Michael Velladao is a partner in the Los Angeles office of Lewis Brisbois and the national coordinating chair of the Bad Faith Litigation & Insurance Coverage Practices. He specializes in insurance coverage and declaratory relief. He has more than 35 years of experience in handling insurance coverage disputes and related matters. Mr. Velladao has been practicing since 1983. He is a specialist in insurance coverage and declaratory relief, and is certified to practice before the United States Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals and Northern, Central, Eastern and Southern U.S. District Courts.

Mr. Velladao has authored over 2,500 coverage opinions. He also litigated declaratory relief actions regarding coverage disputes involving construction defects, intellectual property, pollution, aviation liability, intentional and business torts. He has also represented insurers in several Court of Appeal decisions.

Publications

Published Decisions

Admissions

• State Bar Admissions
  • California
• United States District Courts
  • United States District Court for the Central District of California
  • United States District Court for the Eastern District of California
  • United States District Court for the Northern District of California
  • United States District Court for the Southern District of California
• United States Courts of Appeals
  • United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit

Admissions

California

U.S. Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals

Northern, Central, Eastern and Southern U.S. District Courts

Associations

• American College of Coverage Counsel
• Los Angeles County Bar Association
• Phi Delta Phi International
• Defense Research Institute

Awards & Honors

• Listed in Best Lawyers in America® 2023 & 2024 —Insurance Law
• Super Lawyers Magazine, 2018

Education

Pepperdine University Law School

Juris Doctor, 1983

University of San Francisco

Bachelor of Arts, 1980