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Carolyn A. Mathews 
Los Angeles, California
Associate Partner
phone 213-630-1042 (Direct)
213-623-7400 (General)
fax 213-623-6336
email cmathews@murchisonlaw.com

Carolyn A. Mathews is an Associate Partner in the Property Insurance Law Practice Group of Murchison & Cumming, LLP. Ms. Mathews focuses her practice on property damage insurance claims, including advising insurers regarding coverage issues, conducting examinations under oath, handling appraisals and litigation and assisting in fraud investigations. She has extensive experience with earthquake claims and insurance issues related to construction defect and resulting property damage claims, including mold and additional insured issues. Ms. Mathews has extensive trial experience and defends insurers against bad faith suits arising out of all types of insurance issues.

She has also been a speaker on issues relating to property damage losses under both first and third party policies. Ms. Mathews was a speaker at the West Coast Casualty Construction Defect Seminar in 2002 and 2003. She is also a licensed Real Estate broker in the states of California and Arizona.

Areas of Practice:
Business Litigation
Bar Admissions:
California, 1988
U.S. District Court Central District of California, 1989
U.S. Court of Appeals 9th Circuit
Education:
University of West Los Angeles School of Law, Los Angeles, California, 1988
J.D.


University of Texas, 1968
B.A.


Published Works:
The Road To Hell Is Paved With Good Intentions: Indemnifying or Defending a Willful Act, The Journal of Insurance Coverage, Vol. 4, Number 1, Winter, 2001


Disinterest Of Appraisers Needs Honing, The National Law Journal, June 7, 1999


Standing Position, Owner Enforcement of Association Insurance Policies, Los Angeles Daily Journal, October 3, 1996


Searle v. Allstate - Exploring The Murky Waters Of The Intent Of The Insane, U.W.L.A. Law Review, Vol. 18, 1986


Professional Associations and Memberships:
State Bar of California
Member


Los Angeles County Bar Association
Member