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EQUITY PARTNER
Lori Carver Hershorin, a Partner of Hershorin & Henry, LLP, has extensive experience in litigation matters involving lender liability, title,
equitable subrogation, lien priority, real estate issues, mortgage fraud, mechanics liens, escrow, negligence and insurance bad faith. She also
is a certified Court-Mediator for Orange County, Los Angeles County and Riverside County as well as an Arbitrator for the Orange County and Riverside
County Bar Associations for attorney’s fee disputes.
Mrs. Hershorin has successfully defended 17 out of 17 Appeals over the last 18 years, and is responsible for the first published decisions in the
State of California concerning the definition of “lack of access” under a title insurance policy published decision entitled Magna
Enterprises v. Fidelity National Title Insurance Co. (2002) 104 Cal.App.4th 122 and obtained another published opinion on sub-escrow duties in the
case of Markowitz v. Fidelity National Title Insurance Company (2006) 142 Cal. App. 4th 508.
Mrs. Hershorin began her legal career in 1991 at the prestigious Law Firm of McDermott, Will & Emery. As an associate, she worked on
fraud cases through trial, contract disputes, employment issues and real property matters.
She thereafter joined the Law Firm of Lewis D’Amato, Brisbois & Bisgaard wherein she worked on numerous mortgage fraud cases, real
estate disputes and breach of contract cases. In 1995, Mrs. Hershorin became a member of the legal department of Fidelity National Title
Insurance Company, a Fortune 300 company traded on the New York Stock Exchange. At that time, she was an Assistant Vice-President and
Associate Counsel, and litigated hundreds of cases involving issues of real property (title and escrow), fraud, breach of fiduciary duty,
insurance bad faith, business issues, breach of contract, complex business and partnership disputes, and probate issues. She also
supervised outside counsel and provided legal advice on a regular basis to the title and escrow operations concerning all topics including labor
and employment issues, business concerns, unfair competition claims, and employee theft. Mrs. Hershorin conducted several arbitrations and
trials, and prepared for numerous trials that were settled before trial commenced. Mrs. Hershorin has conducted hundreds of depositions and
has drafted all forms of pleadings and discovery.
In January 2000, Mrs. Hershorin was promoted by Fidelity to a Vice-President, Senior Litigation Counsel and Litigation Manager for the Southwestern
Region. While continuing to litigate in the areas of real estate, title, escrow, insurance bad faith and business disputes,
Mrs. Hershorin additionally assumed responsibility for the litigation departments in Southern California and Las Vegas, Nevada. Her
management role entailed supervising litigation attorneys and staff, interfacing with claims attorneys, developing budgets, controlling expenses
and costs, and interfacing with upper management on pending and potential litigation. During this time period, Ms. Hershorin additionally was appointed
the lead at Fidelity's fraud unit and assisted with all fraud investigation and recovery efforts.
Since 2003, Mrs. Hershorin has been the managing partner of Hershorin & Henry, LLP. She represents both corporate and individual clients on
litigation, real estate, title and escrow matters. Moreover, Mrs. Hershorin has been retained by
several clients to perform transactional work including drafting stock purchase agreements, corporate governance documents, employment handbooks,
employment agreements, licensing agreements and severance agreements. During her tenure with Hershorin & Henry, LLP, Mrs. Hershorin has
drafted and prevailed on several appeals. Moreover, she has provided coverage opinions on insurance claims and has been retained to
investigate issues pertaining to title and escrow claims.
During her career, Mrs. Hershorin has given several lectures on real property issues, developments in California law pertaining to the real estate
industry, bad faith insurance litigation, and general civil litigation procedures.
Ms. Hershorin is currently a member of the Orange County Bar Association within the Litigation, Insurance and Labor Sections. She is also a member
of the Riverside County Bar Association and CLTA.
Mrs. Hershorin was admitted to practice in California and Indiana in 1991. She was admitted to practice in the U.S. Central and Southern District
Courts of California in 1992.
Mrs. Hershorin obtained her Juris Doctor degree from Indiana University School of Law in 1991 where she was honored for her “Note Development
Editor” for the Indiana Law Review Order of the Barristers- Moot Court Society.
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