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Robert J. McKennon Recognized as 2018 “Super Lawyer – Insurance Coverage” and “Top 100 Insurance Lawyers in the State of California” for 2018
McKennon Law Group PC is proud to announce that its founding shareholder Robert J. McKennon has been recognized as one of Southern California’s “Super Lawyers” and appears in the 2018 edition of Southern California Super Lawyers magazine published in January 2018. Mr....
McKennon Law Group PC Voted Top California and USA Insurance Litigation Law Firm for 2017 and 2018
The Lawyers Worldwide Awards Magazine has announced McKennon Law Group PC as “Insurance Litigation Law Firm of the Year – California, USA” and “Insurance Litigation Law Firm of the Year –USA” for 2017.The Magazine recognizes each year a select number of leading...
Robert McKennon and Stephanie Talavera Publish Article in the Los Angeles Daily Journal: “Ruling Clears Up Attorney Fees in ERISA Cases”
Unlike a state law claim for benefits under an individual insurance policy, an ERISA claim generally limits recovery to benefits due under the plan: prejudgment interest, declaratory or equitable (non-monetary) relief and attorneys’ fees. Accordingly, looming...
The Hartford Agrees to Purchase Aetna’s Group Disability Insurance and Group Life Insurance Business
In a deal between two of the country’s largest disability insurers, The Hartford agreed to purchase Aetna Life Insurance Company’s group life insurance and disability insurance business for $1.45 billion. After the purchase, which is expected to close before the end...
Robert J. McKennon was named by the American Society of Legal Advocates as one of the top 100 Insurance lawyers in the State of California for 2018.
McKennon Law Group PC is proud to announce that its founder and managing shareholder Robert J. McKennon was named by the American Society of Legal Advocates as one of the top 100 Insurance lawyers in the State of California for 2018. Mr. McKennon has received this...
Robert McKennon and Stephanie Talavera Publish Article in the Los Angeles Daily Journal: “An Agent of the Insurer.”
In the October 9, 2017 Los Angeles Daily Journal, Robert J. McKennon and Stephanie L. Talavera of the McKennon Law Group PC published a column entitled “An Agent of the Insurer,” covering a very important new Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals case, Salyers v. Metro. Life...
Plan Administrators Cannot Violate their Fiduciary Duties by Failing to Provide Proper Notice of Policy Amendments; ERISA Plan Exclusions/Limits May Not be Enforceable
Summary Plan Descriptions (“SPD”) under ERISA are required to be given to plan participants, and they provide plan participants with the most important summary of plan terms they need to know regarding their ERISA governed plans. ERISA requires SPDs to “be written in...
McKennon Law Group Gives Back, Donating Over 250 Pairs of Shoes to Soles4Souls
We at McKennon Law Group PC represent policyholders in their life, disability, medical and other insurance disputes to assist them to get their claims paid so they can thrive financially when events in their lives overwhelm them. So, we know the importance of helping...
LA & Orange County Disability Insurance & ERISA Attorneys Fight The Standard Claim Denials
At McKennon Law Group PC, we fight for your right to receive benefits from life, general liability, long-term care and disability insurers like The Standard. We understand insurers like The Standard because we know insurers like The Standard. McKennon Law Group PC’s...
San Francisco and Los Angeles Disability Insurance and Life Insurance Claim Attorneys Fight Hartford Claim Denials
If an insurance company The Hartford suddenly terminated your benefits, you can trust in McKennon Law Group PC to fight to have your wrongful denial reversed and claim for benefits reinstated. Our firm pursues your right to receive benefits from life, general...