Area of Practice
Wildfire Property Damage & Injury
Since 2018, our law firm has recovered over $1.4 billion in settlements on behalf of our wildfire clients. One of the firm’s founders, Ed Diab, and the team were recognized in 2020 as the California Lawyer – Attorneys of the Year for some of these historic results in wildfire cases.
We have or currently represent over 40 public entities – including some of the largest cities and counties in California – as well as thousands of individuals and families in their cases against PG&E and Southern California Edison for damages or injuries caused by wildfires. Many people, even those with homeowner’s or renter’s insurance, quickly find out that they are significantly underinsured when it comes to the total losses they sustain following a devastating wildfire. In these cases, there are very powerful laws that govern utility companies that may require them to pay your attorneys’ fees and costs if you sustained property damage as a result.
Representative Public Entity Clients:
- County of Sonoma
- County of Napa
- County of Butte
- Town of Paradise
- County of Los Angeles
- County of Ventura
- County of Santa Barbara
- City of Malibu
Past & Current Fires Being Litigated/Investigated:
- 2010 San Bruno Gas Pipeline Explosion (PG&E)
- 2015 Butte Fire (PG&E)
- 2017 North Bay Fires (PG&E)
- 2017 Thomas Fire & Montecito Mudslide (Southern California Edison)
- 2018 Camp Fire (PG&E)
- 2018 Woolsey Fire (Southern California Edison)
- 2019 Saddleridge Fire (Southern California Edison)
- 2019 Kincade Fire (PG&E)
- 2020 Zogg Fire (PG&E)
- 2020 Mountain View Fire (Liberty Utilities)
- 2020 Slater Fire (Pacific Power, Oregon)
- 2020 Archie Creek Fire (Pacific Power, Oregon)