Contact: 

Email: mjs@strausmeyers.com
Phone: (619) 595-6020

About

Marvin Straus has more than 24 years of experience representing insureds, insurers, corporations, and individuals. Within his practice, he has tried numerous jury trials to verdict, conducted hundreds of depositions, mediations, discovery motions, motions for summary judgment, as well as examinations under oath in large loss arson, property theft, auto, commercial, cargo, trucking, and specialty claims.  Marvin is known nationally as being thorough, approachable, and able to resolve conflict in highly unique ways.

Education

THOMAS JEFFERSON SCHOOL OF LAW

Juris Doctor, 1997

UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, SANTA BARBARA

B.A. in Business Economics, 1990

License

• Licensed to practice: in California since 1998

• U.S. District Court, Southern District of California, since 1998

• U.S. District Court, Central District of California, since 2012

Related Experience

• Parker Straus, LLP, Partner

• Liberty Mutual Group, Regional SIU Counsel

• Brownwood, Chazen & Cannon, Attorney

Professional Memberships

• Association of Southern California Defense Counsel (ASCDC)

• San Diego County Bar Association

• San Diego County Bar Association - Committee Member Insurance/Bad Faith Law Section

• American Bar Association

• Southern California Fraud Investigators Association (SCFIA)

• San Diego Insurance Adjusters Association (SDIAA)

• International Association of Special Investigation Units (IASIU)

Committee Memberships

• San Diego Insurance Adjusters Association (SDIAA), Legal and Legislative Chairperson for Board of Governors

Presentations

Marvin Straus is a frequent presenter to trade organizations, professional organizations, and business and insurance companies on topics involving the effective use of examinations under oath, fraud, coverage, liability defense, and bad faith issues.