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Marjie D. Barrows co-founded Rudloff Wood & Barrows in 1998. Her practice focuses on the defense of insurers in "bad faith" suits involving both personal and commercial policies. Her representation of insurers also includes the rendering of legal advice in connection with the investigation and resolution of complex insurance claims presenting issues such as causation, the applicability of exclusions and conditions and the extent of the insurer's liability. Ms. Barrows graduated from the University of California at Berkeley before attending the University of California, Hastings College of the Law. While in law school, she served as an extern law clerk to the Honorable Robert M. Takasugi, Judge of the United States District Court for the Central District of California. She received her law degree from Hastings with honors in 1985 and is a member of the Thurston Legal Honor Society. After graduation, Ms. Barrows served as a law clerk to the Honorable Judith N. Keep, Judge of the United States District Court for the Southern District of California. Before the formation of Rudloff Wood & Barrows LLP, she was associated with the San Francisco law firm of Cooley Godward Castro Huddleson & Tatum and was a partner of the law firm of Gordon & Rees. Ms. Barrows has been involved in the Tort Trial and Insurance Practice Section of the American Bar Association, serving as a vice-chair of the Property Insurance Law Committee and having served as the chair and member of standing committees on Women and Minority Involvement and on Professionalism. She served a three-year term as a Lawyer Representative to the Ninth Circuit Judicial Conference from the United States District Court for the Northern District of California. Ms. Barrows also is a member of the Loss Executives Association and the International Association of Defense Counsel where she is a vice-chair of the Property Insurance Committee. In 2005, Ms. Barrows was recognized by the Bay Area Lawyers Magazine as one of the Best Lawyers in the Bay Area in insurance matters. Ms. Barrows is the author of a number of published articles, as well as a frequent speaker on issues of bad faith and insurance coverage.
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