LARRY M. ARNOLD, P.C.

Larry M. Arnold, P.C., joined Cummins & White, LLP in 1974 and became a partner in 1978. Mr. Arnold practices in the areas of insurance and real estate law, with emphasis on civil litigation, insurance coverage, and business transactions. From 1985 to 1987 and from 1999 to 2001, Mr. Arnold served as Cummins & White's managing partner.

Mr. Arnold represents both insurance companies and their insureds in both first and third party coverage disputes, including concurrent cause, forced placed, environmental, fraud, errors and omissions, and duty to defend issues. He handles all aspects of litigation arising out of insurance and bad faith issues and in such areas as professional liability, property damage and subrogation. Mr. Arnold has an extensive background in providing legal advice on claims catastrophes such as earthquakes and hurricanes. He has served as a consultant to insurance carriers in drafting their earthquake policies.

Mr. Arnold counsels clients in all aspects of real estate and business transactions, including real property development, sales, syndication, financing, leasing and construction transactions. He litigates real estate related matters, including construction defect, judicial foreclosure, and partnership disputes.

Mr. Arnold is a member of the State Bar of California. He is admitted to practice in the U.S. District Court for the Central, Southern and Northern Districts of California, District of Arizona, District of Nebraska, Eastern District of Michigan, and the U.S. Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit. He serves as a judge pro tem and an arbitrator for the Orange County Superior Court. He is a member of the Orange County Bar Association and The Federation of Defense & Corporate Counsel (FDCC). Mr. Arnold enjoys Martindale-Hubbell Law Directory's highest "AV" rating for lawyers and is an affiliate member of PLRB, Property Loss Research Bureau.

Mr. Arnold was appointed by California Governor George Deukmejian to the Board of Directors of the 32nd District Agricultural Association (Orange County Fair) in 1983, and served as its president in 1987 and in 1992. He chairs the Orange County 4-H Council's Support Committee, and was the 1994 recipient of its Meritorious Service Award. In 2003, Mr. Arnold was appointed as Director of the California 4-H Foundation. He was also a founding director of the Newport National Little League.

Mr. Arnold received his B.A. in Political Science from the University of Southern California (1971), where he was president of Phi Kappa Psi. He earned a J.D. from United States International University, California Western School of Law (1974), where he was a member of Phi Delta Phi.

Mr. Arnold was born in Los Angeles, California. He and his wife reside in Newport Beach, California.

Mr. Arnold can be reached directly via e-mail at larnold@cwlawyers.com.