Sims, Lawrence & Broghammer
Civil Litigation Defense
Sims, Lawrence & Broghammer is built on the core values of absolute integrity, relationships, client success over profits, unrelenting pursuit of legal and business excellence, and our constant availability to our clients.
Sims, Lawrence & Broghammer
Civil Litigation Defense
Sims, Lawrence & Broghammer is built on the core values of absolute integrity, relationships, client success over profits, unrelenting pursuit of legal and business excellence, and our constant availability to our clients.
Sims, Lawrence & Broghammer
Civil Litigation Defense
Sims, Lawrence & Broghammer is built on the core values of absolute integrity, relationships, client success over profits, unrelenting pursuit of legal and business excellence, and our constant availability to our clients.
Your Trusted Partners
We are a team of legal professionals dedicated to delivering exceptional legal services to our clients through experience, effective communication, hard work, and unwavering commitment. We constantly adapt to evolving business and legal trends while maintaining our client-centered focus. We are a law firm family that works hard, solves problems, and enjoys our careers, our clients, and each other.
Sims, Lawrence & Broghammer's highly-skilled litigators take a team approach to each case, providing clients with attention, compassion, solutions, and results. Every client receives the highest level of legal services, professionalism, and communication.
Your Trusted Partners
We are a team of legal professionals dedicated to delivering exceptional legal services to our clients through experience, effective communication, hard work, and unwavering commitment. We constantly adapt to evolving business and legal trends while maintaining our client-centered focus. We are a law firm family that works hard, solves problems, and enjoys our careers, our clients, and each other.
Sims, Lawrence & Broghammer's highly-skilled litigators take a team approach to each case, providing clients with attention, compassion, solutions, and results. Every client receives the highest level of legal services, professionalism, and communication.
Your Trusted Partners
We are a team of legal professionals dedicated to delivering exceptional legal services to our clients through experience, effective communication, hard work, and unwavering commitment. We constantly adapt to evolving business and legal trends while maintaining our client-centered focus. We are a law firm family that works hard, solves problems, and enjoys our careers, our clients, and each other.
Sims, Lawrence & Broghammer's highly-skilled litigators take a team approach to each case, providing clients with attention, compassion, solutions, and results. Every client receives the highest level of legal services, professionalism, and communication.
Areas of Expertise
Our practice areas include defending cases involving general liability and torts, as well as human and social services, construction defects, healthcare professionals, and architects, engineers, and other design professionals. Our legal team focuses on a wide variety of litigation matters throughout California.
General Liability & Tort Defense
Sims, Lawrence & Broghammer provides a wide range of legal counsel in general liability and tort matters. Our clients include individuals, businesses, and insurance companies facing potential or actual litigation involving alleged personal injury, property damage, and economic losses. Learn More
Human & Social Services Liability
Sims, Lawrence & Broghammer defends companies and individuals that are in the business of helping others. We defend clients confronted with emotionally-charged claims such as sexual misconduct, sexual abuse, human trafficking, elder abuse, wrongful death of youth and the elderly, and AWOL youth. These claims often involve our clients' reputations. Learn More
Design Professionals
Sims, Lawrence & Broghammer has helped architects, engineers, surveyors, and other design professionals manage their risk and legal hazards for over 25 years, from contract review and negotiation to litigation and trial. Learn More
Construction Defect
Sims, Lawrence & Broghammer provides defense and representation for construction defect litigation in California involving legal actions by property owners against builders, developers, contractors, architects, engineers, or material suppliers for flaws in construction that impact a property's integrity, safety, or value. Learn More
Healthcare Professionals
Sims, Lawrence & Broghammer balances compassion and understanding of professional reputations to develop strategic solutions for a wide range of legal challenges facing licensed healthcare professionals, serving both insurance defense and private pay clients. Learn More
Areas of Expertise
Our practice areas include defending cases involving general liability and torts, as well as human and social services, construction defects, healthcare professionals, and architects, engineers, and other design professionals. Our legal team focuses on a wide variety of litigation matters throughout California.
General Liability & Tort Defense
SLB continues to successfully represent clients involving minor personal injuries, general liability, and catastrophic property and traumatic personal injury cases. Learn More
Human & Social Services Liability
SLB defends companies and individuals that are in the business of helping others and/or providing social services to those in need. Learn More
Design Professionals
For more than 25 years, SLB has helped architects, surveyors, and other design professionals manage their risk and legal hazards.
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Construction Defect
SLB provides defense and representation for construction defect litigation in California involving legal actions brought by property owners against those responsible for building or developing faulty structures. Learn More
Healthcare Professionals
SLB proudly represent numerous licensed medical, dental, and mental health providers in all aspects of risk management.
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Areas of Expertise
Our practice areas include defending cases involving general liability and torts, as well as human and social services, construction defects, healthcare professionals, and architects, engineers, and other design professionals. Our legal team focuses on a wide variety of litigation matters throughout California.
