Mitchell L. Lathrop has been handling insurance and reinsurance cases for over 50 years. He is a former trial lawyer licensed in California, New York and the District of Columbia. After over 40 years in trial courts throughout the United States, he today restricts his practice to arbitration, mediation, and expert consulting and testimony in matters involving insurance, reinsurance, and lawyers’ professional responsibility and ethics. He is a former Presiding Referee of the California State Bar Court, with over 50 years experience in lawyer disciplinary matters. He has served in over 100 cases as an expert in insurance, reinsurance. and legal malpractice matters.