Ken Remson is a Partner in Freeman Mathis & Gary's Los Angeles office. Mr. Remson has more than 30 years of experience handling complex insurance coverage claims in jurisdictions across the country. He has represented large national and international insurers and policyholders in insurance coverage issues and disputes regarding commercial, personal lines, and excess policies. He has extensive experience in a wide variety of errors and omissions; directors and officers; environmental liability; construction defects; hurricane coverage; employment practices liability; cyber security; business interruption; and aviation matters.
Ken A. Remson
Partner
Los Angeles – LAX, CA | Los Angeles – Downtown, CA
D 424.397.1659
ken.remson@fmglaw.com
Education
1989 Duke University School of Law, Durham, NC JD with honors.
- Alaska Law Review, Editor-in-Chief
1987 Richardson School of Law, University of Hawaii, Manoa, HI Summer Law Student
1982 Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism, New York, NY MS Journalism.
1979 Stanford University, Stanford, CA AB Communication. Courses in Engineering and Sciences. Stanford Mass Media Institute, Television News Workshop.
Practice Sections
California
Central District of California
Eastern District of California
Hawaii State Bar
U.S. Court of Appeals Ninth Circuit
U.S. District Court for the Southern District of California
U.S. District Court of Hawaii
May 27, 2014 Blog: Do You Have a Defibrillator in Your Business? Should You? Dickstein Shapiro’s Policy Informer
May 13, 2014 Blog: Employers Hit with Background Check Lawsuits. Dickstein Shapiro’s Policy Informer
September 19, 2013 Blog: Is Your Intern a Lawsuit Waiting to Happen? Dickstein Shapiro’s Policy Informer
September 13, 2013 Blog: Checking your Employee’s Bags? Dickstein Shapiro’s Policy Informer
September 15, 2011 Flood Sublimit does not Extend to Time Element: Losses from Hurricane Katrina. California Insurance Law & Litigation (co-author)
December 2010 Appleman Sports and Entertainment Insurance Law & Practice Guide. (one of several authors)
August 2010 Issues Regarding the Reasonableness of Settlement in London Coverage Arbitration. Insurance Coverage Law Bulletin
- National insurance coverage practice representing insurers and policyholders including utilities and major corporations
- Litigated the largest private Hurricane Katrina claim, involving a major defense contractor’s shipyards
- Litigated claims involving a major software company in a case involving a London based arbitration
- Litigated manufactured gas plant and other environmental claims
- Handled major sex abuse claims
- Won a unanimous arbitration decision regarding wage-hour class actions seeking EPL insurance coverage
- Successful outcome in two-week bad faith jury trial
- Briefed argued and won a Ninth Circuit insurance coverage appeal
- Represented a witness in the Weeks v. Baker & McKenzie sexual harassment trial
- Trademark enforcement for a national hotel chain
- 1999-2013 Association of Business Trial Lawyers
- 1998-2015 Los Angeles County Bar Association
- 1992- Ninth Circuit Court of Appeal, Central District of California, Eastern District of California, Southern District of California
- 1991- The State Bar of California, Northern District of California
- 1989- Hawaii State Bar Association, District of Hawaii
- 1987-2015 American Bar Association (Litigation, Torts and Insurance sections)
- “Insurance Coverage for Wage-Hour and Labor Code Class Action Lawsuits,” NELA 2008 19th Annual Convention, Atlanta, GA, 2008
- “Managing Risk-Practical Insights, Transferring Risk through Insurance,” Annual Seminar for Corporate Counsel, Palm Springs, CA, 2008
- Mold Litigation and Management Update Seminar, Los Angeles, CA, 2004