Wang, Joyce C.

Joyce C. Wang is a founding partner of Carlson, Calladine & Peterson LLP and a nationally recognized litigator in the area of insurance coverage and bad faith. For over 30 years, she has represented national and international property and casualty insurers and reinsurers, as well as policyholders in complex commercial property and casualty insurance disputes. She is the head of the firm’s cyber coverage practice and is admitted in California and Hawaii.

Ms. Wang’s experience includes cases arising from catastrophes such as Hurricanes Sandy and Katrina, the Honshu Tsunami and September 11, as well as large industrial and energy losses, cyber attacks and fraud. She has successfully obtained summary judgment on many complex coverage issues as well as bad faith claims under property and CGL policies. Her effective advocacy and professionalism enable her to successfully resolve many disputes before trial by way of dispositive motions or ADR. Through her extensive knowledge of insurance policies, case law, insurance regulations and statutes she has earned a national reputation in the field.

Ms. Wang was instrumental in the 9th Circuit appeal in Northrop Grumman Corp. v. Factory Mutual Insurance Co., resulting in a ruling that the Policy’s Flood exclusion clearly and unambiguously applied to hurricane storm surge. She subsequently obtained summary judgment on the bad faith, misrepresentation and fraud causes of action on the grounds that Factory Mutual’s position was reasonable as a matter of law.

Ms. Wang  is a member of the Board of Directors of the Federation of Defense and Corporate Counsel.  She is also a past chair of the Property Insurance Law Committee (ABA) and co-chairs the Extracontractual Committee of the American College of Coverage and Extracontractual Counsel.  California Lawyer Magazine voted her one of the 25 most influential lawyers in California after she argued before the California Supreme Court on behalf of a class of children affected by lead poisoning. She has been selected as a Northern California Super Lawyer every year since it began in San Francisco in 2004. Ms. Wang was recognized by San Francisco Magazine in 2012 as a Top Woman Attorney in Northern California, and by Fortune Magazine in 2013 as a Woman Leader in the Law.

Ms. Wang is admitted to all California State Courts, the U.S. District Court (Northern, Central and Eastern Districts of California) and the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals, as well as all courts in the State of Hawaii. She is also on the Board of New Door Ventures (www.newdoor.org).