Linda Bondi Morrison

Linda Bondi Morrison is a partner in the firm's Orange County office where she handles a wide variety of civil litigation, alternative dispute resolution and counseling. Her current practice primarily is in insurance coverage and business litigation, with an emphasis on complex litigation.

Linda’s insurance practice has included coverage matters involving asbestos, environmental, toxic torts, construction defects, errors and omissions, advertising injury and bad faith. She is also familiar with issues involving directors' and officers' liability.  She has represented clients as trial counsel in a number of significant complex litigation matters, and her trials include Kaiser Aluminum v. Certain Underwriters at Lloyd’s and Deere v. Allstate Insurance Company.

As a frequent lecturer and author, Linda has spoken at and moderated national conferences, and regularly speaks at private seminars. Recent seminar topics and articles include: Additional Insured Issues (PLRB Western Regional Adjusters Conference, October 2007); Number of "Occurrences" for Asbestos-Related Claims (The National Forum for Environmental and Toxic Tort Issues, 14th Annual Conference, October 2007); From Mines to Minefields: Asbestos News From the Front (ABA Insurance Coverage Litigation Seminar, March 2007); Mediation Strategies for Liability Claims (PLRB Western Regional Adjusters Conference, November 2006); Allocation Among Insurers (private seminar); Indemnity Provisions and Contractual Liability Coverage: The Back Door To Coverage (Mealey's Litigation Reports: Insurance, December 2005; and presented at Mealey’s Additional Insured Seminar, May 16-17, 2005); Reservation of Rights Letters and Good Faith Claims Handling (private seminar); Bad Faith Claims Arising Out of Loss-Sensitive Insurance Programs (private seminar); Duty to Defend and Reimbursement Obligations Under Excess Policies (private seminar); Asbestos Bankruptcy Issues (National Forum for Environmental and Toxic Tort Issues, Tenth Annual Conference, October 2003); 2002 Bodily Injury and Property Damage Update (Environmental Claims Journal, Spring 2003); and The ‘Molden’ State: Evaluating Third-Party Mold Claims Under California Law (Mealey’s Litigation Reports: Insurance, December 2001).

Linda is a member of the Defense Research Institute, the Association of Southern California Defense Counsel, and the American Bar Association. She is currently the secretary of The National Forum for Environmental and Toxic Tort Issues, and co-chaired the Insurance Coverage Committee of the Chicago Bar Association’s Young Lawyers Section from 1997 through 1999.

Linda is also a member of the Board of Directors of Insuring the Children, a not-for-profit organization of insurance industry professionals dedicated to raise awareness of child abuse and fund prevention programs.

Linda received her undergraduate degree, magna cum laude, and law degree from Loyola University of Chicago. While in law school she was an editor of the Consumer Law Review and President of the Environmental Law Society. Linda is licensed to practice in California and Illinois and is admitted to the U.S. District Courts for Northern Illinois and Northern, Eastern, Central and Southern California.