Philip H. Lo is a Partner in the Orange County office of GRSM. He focuses much of his practice in litigation. His core practice is insurance defense, encompassing several areas, including professional liability. Philip’s practice includes federal and state courts, as well as binding arbitration, trials, and administrative hearings.
Representative Experience
Philip has successfully:
- Defended a life insurance agency (IMO) in a multi-million dollar action for fraud and professional negligence related to the procurement of multi-million dollar life insurance policies resulting in a successful motion for summary adjudication that led to a de minimis settlement.
- Defended medical group accused of losing and mishandling harvested embryos.
- Defended anesthetist in wrongful death action for less than cost of defense.
- Defended a manufacturing company in an action for copyright infringement over use of designs which resulted in a "cost-of-defense" settlement.
- Defended an architect firm for design defect in a multi-million dollar claim of a large hotel, casino, and podium project resulting in a "cost-of-defense" settlement.
- Defended an engineering firm for design defect in a multi-million dollar university science laboratory which resulted in a dismissal of all claims.
- Defended clothing manufacturers in a copyright infringement claim over the use of designs which resulted in a de minimis settlement.
- Defended manufacturing companies in complex toxic tort actions which resulted in de minimis settlements.
- Defended a company in a business litigation involving trade secrets which resulted in a "cost-of-defense" settlement.
- Obtained judgment on behalf of a company in a commercial lease action.
- Obtained judgment on behalf of a company in a commercial fraud action.
- Argued before the California Court of Appeal (Allen Pacific, Ltd. v. Superior Court (1998) 57 Cal.App.4th 1546).
- Author, Federal Trade Commission Issues Landmark Decision Involving Online Therapy Provider, August 2023
- Essentials of Insurance Law, 2010
- Medicare Mandatory Reporting, 2010
Admissions
- Supreme Court of California
- Supreme Court of Nevada
- U.S. District Court, Central, Eastern, and Northern Districts of California
- U.S. District Court, Nevada
Memberships
- Inns of Court
- Association of Southern California Defense Counsel
- The State Bar of California
- Insurance Law Committee, Member and Vice Chair 2009-2012
- Insurance Law Committee, Chair, 2012-2013
- Business Litigation Committee, Charter Member, 2013-2015
Education
- J.D., University of California, Hastings Law School, 1995
- B.A., Psychology and Political Science, University of California, Los Angeles, 1992
Languages
- Chinese (Mandarin)