Beth Yoffie

Ms. Yoffie served on the CGL Reporter Editorial Board from 2016 to 2019 and focused on cases involving fidelity and surety, directors and officers (D&O) liability, bad faith, and first-party property.

Ms. Yoffie was previously special counsel at the Los Angeles office of Sheppard, Mullin, Richter, & Hampton LLP. Prior to that, she was counsel at the Los Angeles office of Sedgwick LLP. Over the past 30 years, she has authored more than a thousand coverage opinions analyzing a huge variety of issues presented under D&O, errors and omissions, fidelity, general liability, homeowners, jewelers block, auto liability, and property and casualty policies, including claims arising from Ponzi schemes, employment liability, personal and advertising injury liability, professional negligence, environmental contamination, soils subsidence, earthquake, fire, mold, construction defect, intellectual property, and securities and antitrust litigation. Her experience also includes providing advice concerning and litigation of matters involving life, health, disability and the Employee Retirement Income Security Act, healthcare service plans, preferred provider organizations, and life insurance disputes. Ms. Yoffie has drafted insurance policy language and insurer policies and procedures.

Ms. Yoffie received her bachelor of arts degree from the University of California, Berkeley, and earned her juris doctor degree from the University of California, Hastings College of the Law.