Practice Summary

Mr. Kirsch’s primary practice areas are insurance and maritime casualty litigation, including subrogation (cargo, property, hull, and workers' compensation), insurance defense, insurance coverage, personal injury defense, and general commercial litigation in both maritime and non-maritime areas.

Mr. Kirsch is an experienced trial lawyer active in every stage of litigation, from pre-suit through and including appeals. He has achieved successful results through mediation, settlement and trial in numerous cases, including seven figure recoveries for plaintiffs.  Mr. Kirsch's published case results include Caravel/Woodwind Charters, Inc. v. Tahoe Keys Marina, LLC, 438 F.Supp.2d 1174 (E.D. Cal. 2006); Deltak, LLC v. Industrial Maritime Carriers Worldwide, 2004 AMC 1781 (N.D.Cal. 2004); and LG Electronics, Inc. v. Fritz Transportation International, 2002 AMC 106 (N.D. Cal. 2001). Mr. Kirsch is the firm’s hiring partner.

Publications

Certain Liability, Uncertain Property Damages: How Do You Recover? Subrogator, Fall 2006. "

Cargo Subrogation: Avoiding Pitfalls and Putting Liable Parties on the Defensive Subrogator, Fall 2005 (co-written with Jennifer Tomlin Sanchez).
Mr. Kirsch was a regular contributor to the Pacific Coast Forum, a publication of the Board of Marine Underwriters of San Francisco, as the author of Case Notes and rotating editor.

Memberships

California State Bar
The Maritime Law Association of the United States
The Canadian Board of Marine Underwriters
Danish-American Chamber of Commerce

Educational Background

University of California Berkeley School of Law (Boalt Hall), J.D. (1995)
U.C. Berkeley, B.A. in History (1990)