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GUY O. KORNBLUM is the principal in Guy O. Kornblum,  A Civil Litigation Law Firm, with its principal office in Northern California in Alamo, California. He is a graduate of UC Law San Francisco (JD) (formerly The Hastings College of the Law, University of California), and Indiana University (AB), and did post-graduate work at NYU. 

He has specialized as a trial and appellate lawyer for over 50 years.  He specializes in a wide range of civil litigation, including serious injury and wrongful death, financial and physical elder abuse, and all aspects of insurance including “bad faith” claims.  Mr. Kornblum himself has handled over 4000 litigated matters to a conclusion and has several million dollar plus cases to his credit.  He has represented hundreds of clients, small businesses, individuals, and large Fortune 500 corporations over his years of practice. He is highly regarded for his courtroom and appellate skills, and his representation of his clients in mediations, where he has a strong track record of successful settlements. 

Mr. Kornblum is certified in Civil Trial Law and Civil Pretrial Practice Advocacy by the prestigious National Board of Trial Advocacy.  He is also a Life Member of the Multi-Million Dollar and Million Dollar Advocate’s Forum for those attorneys who have achieved multi- million dollar awards or settlements for their clients; is a Charter Fellow of the Litigation Counsel of America Trial Lawyer Honorary”; is listed in the 23d Edition of “The Best Lawyers in America and also the long-standing Who’s Who Directory.  He has been selected as a Super Lawyer each year since 2006.

Mr. Kornblum is the author of Negotiating and Settling Tort Cases: Reaching the Settlement, published by the Thomson Reuters Publishing Company, 5^th ed, 2025.  He also co-authored the Rutter Group publication, California Practice Guide: Bad Faith, which is now included in the Rutter Group manual on insurance law.  He also has over 150 published articles and regularly does a column on “Civil Litigation – From Start to Finish,” for the FORUM, the publication of the Consumer Attorneys of California. 

Mr. Kornblum has been lecturing on continuing legal education programs for over 40 years on a local, state and national level.  He has taught programs for numerous providers and regularly lectures for the Thomas Reuters CLE program (www.celesq.com), his book publisher, where recently completed teaching a 10 session course on Civil Litigation; the San Francisco Bar Association; the National Academy for Continuing Legal Education; and other CLE providers.  He has also taught at local law schools, including UC Law San Francisco, where he graduated and once served as Assistant Dean.

Mr. Kornblum has qualified in both state and federal court as an expert witness on insurance claim handling, settlement value, negotiations and case value, and on the standard of care applicable to lawyers in civil litigation.