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Russell Petti

Specialties / Areas of Practice

• Litigation

Bio

Russell G. Petti, a former Major in the United States Marine Corps, graduated first in his class at Emory University School of Law. He subsequently served as an Assistant United States Attorney with the Central District of California. At present, he maintains his own law firm, where his areas of practice include ERISA, first party insurance bad faith, general commercial cases, municipal liability, copyright, and white collar criminal law. He has argued over 20 cases before the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals, and has participated in briefing numerous other appellate cases, including one decided by the United States Supreme Court.

Education & Admissions

• Emory University School of Law
• Admitted to California Bar
• Admitted to Practice in all California Federal Courts, the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals, and the United States Supreme Court

Awards and Recognition

• Air Medal for Border Interdiction Mission with JDTF
• Honor Graduate, Landing Force Training Command
• Honor Graduate, Naval Justice School
• Captain's List for Academic Excellence During Flight Training
• First Honor Graduate, Emory University School of Law
• Corpus Juris Secundum Award for Contribution to Legal Scholarship
• Order of Coif

Reported Cases

• Oldoerp v. Wells Fargo & Co. LTD Plan, 500 Fed. Appx. 575 (9th Cir. 2012
• Insurance Co. of Penn v. Long Beach, 342 Fed. Appx. 274 (9th Cir. 2009
• Kolano v. Metropolitan Life Ins. Co., 280 Fed. Appx. 674 (9th Cir. 2008)
• Davis v. First Reliance Standard Life Ins. Co., 277 Fed. Appx. 737 (9th Cir. 2008)
• Green v. Sun Life Assur. Co., 259 Fed. Appx. 42 (9th Cir. 2007)
• Opeta v. Northwest Airlines Pen. Plan, 484 F.3d 1211 (9th Cir. 2007)
• Walker v. American Home Shield, 180 F.3d 1065 (9th Cir. 1999)

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