Severson and Werson

Ann L. Strayer, Special Counsel with the firm’s Insurance Law group, specializes in professional liability defense, insurance coverage and litigation, with an emphasis on legal malpractice defense.

Ms. Strayer defends professionals including attorneys, design professionals, real estate brokers, physicians, dentists, nurses, accountants and security dealers against errors and omissions and other claims. She also advises insurers and insureds regarding coverage, and defends insurers against bad faith claims. Ms. Strayer also defends product liability claims.

Ms. Strayer was previously a member of Long & Levit and Hinshaw & Culbertson’s San Francisco’s office.

Ms. Strayer's primary areas of legal practice include:

Litigation, legal malpractice defense, and insurance coverage.

Mr. Strayer's specific experience includes:

Professional Liability: Defending professionals including attorneys, all disciplines of design professionals, real estate brokers, nurses, physicians, accountants, insurance agents/brokers and securities dealers against errors and omissions and other claims.

General Liability: Defense of claims involving product liability claims.

Property and Casualty: Defense of a variety of personal injury and property damage lawsuits involving circumstances ranging from soft tissue to catastrophic injury and death.

Insurance Coverage and Bad Faith: Advising insurers and insureds regarding coverage, representing insurers in declaratory relief actions, and defending insurers against bad faith claims. Monitoring and Program/ Facility Counsel to admitted and surplus lines carriers and London-based Syndicates, involving claims throughout the United States and beyond.

Construction Litigation: Representing design professionals and contractors in construction defect and delay lawsuits involving claims ranging from alleged defects in condominiums and single family homes to major commercial real estate projects.

Biographical Information:

Employment History: Joined Severson & Werson in 2007

Education: B.A., History, Princeton University, 1982. J.D., Suffolk University Law School, 1990.

Admitted to Practice: California 1991; U.S. District Courts, Northern and Central Districts of California and Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals; U.S. Supreme Court.

Professional Affiliations: Member, American Bar Association; Member, State Bar of California, Member, Bar Association of San Francisco, Member, San Francisco Queen’s Bench.