Guy O. Kornblum

GUY O. KORNBLUM is the principal in Guy O. Kornblum, A Professional Law Corporation with offices in San Francisco, California. He has specialized in civil litigation for over 45 years. His firm specializes in a wide range of civil litigation, including serious injury and wrongful death, medical and legal malpractice, financial and physical elder abuse, and all aspects of insurance including “bad faith” claims. Mr. Kornblum himself has handled over 4000 litigated matters to a conclusion and has several million dollars plus cases to his credit. He has represented hundreds of clients, small businesses, individuals, and large Fortune 500 corporations over his years of practice. He is highly regarded for his litigation skills, and his representation of his clients in settlement negotiations and mediations, where he has a strong track record of successful settlements.

Mr. Kornblum is certified in Civil Trial Law and Civil Pretrial Practice Advocacy by the prestigious National Board of Trial Advocacy, and is a Charter Fellow, American College of Board-Certified Attorneys. He is also a Life Member of the Multi-Million Dollar and Million Dollar Advocate’s Forum, for those attorneys who have achieved multi-million dollar awards or settlements for their clients; is a Charter Fellow of the Litigation Counsel of America Trial Lawyer Honorary”; is a “Top 100” Trial Lawyer; and is listed in the “Top 10” in the Personal Injury and Insurance Litigation fields. He is listed in the 23d Edition of “The Best Lawyers in America.” He has been selected as a Super Lawyer each year since 2006 and is a Top Attorney in North America. Mr. Kornblum is the author of Negotiating and Settling Tort Cases: Reaching the Settlement, published by the Thomson Reuters Publishing Company now in its 5th ed (2023), and co-author of two texts on insurance law and bad faith claims, and over 150 published articles on various topics related to civil litigation and insurance and injury claims.

Mr. Kornblum has been lecturing on continuing legal education programs for over 45 years on a local, state, and national level. He has taught programs for numerous providers and regularly lectures for the San Francisco Bar Association, the National Academy for Continuing Legal Education, the National Business Institute, and other CLE providers. He also has taught law school students at the University of California Law School, San Francisco (formerly the Hastings College of the Law) in the and at Santa Clara University Law School and San Francisco Law School.

In addition to his civil litigation practice, Mr. Kornblum has also qualified in both state and federal court as an expert witness on insurance claim handling, settlement value, negotiations and case value, and on the standard of care applicable to lawyers in civil litigation.

Kornblum, Cochran, Erikson & Harbison LLP (2014-2020); Guy Kornblum & Associates (2000-2013); Bailey & Kornblum, LLP (1996-2000); The Kornblum Law Offices, and predecessors (1979-1996); Partner, Pettit & Martin in San Francisco (1972-1979); Assistant Dean and Professor at Hastings College of the Law (1970-1972); Associate Attorney, Bledsoe, Smith, Cathcart, Johnson & Rogers (1967-1970);

Associate Attorney, Ice, Miller, Donadio & Ryan (1966-1967).