Duke F. Wahlquist

Duke Wahlquist handles insurance disputes involving both first party and third party coverage including commercial general liability insurance policies, directors and officers liability and company reimbursement policies, errors and omissions coverage (lawyers, accountants, brokers, insurance companies, public officials, etc.), municipal liability policies, title insurance policies, homeowners policies, fire insurance policies, health insurance policies, life insurance policies, credit insurance, fidelity bonds and crime coverage. He has similar experience representing California governmental entities whose risk management programs employ Joint Powers Pooling Agreements rather than traditional insurance policies.

Clients represented by Duke include real estate developers, manufacturers, commercial landlords, financial institutions, professionals and other insureds as well as title insurers and credit insurers. He also has extensive experience representing colleges, universities and faculty in academically related matters as well as substantial expertise in the prosecution and defense of copyright, trademark, false advertising and other commercial claims.

Duke is well versed in the practical workings of California’s court system having served as a member of The Judicial Council’s Standing Advisory Committee on Civil and Small Claims and the Legislative Issues and Case Management and Delay Reduction Subcommittees from June 1993 to October 1998. Duke was also been a member of The Jury Comment Review Subcommittee of The Judicial Council’s Blue Ribbon Commission for evaluation of the jury system in 1996. In addition, he served as a member of The California Judicial Council’s Task Force on Complex Civil Litigation.