Kurt has guided many of the largest health plans in California and the nation through their most complex litigation, regulatory and business challenges for three decades. With a long track record of trial court and appellate wins, Kurt has been instrumental in building and leading our market leading Managed Care team, which represents health insurers and health plans in every state in a wide variety of class action and individual claims. Kurt is recognized by Chambers and Legal 500 United States as one of America’s Leading Healthcare Attorneys.
A true "lawyer's lawyer," Kurt is also a nationally recognized authority on professional liability, ethics and risk management issues. He has consulted and testified in trial as an expert on standard of care and ethical issues. He has represented over 250 law firms ranging from sole practitioners to some of the largest and best known national and international firms in California and throughout the United States. He is listed in The Best Lawyers in America, as well as Southern California Super Lawyers in the area of Professional Liability. Kurt has been a guest lecturer on Professional Responsibility at UCLA School of Law.
Kurt was formerly Managing Partner of long-time California powerhouse Crosby-Heafey until it merged with Reed Smith in 2003. He served on Reed Smith’s governing Executive Committee from then until 2018. Kurt has been a frequent speaker on issues relating to law firm management and participated in a management program at Columbia Business School.
Kurt has also successfully tried to verdict class actions, business disputes, and complex insurance issues for clients outside the managed care and legal industries including financial services and entertainment industry clients. Los Angeles Business Journal named Kurt one of the “Top 50 Litigators in Los Angeles” in 2018.
