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Asim K. Desai is the managing partner of Carlson, Calladine & Peterson LLP’s Los Angeles office where he specializes in high stakes complex litigation including insurance bad faith, corporate fraud, commercial litigation, product liability and catastrophic personal injuries.
Mr. Desai is routinely retained to associate or substitute in as trial counsel on the eve of trial in multi-million dollar exposure cases and has served as a regional trial troubleshooter for one of the nation’s largest Property and Casualty insurers in high stakes litigated cases.
Mr. Desai is meticulous in his approach to all of his cases. He works closely with his clients to understand and meet their goals, and is assertive, aggressive when necessary, and consistently unwavering in his commitment to implement his clients’ goals.
Mr. Desai has authored numerous articles on trial preparation and techniques, insurance bad faith, unauthorized practice of law and punitive damages, and is routinely invited to speak for various national organizations such as Defense Research Institute, the Property Loss Research Bureau/ Liability Insurance Research Bureau and Mealey’s.
Mr. Desai is admitted to all California State and Federal Courts and is a member of the International Association of Defense Counsel and the Million Dollar Advocates Forum.
Education:
Southwestern School of Law, Los Angeles, California, J.D., 1994. Law Review 1992-1994; Moot Court Honors Program Oralist, 1992-1994.
University of California, Los Angeles, B.A., English, 1991.
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The Successful Use of Experts in Insurance Coverage Litigation
Defense Research Institute Insurance Coverage and Practice Symposium, New York,
December 15-16, 2011
Program Chair, 2011 DRI Insurance Bad Faith and Extra-Contractual Liability Seminar
Washington DC on June 22-24, 2011.
Bad Faith and Punitive Damages in Liability Insurance
Asim K. Desai
General concepts of bad faith liability in third-party cases.
Presented April 15 and 16, 2012 | PLRB/LIRB Annual Claims Conference | Orlando , FL (also in Nashville, TN in 2011, Seattle, WA in 2009, Boston, MA 2008, Orlando, FL 2007, Nashville, TN 2006, San Antonio, TX 2005, Chicago, IL 2004)
Asim Desai received one of three Outstanding Presentations Awards given by the PLRB/LIRB
At the 2012 National Claims Conference and Insurance Services Expo.
Asim Desai has been selected as the inaugural recipient of the DRI's Albert H. Parnell Outstanding Program Chair Award.
DRI Insurance Bad Faith and Extra-Contractual Liabilty Seminar, Summer 2011, Washington DC.