Tara manages all phases of commercial litigation, including business torts, insurance coverage, intellectual property, environmental, breach of contract, breach of fiduciary duty, and other complex litigation.
She represents individual and corporate policyholders in third-party lawsuits under errors and omissions, directors and officers, commercial general liability, and other types of insurance policies. Tara also represents insurers in a wide range of commercial and coverage matters, including:
Contract disputes
Bad faith litigation
Inter-insurer contribution/indemnity claims
Subrogation matters
Environmental issues
Mass tort
Products liability
Construction defect
Personal and advertising injury
She has defended clients in complex environmental coverage matters, including CERCLA, Superfund, and groundwater contamination cases, and has represented manufacturers in several suits that alleged the defendants knowingly contaminated groundwater in San Gabriel Valley.
Before pursuing a law career, Tara trained and worked as a structural engineer, retrofitting projects on older commercial buildings to ensure compliance with seismic codes. This experience makes her particularly suited to intellectual property matters and environmental claims arising from earthquakes and other natural disasters.
