I have been practicing law for 25 years.  I maintain law offices in Los Angeles, the Tahoe area, and the Pacific Northwest.  

 

My goal as a legal advocate is that my clients should live their best lives, instead of living a lawsuit, unless there truly is no other option but to litigate.  I work to win, but also to solve issues quickly, efficiently and fairly.  I have settled cases in the hundreds of thousands to millions of dollars, and drafted claim applications in multiple jurisdictions for settlement funds involving environmental, personal injury, product liability and mass tort claims.  All cases eventually settled.  The best I had settled reasonably quickly, so that clients could move on.  When cases extend for years or longer, I found that some people have difficulty in their personal, financial and emotional lives.  I work to control what I can in litigation, but more importantly I work towards efficient resolution for all.

 

I know what wildfire victims face in the courts.  I know what it takes to win.  I also know a settlement offer worth careful consideration when I see one.  Judgments, even if won, especially when the awards are extraordinary, take time and are usually appealed.  Time is money.  Time is life.  Work with me to recover the most to position you advantageously for both.

Practice Areas

• Wildfire Recovery Settlements

• Insurance Law and Litigation

• Wildfire Litigation

Press

• Quoted in the Los Angeles Times, the New York Times, and the San Francisco Chronicle.

• Profiled in the Daily Journal, Brown Alumni Magazine, and featured in a book on women lawyers published by the American Bar Association.
   

Advocacy

• Fundraising Committee Member/Amicus Working Group for United Policyholders, the leading non-profit advocating for insurance claimants in disaster recovery nationwide. www.uphelp.org

• I am general counsel to and putting a portion of my law firm earnings from wildfire settlements into a green energy startup in Alaska, helping the world transition to a carbon-free energy future.  I am fully committed to working for better climate strategies so that not everyone has to burn.  www.pacifich2.com