Shernoff Bidart Echeverria

What Shernoff Bidart Echeverria does

Shernoff Bidart Echeverria LLP is a California-based plaintiff law firm specializing in insurance bad faith and catastrophic personal injury litigation, with offices in Claremont (headquarters) and Beverly Hills. Founded in the 1970s by William M. Shernoff, the firm has spent more than 50 years representing individual and business policyholders against insurance carriers and HMOs, and is widely credited with setting the legal precedent requiring insurance companies to act in good faith. Its practice spans insurance bad faith claims (delayed, denied, or mishandled claims; improper policy changes, cancellations, and rescissions), catastrophic personal injury matters arising from negligence, and medical malpractice cases.

The firm has produced a series of landmark results, including a $5 billion Holocaust-era life insurance settlement, a $120 million insurance bad faith jury verdict, an $86.7 million verdict for the American Samoa Government, a $116 million punitive damages award against Aetna (the largest against an HMO at the time), and a confidential settlement reported at approximately $100 million by the Los Angeles Times. Additional results include $68 million and $28.2 million medical malpractice verdicts and $25.7 million and $17 million personal injury verdicts. These outcomes have been reinforced by external recognition including LawDragon 2022, the AV Preeminent rating from Martindale-Hubbell, and the Best Lawyers award.

The business model is professional services on a contingency fee basis, where clients pay a percentage of recovered damages only if the case is successful — standard for plaintiff-side bad faith and personal injury work. The go-to-market is sales-led and relationship-driven, relying on the firm's 50+ year reputation, published case results, free consultations, a toll-free intake line, and content marketing through the firm website. The firm does not disclose revenue and has no external institutional investment, operating as a partner-owned LLP. Customer segmentation is primarily individual policyholders with a secondary segment of business policyholders, supplemented by occasional public-sector engagements such as the American Samoa Government matter.

Name

Shernoff Bidart Echeverria

Legal name

Shernoff Bidart Echeverria LLP

Website

https://Shernoff.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

1970

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

Shernoff Bidart Echeverria is a California plaintiff law firm specializing in insurance bad faith and catastrophic personal injury litigation, representing individual and business policyholders against insurance carriers and HMOs.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Plaintiff Legal Services

NAICS

Agencies, Brokerages, and Other Insurance Related Activities (5242)

SIC

Services-Legal Services (8111)

akta.pro primary industry

Claims Advocacy & Loss Recovery Services (FSAEADAH)

akta.pro secondary industry

Medical Malpractice Liability (FSAJADAK)

Keywords

• Insurance bad faith litigation
• Personal injury law
• Policyholder representation
• Catastrophic injury attorneys
• Plaintiff legal services

Headquarters

HQ city

Claremont

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices2 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Marketing or Sales

Revenue model

1. Legal Services - Contingency Fees: The firm represents policyholders in insurance bad faith cases and catastrophic personal injury matters. As is standard for plaintiff-side contingency fee arrangements in this practice area, the firm likely earns fees as a percentage of settlements or verdicts won on behalf of clients, typically only collecting if the case is successful.

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels1 record

Marketing channels1 record

Core offering

Shernoff Bidart Echeverria LLP is a California-based law firm that provides plaintiff-side legal representation in insurance bad faith claims and catastrophic personal injury matters. The firm represents individual and business policyholders whose insurance claims have been delayed, denied, or mishandled, and pursues compensation for clients who have sustained serious injuries due to negligence.

Product overview

Shernoff Bidart Echeverria LLP is a law firm providing legal services, not a technology product company. The firm offers legal representation in two primary practice areas: Insurance Bad Faith (protecting policyholders from insurance company refusal to pay claims) and Catastrophic Personal Injury (representing clients who have sustained serious injuries due to negligence). The firm has a 50+ year history of setting legal precedents in insurance bad faith law.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Quantifiable outcome

• $5 billion in Holocaust Insurance Claims settlement
• +3 more outcomes

Named customers1 record

Segments2 records

Ideal customer profiles2 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

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Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Scale indicators6 records

Recent moves5 records

Expansion highlights3 records

Direct peers

• Wilshire Law Firm: Large California-based plaintiff-side personal injury and insurance bad faith firm. Comparable in contingency fee model and California focus, though operates at significantly larger scale than Shernoff Bidart Echeverria.
• Kantor & Kantor LLP: California-based law firm specializing in insurance bad faith, disability claim denials, and long-term disability litigation. Most directly comparable peer with similar plaintiff-side insurance bad faith focus and California jurisdiction.
• GJEL Accident Attorneys: California-based plaintiff personal injury firm with track record of large verdicts. Comparable in contingency fee model and California geographic focus, with overlapping catastrophic personal injury practice.
• Michels & Lew: California-based law firm handling insurance bad faith and consumer protection matters. Direct peer with similar niche focus, California jurisdiction, and plaintiff-side insurance litigation model.
• Law Offices of Scott Glovsky: California plaintiff firm focused on insurance bad faith, HMO disputes, and catastrophic injury. Directly comparable niche practice with similar target clients (individual and business policyholders) and trial-oriented approach.
• Frantz Law Group: California-based employment and insurance bad faith plaintiff firm with track record of large verdicts. Comparable in practice mix, contingency model, and California jurisdiction with similar plaintiff-side insurance litigation focus.
• Bisnar Chase Personal Injury Attorneys: California plaintiff firm handling catastrophic personal injury, defective products, and insurance disputes. Comparable in practice overlap (personal injury) and California contingency fee model, though with broader practice scope.

Broad incumbents

• Hagens Berman Sobol Shapiro LLP: National plaintiff-side class action firm with insurance and consumer litigation practice. Comparable in representing plaintiffs against institutional defendants including insurers, though focused on class actions rather than individual bad faith cases.
• Lieff Cabraser Heimann & Bernstein: Nationally recognized plaintiff-side mass tort and class action firm with significant insurance and consumer practice. Operates at larger scale and broader scope, but represents plaintiff interests against insurance companies in comparable matters.

Regional players

• The Voss Law Firm: Texas-based plaintiff firm specializing in insurance disputes, bad faith claims, and personal injury. Operates in comparable niche but different geographic market, making it a regional peer rather than direct competitor.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

• Xx.com/badfaithlaw
• Facebookfacebook.com/badfaithlaw
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/shernoff-bidart-echeverria-bentley

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles1 record

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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Investments

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