mulvihill - adr

My name is Thomas Mulvihill and I am a licensed member of the State Bar of California. I practiced law as a civil defense and appellate lawyer for thirty three years.  I now serve as a construction, securities and consumer arbitrator through the American Arbitration Association ("AAA"), the Financial Industry Regulatory Association ("FINRA") and by private appointment. 

I am a graduate of the University of California, Berkeley and the University of San Francisco. I am a licensed member of the State Bar of California, and I have previously held multiple securities licenses with the National Association of Securities Dealers.

During my career, I represented international and domestic insurers as defense counsel and coverage counsel. I have extensive analytical experience with Commercial General Liability Policies, Commercial Excess Policies, Commercial Umbrella Policies, Errors and Omission Policies, Commercial Property Policies, Commercial Auto Policies, Business Interruption Policies and Personal Lines Policies, I have extensive litigation experience involving breach of contract, breach of the implied covenant, duty to defend, duty to indemnify, right to independent counsel, equitable contribution, equitable indemnity, equitable reimbursement, waiver and estoppel, subrogation, reformation, recission, cooperation clause, supplementary payments, voluntary payments, broker negligence, contractual damages, tort damages and equitable remedies.  

I argued multiple appellate matters before the California Court of Appeal, the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals and the California Supreme Court during the course of my career.  In additional to the above, I was a frequent public presenter on various litigation and substantive law topics. A list of appellate matters and public presentations is available upon request. 

My experience as an arbitrator includes construction, securities, finance, automotive and commercial contract disputes.  As an arbitrator, I have ruled on issues involving choice of law, pre-arbitration discovery, breach of construction contract, breach of securities contract, breach of commercial contract, professional malpractice,  statutory violations, contractual damage limitations, fraud, misrepresentation, negligence, negligence per se, attorney fees, prejudgment interest and punitive damages.