Shain Wasser

Full Profile

Shain Wasser focuses her practice on civil litigation in federal and state courts, helping clients navigate complex disputes with clear, practical advice. Shain acts for insurers, businesses, and professionals across a wide range of contentious matters, with a particular emphasis on risk assessment and early, commercial resolution.

Shain’s work spans coverage and bad faith disputes, product liability, premises liability, marine matters, and employment litigation, including wrongful termination and discrimination claims. She also represents clients in construction and habitability claims, where technical issues and multiple parties often increase the level of risk and complexity.

She regularly defends directors and officers in management liability claims and represents real estate brokers and agents in residential and commercial property disputes. Her practice also includes significant personal injury litigation, involving catastrophic and emotional injuries, brain damage, and wrongful death.

In addition to her courtroom practice, Shain has extensive experience advising insurance carriers on complex coverage issues and designing strategies to resolve them efficiently. She also assists clients in monitoring complex multi-district litigation, ensuring they understand the full risk landscape and can make informed decisions at each stage of the process.

As a seasoned litigator, Shain works closely with clients and opposing counsel to achieve outcomes that align with the commercial and strategic objectives of all parties. She prepares each matter thoroughly and pursues focused, assertive strategies that often lead to early settlement. When necessary, she is experienced in handling both arbitrations and jury trials and is comfortable guiding clients through every phase of the dispute process.

Admissions

• California
• District of Columbia
• Hawaii
• US District Court for the Central and Northern Districts of California

Education

• J.D., Chapman School of Law, 2013
• B.A., University of California, San Diego, 2010

Experience

• Successfully defended a first-time oil and gas investor against serious fraud claims. After a seven-day trial (and a brief three-hour jury deliberation), a unanimous verdict was returned in favor of the defendant.

Presentations

• “Online harm,” In-House Client Training, December 2025
• “Insurance basics for the construction attorney” and “Ethics for construction attorneys,” presented for NBI Seminars, November 2025
• “The evolution of public nuisance – Social media claims,” presented for the FDCC Insurance Industry Institute (I-3) Conference, November 2025
• "Defending catastrophic injury claims in the US and UK: A comparative study," In-House Client Training, September 2025
• "Best practices for excess claims," In-House Client Training, January 2025
• “Los Angeles wildfires: California fair claims handling,” In-House Client Training, January 2025
• “Accidents and incidents: What to do/What to know,” In-House Client Training, January 2025
• “The use of novel theories of products liability and negligence in the context of social media litigation and other emerging fields,” presented at the 2024 DRI Insurance Coverage and Practice Symposium, December 2024
• “Impact of hammer clauses,” In-House Client Training, November 2024
• “Number of occurrences,” In-House Client Training, October 2024
• “Claims inflation,” In-House Client Training, October 2024
• “Winery property claims part 2 - Hot topics in winery coverage claims,” In-House Client Training, October 2023

Publications

• Co-author, “How NIL complicates future economic damage claims in personal injury actions,” published in the Los Angeles Daily Journal, February 2025
• Author, “Autonomous vehicles are evolving, as are their tort liability risks,” published in the Los Angeles Daily Journal, August 2023