Alan E. Kassan

Top rated Employee Benefits attorney in Northridge, California

Kantor & Kantor LLP
Alan E. Kassan
Kantor & Kantor LLP

Practice Areas: Employee Benefits, Insurance Coverage; view more

Licensed in California since: 1984

Education: University of San Diego School of Law

Selected to Super Lawyers: 2013 - 2023
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19839 Nordhoff St
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As a partner attorney with Kantor & Kantor LLP, Alan E. Kassan brings more than three decades of experience to his representation of clients throughout the state of California. He focuses his practice on helping plaintiffs who have had their claims denied in matters involving long-term disability, life, long-term care and health insurance, and under both state law (insurance bad faith) and the federal law of ERISA.

Mr. Kassan was awarded his Juris Doctor by the University of San Diego School of Law. While in law school, he served as a member of the San Diego Law Review. Mr. Kassan received a Bachelor of Arts from the University of California, Santa Barbara.  During his long career, Mr. Kassan has also worked on a volunteer basis as a mediator and has served as a judge pro tem. He is admitted to practice law before the state courts of California, the U.S. District Courts for the Central and Southern Districts of California, and the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 9th Circuit.

Mr. Kassan has been actively involved in a number of legal and nonprofit associations, and is a recent Past President of the San Fernando Valley Bar Association, and a current Trustee of the Valley Community Legal Foundation.  He is also an active member of the American Bar Association, the Los Angeles County Bar Association, and the American Bar Association.

Mr. Kassan is frequently invited to speak to a variety of organizations on topics related to his field, including

attended the University of California, Santa Barbara, and Lupus LA, the National Association for Home Care & Hospice, California Advocates for Nursing Home Reform, the Private Duty Homecare Association, the American Society on Aging and the Aging Life Care Association.

Practice areas

Employee Benefits, Insurance Coverage

Focus areas

Bad Faith Insurance, Insurance

  • 50% Employee Benefits
  • 50% Insurance Coverage

First Admitted: 1984, California

Professional Webpage: https://www.kantorlaw.net/meet-our-team/alan-e-kassan/

Pro bono/Community Service:
  • San Fernando Valley Bar Association, Trustee, 2012-2018
  • Trustee, Valley Community Legal Foundation, 2017-2018
Scholarly Lectures/Writings:
  • Frequent Speaker in the areas of law he practices, the Los Angeles Home Health Council
  • Frequent Speaker in the areas of law he practices, National Multiple Sclerosis Society
  • Frequent Speaker in the areas of law he practices, the California Association of Health Care Services at Home
  • Frequent Speaker in the areas of law he practices, the National Association for Home Care and Hospice
  • Frequent Speaker in the areas of law he practices, Western Region Geriatric Care Managers
  • Frequent Speaker in the areas of law he practices, California Advocates for Nursing Home Reform
  • Frequent Speaker in the areas of law he practices, Private Duty Home Care Association
  • Frequent Speaker in the areas of law he practices, North Valley Regional Chamber of Commerce
Educational Background:
  • University of California, Santa Barbara, Bachelor of Arts
Bar/Professional Activity:
  • State Bar of California, 1984
  • American Bar Association
  • Los Angeles County Bar Association
  • California Employment Lawyers Association
  • U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
  • U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California
  • U.S. District Court for the Southern District of California
  • U.S. District Court for the Central District of California
  • U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of California
Verdicts/Settlements:
  • Casey v. Aetna Life Ins. Co., 2008 WL 538486 (C.D. Cal. 2008), 2008
  • Gottlieb v. Conseco Sr. Health Ins. Co., 612 Fed.Appx. 468, 2015 WL 4747261 (9th Cir. 2011), 2011
  • Mondolo v. Unum Life Ins. Co. of America, United States District Court, 2013 WL 179711 (C.D. Cal. 2013), 2013
  • Patterson v. Reliance Standard Life Ins. Co., 986 F.Supp.2d 1140, 2013 WL 6328832 (C.D. Cal. 2013), 2013
  • Gottlieb v. Conseco Senior Health Insurance Company, 2013 WL 12125742 (C.D. Cal. 2013), 2013
  • Lat v. Soriano, Court of Appeal, Second District, Division 1, California 2015 WL 7423590 (2015), 2015
  • Jahn-Derian v. Metropolitan Life Insurance Co., 2016 WL 1355625 (C.D. Cal. 2016), 2016
  • Lat v. Farmers New World Life Ins. Co., 29 Cal.App.5th 191 (2018), 2018
  • Tam v. First Unum Life Insurance Company, F.Supp.3d 2020 WL 5904804 (C.D. Cal. 2020), 2020
Honors/Awards:
  • Super Lawyers, Super Lawyers, 2012
  • Super Lawyers, Super Lawyers, 2013
  • Super Lawyers, Super Lawyers, 2014
  • Super Lawyers, Super Lawyers, 2015
  • Super Lawyers, Super Lawyers, 2016
  • Super Lawyers, Super Lawyers, 2017
  • Super Lawyers, Super Lawyers, 2018
  • Super Lawyers, Super Lawyers, 2019
  • Super Lawyers, Super Lawyers, 2020
  • Super Lawyers, Super Lawyers, 2021
  • Super Lawyers, Super Lawyers, 2022
  • , Super Lawyers, Super Lawyers, 2023
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Industry Groups:
  • ERISA
  • Healthcare
  • Life Insurance
  • Long Term Disability
  • Pension
  • Retirement

Office location for Alan E. Kassan

19839 Nordhoff St
Northridge, CA 91324

Phone: 818-886-2525

Selections

11 Years Super Lawyers
  • Super Lawyers: 2013 - 2023

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