Claudia Mai Morehead

Claudia Mai Morehead

5.0
Rating: 7.4

Licensed for 44 years

Business Lawyer at Newport Beach, CA
Practice Areas: Business, Litigation, Employment & Labor, Insurance

2901 West Coast Highway, Suite 200, Newport Beach, CA

About Claudia

Practice Areas

4

Practice Areas

Business 50%

Ms. Morehead is a California corporate attorney and advisor with over 30 years of experience assisting companies, businesses and organizations in the for profit and nonprofit sectors accomplish their goals in a creative and cost effective manner. She represents a wide array of business clients, ranging from large multi-national corporations to small family owned businesses. Most recently she has developed a vibrant nonprofit practice which includes some of the largest megachurches in So. Cal.

46 years | 1,000 cases

50%
Employment and Labor 20%

Ms. Morehead has over 30 years of experience representing employers in California, New York and Washington State (she is an active member of 3 state bars). She worked in the financial services area for many years and brings a wealth of experience to the table in assisting enterprises draft and implement employment policies as well as defending those employers against employee claims. Her seminar services offer affordable training seminars for both for profit and nonprofit enterprises.

46 years | 1,000 cases

20%
Litigation 20%

Ms. Morehead has handled over 50 insurance defense cases focusing primarily upon real estate and commercial property issues. She is an experienced litigator, having defended some of the largest commercial real estate companies in California. She is also active reinsurance arbitrator and has served as party counsel in 3 reinsurance arbitrations.

26 years | 50 cases

20%
Insurance 10%

Ms. Morehead spent 14 years in the reinsurance industry in New York City and has an extensive insurance coverage and arbitration background. She has been an ARIAS certified reinsurance arbitrator since 2005 and continues to handle reinsurance and insurance claims and coverage issues.

46 years | 1,000 cases

10%

Fees and Rates

Cost

Free Consultation

$0 first 30 minutes

Hourly Rates

$ 200-400 per hour


Payment Methods

  • Cash
  • Check

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Licenses

Licensed in New York for 37 years

State: New York

Acquired: 1988

Currently Registered

No misconduct found

Licensed in California for 44 years

State: California

Acquired: 1981

Active

No misconduct found

Licensed in Washington for 44 years

State: Washington

Acquired: 1981

Inactive

No misconduct found

Location

The Morehead Firm

2901 West Coast Highway, Suite 200, Newport Beach, CA, 92663

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Claudia Mai Morehead's Reviews

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Posted by anonymous | March 18, 2010 | Corporate & Incorporation

Practical advice - expedient.

Ms. Morehead formed a corporation for me last year and prepared a detailed business plan for me that greatly assisted me in my launch of my business. She always returned my calls and was ahead of schedule on each phase of the project. I would recommend retaining her to any business person in search... of honest bright counsel.

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Michael Giordano

Insurance lawyer | Jul 16

Relationship: Co-worker

"I heartily endorse this lawyer. Claudia has a great amount of expertise in the area of insurance business and regulatory law, having worked as a general counsel of a major insurance entity as well as several international law firms. Claudia and I worked together on a number of sophisticated business transactions while employed at several of these large law firms and I found her to be extremely well versed in this area as well as a genuinely good person with extremely high ethical values."

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Experience

Rating:  7.4 (Very Good)

Honors

1980

Traynor Honor Society, McGeorge School of Law

Work Experience

2014 - 2015

Adjunct Professor, Trinity Law School

2007 - 2009

Partner, Lewis Brisbois Bisgaard & Smith

2002 - 2006

Senior Counsel, Fulbright & Jaworski

1999 - 2002

Senior Counsel, Bryan Cave

1996 - 1999

Senior V.P., Corporate Secretary and General Counsel, Core Group

Associations

2010 - Present

California Bar Association

Non Profit Law Committee

State Bar of California

Member

Orange County Bar Association

Member

California State Women's Bar Association

Member

Orange County Women Lawyers Association

Member

Insurance Law Committee

Tort and Insurance Practice Section

Member

Association of Southern California Defense Counsel

2014 - 2015

Women2Women

Board member

2011 - 2014

Non Profit Law Committee

California State Bar

2001 - 2008

California Bar Association

Insurance Law Committee

Education

1980

McGeorge School of Law, University of the Pacific

JD - Juris Doctor

1976

University of the Pacific

BS - Bachelor of Science

Speaking Engagements

2009

ARIAS November 2009 Intensive Arbitration Training, New York City

Teachable Moments in a Reinsurance Arbitration

Languages

English

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