Law Office of Blane A. Smith Firm Overview

The Law Office of Blane A. Smith is a Sacramento, CA firm focusing on Insurance and Joint Powers issues.

The firm specializes, in part, in insurance coverage and bad faith law in Sacramento, providing guidance to resolve questions of rights and duties of insureds and insurers, and litigating legal disputes concerning policy benefits and claim handling. The Sacramento Insurance Attorneys at The Law Office of Blane A. Smith specialize in insurance coverage and bad faith law, providing guidance to resolve questions of rights and duties of insureds and insurers, and litigating legal disputes concerning policy benefits and claim handling in Sacramento.

The Law Office of Blane A. Smith also provides general and coverage counsel services for schools, community colleges, city and county JPAs including drafting JPA documents, handling arbitrations, trials and appellate matters as well as coverage opinions to liability, property and workers’ compensation JPAs, their members and administrators, for over twenty years. Many public agencies and entities have joined together to form group-self-insured risk pooling arrangements as Joint Powers Authorities (JPAs). FSL assists public entities in many contexts including drafting and revising JPA documents, drafting coverage opinions for liability, property and workers’ compensation JPAs, their members and administrators, and otherwise acting in the role of general board counsel. FSL also litigates JPA-related arbitrations, trials, and appellate matters.

The firm has celebrated a longstanding commitment to their clients, their community and their profession. They are driven to meet the legal challenges of their clients and to help them seize each opportunity they face with quality and excellence.