JOSHUA H. HAFFNER

Joshua H. Haffner is a Los Angeles based lawyer dedicated in representing individuals injured or victimized by negligence, insurance bad faith, or other wrongdoing. For over 20 years, Joshua has handled civil litigation for plaintiffs involving serious personal injury, insurance bad faith, class actions, fraud, and other tort cases. This was in 1997, when insurance claims for property damage arising out of Northridge earthquake were being heavily litigated. Joshua spent the early part of his legal career handling numerous Northridge earthquake cases for property damage to homes and commercial buildings, as well as other types of insurance claims. Since then, Joshua has continued to represent policyholders in all types of insurance claims, as well as handling personal injury cases and class actions.

Joshua had handled multiple personal injury and insurance bad faith cases through trial, and has been involved in multiple personal injury, wrongful death, bad faith and punitive damage trials, obtaining numerous multi-million dollar results. Joshua was nominated for 2012 Consumer Attorneys of California, Trial Lawyer of the Year, for an insurance bad faith verdict on behalf of an elderly man whose home was destroyed when a truck crashed into it in the Hollywood Hills.

Joshua has handled numerous cases through appeal, and among the opinions he has been involved in are the published appellate decisions in insurance cases entitled 21st Century Ins. Co. v. Superior Court (2005) 127Cal.App.4th 1351 and Doheny Park Terrace Homeowners Ass’n, Inc. v. Truck Insurance Exchange (2005) 132 Cal.App.4th 1076.

Joshua has authored numerous articles in the area on insurance litigation and bad faith, and been a panelist at legal seminars regarding insurance litigation. Joshua has developed a reputation for tenacity and experience amongst the insurance bar in California. He brings a high level of commitment and passion to the cases he handles, and works to maximize his clients’ recovery. Joshua has been involved in obtaining millions of dollars in recovery on behalf of his clients in insurance related litigation.

Joshua grew up in the Los Angeles area but spent part of his childhood in Mexico, and speaks Spanish fluently. Joshua Haffner hold a bachelor’s degree from the University of Texas at Austin, graduating with high honors. He attended law school at the University of California College of the Law, San Francisco, graduating cum laude. Joshua admitted to practice law in California, New York, Washington, and numerous federal courts.