Mr. Kornblum is Certified as a Civil Trial Advocate by the Prestigious National Board of Trial Advocacy.

He is a Member of the Million Dollar Advocates Forum.

GUY O. KORNBLUM is the principal in Guy Kornblum & Associates, with offices in San Francisco, California. The firm’s practice focuses on representing plaintiffs, claimants, policyholders and victims of tortious and contractual wrongs in insurance bad faith (life, health and disability, uninsured and underinsured motorist claims, and property and casualty claims), medical and legal malpractice, personal injury, wrongful death, commercial and real estate litigation and actions involving punitive damages claims. The firm is supported by experienced lawyers and paralegals, and is client and result oriented.

Mr. Kornblum has specialized as a trial and appellate lawyer for 39 years. He has handled over 3000 litigated matters to conclusion and has several million dollar plus cases to his credit, including one of the largest settlements for a “Golden Years” client in a personal injury case. While concentrating in the torts and insurance field, he has handled a wide variety of cases from complex insurance, personal injury and wrongful death cases, as well as wrongful termination actions, real estate and commercial litigation, to medical and legal malpractice claims and cases involving insurance “bad faith.” He has several leading appellate court cases in California and before the Arizona Supreme Court.

Mr. Kornblum is the co-author of two books: Litigating Insurance Claims: Coverage, Bad Faith and Business Disputes, and the California Practice Guide: Bad Faith, published by The Rutter Group. He has authored well over 80 published articles on trial practice, discovery, civil procedure and insurance law.

He is a well-known lecturer to bar associations and professional groups, having given over 400 presentations in 35 states and 3 foreign countries. He has taught courses at San Francisco Law School entitled, “Insurance Law: A Consumer’s Perspective” and “Remedies — The Courts Get Down to Business.”

Mr. Kornblum is Certified as a Civil Trial Advocate by the prestigious National Board of Trial Advocacy. He is also a Member of the Million Dollar Advocate’s Forum, for those attorneys who have achieved million dollar awards, settlements or verdicts for their clients.

Mr. Kornblum received his A.B. from Indiana University and, after serving as an officer in the U.S. Army, obtained his J.D. in 1966 from Hastings College of the Law, University of California, where he was a member of the Law Review and Order of the Coif. After practicing privately, he returned to Hastings to serve as Assistant Dean and Professor in the early 1970's, at which time he co-founded and administered the Hastings College of Advocacy.

Mr. Kornblum has headed his own firm since 1979.

Mr. Kornblum is active in the Olympic Club of San Francisco, is an immediate part of the Vestry of St. Mary the Virgin Episcopal Church, and its Chancellor, and is on the Dean's Advisory Council to the College of Arts and Sciences of Indiana University. He has been married over 25 years to his wife, Victoria, and is the father of two adult children, a daughter, Tory, who is a Deputy Sheriff, and son Guy, who is in the real estate business. He enjoys golf, cycling and fitness. Mr. Kornblum has affiliated offices in Los Angeles, California and Indianapolis, Indiana.