California and Louisiana state and federal courts.

Mr. Schindler taught as an adjunct professor of trial advocacy at Southwestern School of Law in Los Angeles, and regularly speaks and publishes for local and state bar associations and continuing legal education conferences in California.

Mr. Schindler was born and raised in New Orleans, Louisiana, and currently lives in Orange County, California.

Education

• University of Texas at Austin, J.D. 1985 (Giles Southerland Rich Intellectual Property Moot Court National Winner 1985)
• University of Texas Graduate School of Philosophy and Classics (1978-1982)
• Louisiana State University, B.A. 1978 in Philosophy/Arts & Sciences (Magna Cum Laude, Phi Beta Kappa, Communications Workers of America Scholarship 1975)

Professional Memberships

• The State Bar of California 1989
• The State Bar of Louisiana 1985
• The American Bar Association
• The Orange County Bar Association
• The American Association for Justice
• Consumer Attorneys of California
• Consumer Attorneys of Los Angeles
• Orange County Trial Lawyers Association

Reported Decisions

• The Los Osos Community Services District, et al. v. American Alternative Insurance Corporation, 585 F.Supp.2d 1195 (USDC CD CA 2008)
• Anker v. Long, 2003 Cal. App. Unpub. LEXIS 5810
• Ecology Works v. Essex Ins. Co. 2003 U.S.App. LEXIS 4862 (9^th Cir.)
• 3250 Wilshire Boulevard Partners, et al. v. W.R. Grace, et al., 990 F.2d 487 (9^th Cir. 1993)

Presentations & Publications

• “How Deposition Testimony Plays Out At Trial,” Mastering Deposition Skills, Bridgeport Continuing Education, Los Angeles and San Francisco (2009)
• “Getting the Most out of the Psychological Witness,” Psychological Assessment in Court: What Every Attorney Needs to Know, Bridgeport Continuing Education, Universal City (2008)
• “Maximizing The Use of Neuropsychological Expert Testimony in Deposition and Trial,” Psychological Assessment in Civil Litigation, Santa Monica (2006)
• “Expert Testimony in Civil Litigation: The Art of Being Cross-Examined,” Bridgeport Continuing Education, Newport Beach (2005)
• “Current Developments in California Business Insurance Law,” Bridgeport Continuing Education, Los Angeles (2004)
• “California Insurance Bad Faith Colloquy 2004,” San Fernando Valley Bar Association, Woodland Hills (2004)
• “Proving Causation in Mold Property Damage and Bodily Injury Litigation,” Third Annual Mold Insurance Litigation Conference, Newport Beach (2004)
• “Consequences of Failing to Defend,” Insurance Bad Faith, Bridgeport Continuing Education, Los Angeles (2003)
• “Proving Causation in Mold Property Damage and Bodily Injury Litigation,” Forum/Consumer Attorneys of California (October and November 2003)
• “An Overview of Bad Faith Claims,” Insurance Bad Faith 2002, A Practice and Case Law Update, Bridgeport Continuing Education, Los Angeles (2002)
• “Mold Personal Injury Claims: The Plaintiff’s Perspective,” Managing Toxic Mold Liability Conference, Bridgeport Continuing Education, Los Angeles (2002)
• “Toxic Mold on Trial,” The Science of Mold, Bridgeport Continuing Education, Los Angeles (2002)
• “Toxic Mold Litigation, A Plaintiff’s View,” The California Industrial Hygiene Council 12^th Annual Conference, San Francisco (2002)
• “Fundamentals Of Insurance Litigation” California CEB Panel (2001)
• “No Accident-CGL/Homeowner Policies May Not Cover Negligence” Los Angeles Daily Journal, California Law Business/The Advisor (1999)