Bert Struck

Bert Struck is a trial lawyer with more than 30 years of experience representing defendants in matters of general liability with a focus on premises liability, auto, trucking and construction. Bert has extensive litigation experience as both panel and in-house counsel in defense of general liability, premises liability, commercial trucking, personal lines auto and homeowners’ personal injury cases as well as construction defect, defending a wide variety of subcontractors. He has taken or represented clients in more than 2,500 depositions and participated in more than 1,000 mediations. He has succeeded as first chair in more than 25 jury trials to verdict, including several high-exposure matters with good results. 

Bert has worked with claims partners to settle thousands of claims by efficiently obtaining the information and documents needed for proper evaluation/ roundtables and thoroughly preparing each case through agreed discovery for mediation or trial, which results in favorable settlements or verdicts for the defense. 

Bert has completed the Straus Institute for Dispute Resolution at Pepperdine University Caruso School of Law. In addition to his law practice, he was a panel mediator for Riverside County Courts and ADR Services of Riverside, California from 2010–2013, where he successfully settled more than 50 cases. This experience has proved to be very valuable when participating as defense counsel in mediations.