General Liability & Tort Defense
Sims, Lawrence & Broghammer provides a wide range of legal counsel in general liability and tort matters. Our clients include individuals, businesses, and insurance companies facing potential or actual litigation involving alleged personal injury, property damage, and economic losses. Learn More
Human & Social Services Liability
Sims, Lawrence & Broghammer defends companies and individuals that are in the business of helping others. We defend clients confronted with emotionally-charged claims such as sexual misconduct, sexual abuse, human trafficking, elder abuse, wrongful death of youth and the elderly, and AWOL youth. These claims often involve our clients' reputations. Learn More
Design Professionals
Sims, Lawrence & Broghammer has helped architects, engineers, surveyors, and other design professionals manage their risk and legal hazards for over 25 years, from contract review and negotiation to litigation and trial. Learn More
Construction Defect
Sims, Lawrence & Broghammer provides defense and representation for construction defect litigation in California involving legal actions by property owners against builders, developers, contractors, architects, engineers, or material suppliers for flaws in construction that impact a property's integrity, safety, or value. Learn More
Healthcare Professionals
Sims, Lawrence & Broghammer balances compassion and understanding of professional reputations to develop strategic solutions for a wide range of legal challenges facing licensed healthcare professionals, serving both insurance defense and private pay clients. Learn More
Locations We Serve
Sims, Lawrence & Broghammer proudly represents clients across California, serving the Sacramento Region, the Bay Area, the Central Valley, Los Angeles, and throughout Southern California.
Locations We Serve
Sims, Lawrence & Broghammer proudly represents clients across California, serving the Sacramento Region, the Bay Area, the Central Valley, Los Angeles, and throughout Southern California.
Locations We Serve
Sims, Lawrence & Broghammer proudly represents clients across California, serving the Sacramento Region, the Bay Area, the Central Valley, Los Angeles, and throughout Southern California.
Frequently Asked Questions
If you have any other questions, please don't hesitate to call.
What is a Tort?
A tort is a civil wrong, not generally arising from a breach of contract, that causes harm or injury to another person or their property, leading to legal liability for the wrongdoer. It's a wrongful act or omission for which the injured party can sue to recover monetary damages to compensate for their losses. Examples include personal injury from negligence, like running a stop sign, causing a car accident, slipping on a piece of produce in a grocery store, or intentional acts like battery.
What is General Liability?
General liability is a legal obligation of an entity or business to provide compensation (usually monetary) to other entities or individuals who have been harmed or suffered a loss as a result of business actions or negligence. Most liability insurance policies specifically cover instances of negligence, including bodily injury and property damage, as well as some unintentional torts.
When do I notify the insurance company of a Human & Social Services claim or allegation?
While experience tells us that sooner is almost always better, knowing what constitutes a claim is not as straightforward as it may seem. The meaning of a “claim” varies depending on the carrier, policy type, and policy form. In the human service arena, it may include a serious incident or allegation, a lawsuit, regulatory investigations or proceedings, written demands for damages, or a combination of these. An incident or allegation that increases the possibility of a claim usually warrants notifying your insurance broker and/or carrier or your personal counsel.
Does SLB draft contracts for architects, engineers, and other Design Professionals?
Yes, SLB has been representing design professionals for over 25 years and has both reviewed and litigated hundreds of contracts on behalf of design professionals. Each agreement is unique, containing both beneficial and unfavorable clauses. We learn from our experiences and craft agreements for clients, covering both owner/design professional and design professional/subconsultant contracts.
How do insurance, indemnity, and risk-transfer considerations affect Construction Defect Litigation?
Insurance considerations significantly influence construction defect litigation in California. They may play a role in how claims are funded, defended, and resolved. Risk transfer, such as indemnity, is also paramount. Through contractual indemnity and insurance, the risk to the contractor is borne by the parties responsible for damages.
As a Healthcare Professional a complaint was filed against me. How can they say stuff that is untrue?
California typically permits the filing of unverified complaints, which often result in "kitchen sink" pleadings containing every allegation, regardless of its truth. The filing of a complaint does NOT make the allegations true! Remember: the person suing has the ultimate burden of proof - just because you were sued does not mean you are at fault or that the statements in the complaint are factual. If you are sued, immediately preserve all evidence and notify your insurance carrier so legal representation can be assigned to help you. SLB is experienced in handling complaints in both civil court and administrative hearings throughout the state. We aggressively manage every aspect of the case with your crucial input to obtain a favorable resolution.
Need more answers?
Drop us a line or email and we will follow up immediately.
Frequently Asked Questions
If you have any other questions, please don't hesitate to call.
What is a Tort?
A tort is a civil wrong, not generally arising from a breach of contract, that causes harm or injury to another person or their property, leading to legal liability for the wrongdoer. It's a wrongful act or omission for which the injured party can sue to recover monetary damages to compensate for their losses. Examples include personal injury from negligence, like running a stop sign, causing a car accident, slipping on a piece of produce in a grocery store, or intentional acts like battery.
What is General Liability?
General liability is a legal obligation of an entity or business to provide compensation (usually monetary) to other entities or individuals who have been harmed or suffered a loss as a result of business actions or negligence. Most liability insurance policies specifically cover instances of negligence, including bodily injury and property damage, as well as some unintentional torts.
When do I notify the insurance company of a Human & Social Services claim or allegation?
