PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

Michael B. Geibel is a partner and chairman of the firm’s insurance defense department. Mr. Geibel has been named by Southern California Super Lawyers as a top attorney in California by Los Angeles Magazine. 

His practice focuses on civil litigation and appeals in all state and federal courts within California as well as arbitrations before the American Arbitration Association and other tribunals. Mr. Geibel is lead trial counsel on insurance defense cases within the firm, and, in addition to defense of common personal injury and property damage claims, has particularized experience with insurance coverage issues in slope failure cases, subsidence litigation, wildfire cases, toxic mold claims and remediation, construction defects, home sale misrepresentation claims, defense of malicious prosecution cases, catastrophic injury and wrongful death actions, drug manufacturing and pharmacy claims, and products liability cases.

Mr. Geibel is a member of the Association of Southern California Defense Counsel, has been an active trial lawyer for over 35 years, and he has also served in the capacity of expert witness and mediator. His concentration extends to insurance coverage issues under both liability and property policies, including issues relating to duty to defend, Cumis triggering coverage reservations, uninsured and under-insured motorist claims, and first-party property loss claims.