Drew E. Pomerance

Drew E. Pomerance

Woodland Hills, CA recognized lawyers icon Recognized in Best Lawyers since 2018
Roxborough, Pomerance, Nye & Adreani LLP

3 Best Lawyers awards

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Awarded Practice Areas

Insurance Law

Biography

As a Senior Founding Partner of RPNA Law, Drew Pomerance is a nationally renowned trial and appellate attorney, with 37 years of expertise in all aspects of complex business litigation, insurance coverage and bad faith disputes, as well as labor and employment matters. He has tried numerous cases to verdict, argued at the state and federal courts of appeal, and has won both of the cases he argued to the California Supreme Court.

Mr. Pomerance represents businesses of every size and type, from counseling and advice, through the entire litigation process, trial, as well as at the appellate level. He is also one of the most experienced and sought after class action attorneys in the country, and has represented the Plaintiff class in the largest rest break class action case in California history, as well as representing numerous businesses in defending against class actions.

Mr. Pomerance is a Life Fellow of the American Board of Trial Advocates (ABOTA), the most prestigious invitation only trial lawyer organization in the United States, as well as a Fellow of the Litigation Counsel of America, The Trial Lawyer Honorary Society. He is a frequent speaker and lecturer at trial lawyer conventions and seminars throughout California on insurance and employment topics, and has been recognized as a Southern California Super Lawyer every year for the last decade. In addition to his litigation practice, Mr. Pomerance has just recently announced the launch of his mediation practice, and is excited to be able to offer his services to help litigants resolve their disputes in a fair and just manner. Click here for more details. Mr. Pomerance is admitted to all California state and federal courts, and in his spare time, enjoys playing golf and, most of all, his continued travels with his wife and two wonderful daughters.

Roxborough, Pomerance, Nye & Adreani LLP

3 Best Lawyers awards

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Overview

  • Hastings College of Law, Law
  • University of California Berkeley, BA

  • California, California

  • American Bar Association - Member
  • American Board of Trial Advocates - Member
  • American Trial Lawyers Association - Member
  • Consumer Attorneys of Los Angeles - Member
  • Los Angeles County Bar Association - Member

  • U.S. Court of Appeals, Fourth, Fifth and Ninth Circuits
  • U.S. District Court, Central and Northern Districts of California
  • California, California
  • American Bar Association - Member
  • American Board of Trial Advocates - Member
  • American Trial Lawyers Association - Member
  • Consumer Attorneys of Los Angeles - Member
  • Los Angeles County Bar Association - Member
  • Hastings College of Law, Law
  • University of California Berkeley, BA
  • U.S. Court of Appeals, Fourth, Fifth and Ninth Circuits
  • U.S. District Court, Central and Northern Districts of California

Client Testimonials

Awards & Focus

Recognized in The Best Lawyers in America® 2026 for work in:
  • Insurance Law
Additional Areas of Practice:
  • Employment Law - Management
  • Litigation - Insurance

Case History

Cases
  • $500,000 Insurance Settlement
Obtained a $500,000 settlement from a major international insurance company after the carrier refused to defend a non-profit charitable organization in a lawsuit.
  • $1.1M Verdict vs State Fund
Obtained a $1.1 million dollar verdict against State Fund on behalf of an occupational medical clinic due to wrongful exclusion from the provider network. Then won a reported appellate decision upholding the jury verdict, and obtained a further award of $425,000 in attorney’s fees.
  • $20M Workers Comp Verdict
Landmark insurance bad faith decision resulting in a $20 million jury verdict against California’s largest workers’ compensation insurance carrier.
  • $4M Arbitration Award
Won a binding $4 million arbitration award on behalf Children’s Hospital Los Angeles against its insurer, a decision that is expected to impact how the industry handles multi-year policies for professional liability insurance. Pomerance’s performance in this case was touted as “masterful” by the Senior Vice President and General Counsel of Children’s Hospital, who described Mr. Pomerance as one of the “best trial attorneys” he has ever encountered. Read letter…
  • $9.1M Judgment for Workers Comp Mishandling
Won a trial court judgment of $9.1 million following a three week trial in LA Superior Court against a TPA who negligently mishandled a workers compensation case that caused substantial damages to the employer and excess carrier
  • $90M Wage & Hour Verdict
Landmark wage and hour class action resulting in a $90 million verdict against a major national security company.
  • California Tribal Case
Won a court decision on behalf of a California tribe and its temporary staffing business, erasing over $9 million in assessments made by the California Employment Development Department (EDD).
  • Insurance Bad Faith - Workers Comp
Obtained eight reported appellate court decisions, including a landmark decision from the California Supreme Court which upheld the rights of employers to sue their workers’ compensation insurance carrier for bad faith conduct resulting in unjustifiable premium increases.
  • Multi-Million Dollar Prosecution Verdict
Multi-million dollar malicious prosecution verdict against a former CIA proprietary company.
  • Trade Secrets Defense
Successful defense of a major misappropriation of trade secrets case against a Fortune 500 defense contractor.

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