Maura Walsh Ochoa is managing partner of the firm’s San Francisco office. Her practice focuses on subrogation recovery, specifically in the areas of tort, product liability and contractual disputes.
Ms. Ochoa has significant experience with large scale catastrophic losses stemming from wildland interface fires and is also well versed in matters involving governmental takings under the California and United States Constitutions. Her multi-state practice focuses on commercial and residential property litigation in the western United States.
Ms. Ochoa is extremely proud of her enduring relationships with many clients and has litigated numerous complex, multi-party cases in various venues in California and other Western states.
Ms. Ochoa is admitted to practice law in the State of California, the United States District Court for the Northern, Southern, Eastern and Central Districts of California and the United States Court of Federal Claims. Ms. Ochoa earned her Bachelor of Arts degree from St. Mary’s College in 1992 and her Juris Doctor degree from San Francisco Law School in 1997. She was named to the Daily Journal’s “Top 100 Women Lawyers” in California list for 2020.
Ms. Ochoa is currently the Co-Chair of the National Association of Subrogation Professionals Northern California Chapter and in her spare time (besides raising her 3 young boys) has volunteered for numerous charities including the Leukemia & Lymphoma Society, the Annika Kelly Strain Foundation and various school and sports programs in Marin County.
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Jordan Everakes joined the firm in 2017 and his practice focuses primarily on civil litigation matters involving insurance subrogation and recovery, torts, products liability, contracts, and wild land fire cases.
Kelli Herzog is an associate in the firm’s San Francisco office. Ms. Herzog’s primary focus is on product liability litigation, including breach of warranty matters, in state and federal courts.
David Kestenbaum is a partner in the firm’s San Francisco office. His practice focuses on subrogation recovery, specifically in the areas of tort, products liability, contractual disputes, and wildfires.
Margaret Sell is a partner in the firm’s San Francisco office. She focuses her practice on subrogation, product liability, warranty, construction and commercial litigation.
Lilla Shkolnikov is a partner in the firm’s San Francisco office. Ms. Shkolnikov focuses her practice on subrogation recovery and insurance defense matters involving products liability, property damage and premises liability matters.
Julia R. Sullivan is an associate in the firm’s San Francisco office. Her practice focuses primarily in the areas of property subrogation, products liability, and premises liability.
Maura Walsh Ochoa’s practice focuses on subrogation recovery, specifically in the areas of tort, product liability and contractual disputes.
Maura Walsh Ochoa and Waylon J. Pickett were named California Lawyer Attorneys of the Year for 2021 by the Daily Journal. The California Attorney of the Year award recognizes attorneys for outstanding achievements in specific areas of law. Ms. Ochoa and Mr. Pickett were recognized for their work as co-lead subrogation counsel in the Woolsey […]
Maura Walsh Ochoa co-chaired the National Association of Subrogation Professionals (NASP) Northern California Chapter meeting in Berkeley, California, along with Eric Schroeder of Culbreth Schroeder.
Maura Walsh Ochoa co-chaired the National Association of Subrogation Professionals (NASP) Northern California Chapter meeting.
