AREAS OF PRACTICE

Glenn Friedman serves as Vice-Chair of the firm-wide Environmental Law and Toxic Tort department.  He specializes in insurance coverage and litigation emphasizing hazardous waste, toxic tort, construction defect, professional liability and real property issues.

• Insurance Coverage
• Environmental Law
• Toxic Tort
• Mold

ASSOCIATIONS

• Defense Research Institute

AWARDS/PUBLICATIONS

• Defending Mold Lawsuits, Bridgeport Mold Insurance Litigation Conference, San Francisco, CA, February 2004 
• Recent Case Law Developments, Speaker/Chairman, Institute for International Research Additional Insured Endorsements & Contractual Indemnity Agreements Seminar, Orlando, FL,  November 2001
• Update on Recent Case Law Developments, Speaker/Chairman, Institute for International Research Additional Insured Endorsements and Contractual Indemnity Agreements Seminar, Dallas, TX, November 2000 
• Case Law Update on Additional Insured Endorsements, Institute for International Research Additional Insured Endorsements & Contractual Indemnity Agreements Seminar, Atlanta, GA, November 1999
• Discovery Issues in Bad Faith Cases, Northern California Association of Defense Counsel Bad Faith Seminar, Monterey, CA, August 1999
• The Pros and Cons of Class Action Lawsuits: Basic Principles and Selected Real Life Case Studies, Defense Research Institute Insurance Coverage and Practice Seminar, San Francisco, CA, June 1999

LEGAL EXPERIENCE

• Mr. Friedman has practiced in the areas of insurance coverage and litigation with an emphasis on hazardous waste, toxic tort, products liability and construction defect matters.  Mr. Friedman has been involved in a wide range of multi-party environmental and toxic tort cases involving mold and water intrusion, DBCP groundwater exposure, contamination from leaking underground storage tanks, refineries, service stations and dry cleaning facilities, silicosis, asbestos and latex glove liability, among others.

EDUCATION

• University of San Francisco School of Law, Juris Doctor, 1982
• University of California, Berkeley, Bachelor of Science, 1979