Corinne Bertsche

Partner

Corinne.Bertsche@lewisbrisbois.com

Corinne Bertsche is a partner in the San Diego office of Lewis Brisbois and a member of the Appellate and Professional Liability Practices. Ms. Bertsche has 28 years of experience as a civil litigator and has handled appeals and writ petitions throughout her career. Ms. Bertsche’s appellate practice includes a wide range of matters, including legal malpractice, anti-SLAPP, malicious prosecution, medical malpractice, elder abuse and long-term care, general liability and products liability, business law and other areas. In civil litigation, she focused her primary practice in the areas of professional liability and legal malpractice defense, and is a Certified Specialist in Legal Malpractice with the California Bar Legal Specialization Board. Ms. Bertsche's professional liability practice mainly included the defense of attorneys in legal malpractice and malicious prosecution claims resulting from representation of clients in a variety of underlying cases including dissolution, transactional matters, trusts, estate and probate matters, personal injury, employment law, medical malpractice and other areas. Ms. Bertsche also has experience defending financial advisors, accountants, appraisers, real estate agents, brokers, and insurance agents. She has successfully prevailed and obtained judgment in favor of numerous professional liability clients, resulting from various motions including demurrers sustained without leave to amend, anti-SLAPP motions, motions for summary judgment, and on appeal. Given her experience as a civil litigator, Ms. Bertsche also regularly assists trial counsel in drafting pre-trial, trial, and post-trial motions.

Primary Area(s) of Practice

  • Appellate
  • Professional Liability

Additional Experience

Admissions

California

California Superior Court

Court of Appeal

U.S. District Court, Southern District

Associations

  • San Diego Appellate Inn
  • San Diego County Bar Association

Education

University of San Diego School of Law

Juris Doctor, cum laude, 1994

University of Southern California

Bachelor of Science, Business Administration, 1991

Institute on International and Comparative Law

Paris, France, 1992

Published Opinions

  • Michael Lee v. Charles Fick (2005) 135 Cal.App.4th 89
  • Garamendi v. Golden Eagle Ins. Co. (Pauli Systems) (2005) 127 Cal.App.4th 480
  • Richard L. Gordon v. Law Offices of Aguirre & Meyer (1999) 70 Cal.App.4th 972

Certifications

Certified Specialist in Legal Malpractice by California State Bar Board of Legal Specialization

Professional Presentations

"Avoiding Social Media Pitfalls" LMIC, 2010