Ms. Saunders is a Partner in Haight Brown & Bonesteel’s Los Angeles office and a member of the Professional Liability Practice Group. She is certified in Legal Malpractice Law by the State Bar of California with over 25 years of experience in the field. Her experience includes the defense of lawyers, accountants, directors and officers, insurance agents, mortgage brokers, architects and engineers and other professionals. Ms. Saunders has served as an arbitrator, consultant and litigator in matters involving pre-claim evaluation, mitigation, trial, arbitration and amicable resolution. Her experience also includes defending manufacturers against claims of exposure to asbestos in the use of their products.
Ms. Saunders has worked with many domestic and London-based insurance carriers in the handling of professional liability claims, as well as uninsured professionals. She has built a subspecialty in the defense of family law practitioners and accountants, but has represented professionals in claims arising out of criminal, probate, real estate, bankruptcy, business litigation and other civil matters. Her focus is always on protecting the interests of the professional.
Ms. Saunders is a member of the California State Bar Committee on Professional Liability Insurance (COPLI), which administers the bar-sponsored lawyers’ errors & omissions insurance program.
Community Involvement
Harriett Buhai Center for Family Law, Volunteer Attorney since 1994