Alice J. Wolfson, Esq.
San Jose Bad Faith Attorney
Alice J. Wolfson, Esq., of Counsel to the DL Law Group, is one of the most recognized and successful attorneys nationwide in the area of insurance bad faith. She has represented both corporate and individual policyholders, with a particular emphasis on individual disability insurance policies. As a trial lawyer, her work resulted in a unanimous bad faith verdict in Federal Court in the case of McGregor v. Paul Revere (UnumProvident). Later, in the landmark case of Hangarter v. Provident (UnumProvident), Ms. Wolfson and her team obtained a five million dollar punitive damages award. Ms. Wolfson’s experience also includes appellate work, as the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals unanimously upheld both of the above verdicts.
Ms. Wolfson has spoken on insurance issues generally, and insurance bad faith in particular, throughout the country. Her speaking engagements have been sponsored by, among others, the American Bar Association, Consumer Attorneys of America, the American Association for Justice (formerly American Trial Lawyers Association), the San Francisco Trial Lawyers Association, Western Trial Lawyers, the Bar Association of San Francisco, and the American Conference Institute. Ms. Wolfson’s television appearances include PBS: The American Experience, Canadian Public Television, and The History Channel. She has been a columnist for Health Magazine and the San Francisco Bay Guardian, and was the Washington Correspondent for Medical Dimensions Magazine. She has also served as a consumer representative for the National Association of Insurance Commissioners (NAIC).
Ms. Wolfson is a past chairperson of the Insurance Litigation Section of the American Association for Justice. She is the founder and a past board member of the National Women’s Health Network. Ms. Wolfson has also served on the boards of the San Francisco Trial Lawyers Association and United Policyholders.
Education:
Hastings College of the Law, J.D.
Fulbright Scholar
Stanford University, M.A.
Barnard College, B.A.