While experience tells us that sooner is almost always better, knowing what constitutes a claim is not as straightforward as it may seem. The meaning of a “claim” varies depending on the carrier, policy type, and policy form. In the human service arena, it may include a serious incident or allegation, a lawsuit, regulatory investigations or proceedings, written demands for damages, or a combination of these. An incident or allegation that increases the possibility of a claim usually warrants notifying your insurance broker and/or carrier or your personal counsel.
Does SLB draft contracts for architects, engineers, and other Design Professionals?
Yes, SLB has been representing design professionals for over 25 years and has both reviewed and litigated hundreds of contracts on behalf of design professionals. Each agreement is unique, containing both beneficial and unfavorable clauses. We learn from our experiences and craft agreements for clients, covering both owner/design professional and design professional/subconsultant contracts.
How do insurance, indemnity, and risk-transfer considerations affect Construction Defect Litigation?
Insurance considerations significantly influence construction defect litigation in California. They may play a role in how claims are funded, defended, and resolved. Risk transfer, such as indemnity, is also paramount. Through contractual indemnity and insurance, the risk to the contractor is borne by the parties responsible for damages.
As a Healthcare Professional a complaint was filed against me. How can they say stuff that is untrue?
California typically permits the filing of unverified complaints, which often result in "kitchen sink" pleadings containing every allegation, regardless of its truth. The filing of a complaint does NOT make the allegations true! Remember: the person suing has the ultimate burden of proof - just because you were sued does not mean you are at fault or that the statements in the complaint are factual. If you are sued, immediately preserve all evidence and notify your insurance carrier so legal representation can be assigned to help you. SLB is experienced in handling complaints in both civil court and administrative hearings throughout the state. We aggressively manage every aspect of the case with your crucial input to obtain a favorable resolution.
Need more answers?
Drop us a line or email and we will follow up immediately.
Frequently Asked Questions
If you have any other questions, please don't hesitate to call.
What is a Tort?
A tort is a civil wrong, not generally arising from a breach of contract, that causes harm or injury to another person or their property, leading to legal liability for the wrongdoer. It's a wrongful act or omission for which the injured party can sue to recover monetary damages to compensate for their losses. Examples include personal injury from negligence, like running a stop sign, causing a car accident, slipping on a piece of produce in a grocery store, or intentional acts like battery.
What is General Liability?
General liability is a legal obligation of an entity or business to provide compensation (usually monetary) to other entities or individuals who have been harmed or suffered a loss as a result of business actions or negligence. Most liability insurance policies specifically cover instances of negligence, including bodily injury and property damage, as well as some unintentional torts.
When do I notify the insurance company of a Human & Social Services claim or allegation?
While experience tells us that sooner is almost always better, knowing what constitutes a claim is not as straightforward as it may seem. The meaning of a “claim” varies depending on the carrier, policy type, and policy form. In the human service arena, it may include a serious incident or allegation, a lawsuit, regulatory investigations or proceedings, written demands for damages, or a combination of these. An incident or allegation that increases the possibility of a claim usually warrants notifying your insurance broker and/or carrier or your personal counsel.
Does SLB draft contracts for architects, engineers, and other Design Professionals?
Yes, SLB has been representing design professionals for over 25 years and has both reviewed and litigated hundreds of contracts on behalf of design professionals. Each agreement is unique, containing both beneficial and unfavorable clauses. We learn from our experiences and craft agreements for clients, covering both owner/design professional and design professional/subconsultant contracts.
How do insurance, indemnity, and risk-transfer considerations affect Construction Defect Litigation?
Insurance considerations significantly influence construction defect litigation in California. They may play a role in how claims are funded, defended, and resolved. Risk transfer, such as indemnity, is also paramount. Through contractual indemnity and insurance, the risk to the contractor is borne by the parties responsible for damages.
As a Healthcare Professional a complaint was filed against me. How can they say stuff that is untrue?
California typically permits the filing of unverified complaints, which often result in "kitchen sink" pleadings containing every allegation, regardless of its truth. The filing of a complaint does NOT make the allegations true! Remember: the person suing has the ultimate burden of proof - just because you were sued does not mean you are at fault or that the statements in the complaint are factual. If you are sued, immediately preserve all evidence and notify your insurance carrier so legal representation can be assigned to help you. SLB is experienced in handling complaints in both civil court and administrative hearings throughout the state. We aggressively manage every aspect of the case with your crucial input to obtain a favorable resolution.
Need more answers?
Drop us a line or email and we will follow up immediately.
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The Gavel Strikes! Special Edition.
The Superior Court of California in the County of Madera granted summary judgment in favor of Defendant Central Valley Regional Center (“CVRC”) in a third-party negligence action.
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The Gavel Strikes! Special Edition.
The Superior Court of California in the County of Madera granted summary judgment in favor of Defendant Central Valley Regional Center (“CVRC”) in a third-party negligence action.
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The Gavel Strikes! Special Edition.
The Superior Court of California in the County of Madera granted summary judgment in favor of Defendant Central Valley Regional Center (“CVRC”) in a third-party negligence action.