Corinne Chandler:
Of Counsel

Item: Roberts Disability Law, P.C.
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Corinne Chandler is Of Counsel with Roberts Disability Law, P.C. Corinne represents clients who have been denied disability and life insurance benefits by insurance carriers. She has practiced in the ERISA disability field since 1995 and enjoys advocating for those who have been wrongfully denied benefits.

Accidental Death & Dismemberment

ERISA Claims

Life Insurance

Long Term Disability

Long-Haul COVID Claims

Severence Benefits

Short-Term Disability

Tech Worker Disability

Professional Background

Prior to her joining the Firm, Corinne was a partner at Kantor & Kantor for 18 years. Prior to that, Corinne was a partner at Adams, Duque & Hazeltine, and Seyfarth, Shaw. While at those Firms, Corinne often represented disability carriers in the defense of benefit claim denials. After 18 years of representing carriers, Corinne decided to “switch sides” and now devotes her practice exclusively to representing claimants in the recovery of their benefits.

Corinne was born and raised in Southern California and resides in Pasadena with her husband. Together with her husband, she has raised two children, who also reside in Southern California. She enjoys spending time with her family and biking.

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Education

Juris Doctor, De Paul University College of Law, 1980
Bachelor of Arts, St. Mary’s of Notre Dame, 1977

Admissions

State Bar of Illinois, 1980
State Bar of California, 1983
U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California
U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of California
U.S. District Court for the Central District of California
U.S. District Court for the Southern District of California

Notable Decisions

Stratton v. Life Insurance Company of North America, 589 F. Supp. 3d 1145 (S.D. Cal. 2022)
Nathans v. Unum Life Insurance Company of America, 549 F.Supp.3d 1052 (C.D. Cal. 2021) (Defeated Unum’s motion for summary judgment based on alleged ERISA preemption)
Groch v. Dearborn National Life Insurance Company, 497 F. Supp. 3d 826 (C.D. Cal. 2020)
Myers v. Aetna Life Insurance Company, 2020 WL 7423109 (C.D. Cal. 2020)
Rawls v. Unum Life Insurance Company of America, 219 F.Supp.2d 1063 (C.D. Cal. 2002) (holding that Plaintiff could assert ERISA class claims against insurance carrier)
Cochran v. Reliance Standard Insurance Company, 2018 WL 1725650 (C.D. Cal. 2018)
Murphy v. California Physicians Service, et al., 2017 WL 1330636 (N.D. Cal. Apr. 11, 2017)
Rappa v. Mutual of Omaha Insurance Company, 2017 WL 3394111 (E.D. Cal. 2017)
Gottlieb v. Conseco Senior Health Insurance Company, 612 Fed.Appx. 468 (9th Cir. 2015)
Yancy v. United of Omaha, 2015 WL 9311729 (C.D. Cal. 2015)
Hertan v. Unum Life Insurance Company, 111 F.Supp.3d 1075, 2015 WL 3632244 (C.D. Cal. 2015)
Polnicky v. Liberty Life Assurance Company of Boston, 2014 WL 6680725 (N.D. Cal. 2014)
Ramirez v. Aetna Life Insurance Company, 2012 WL 5302407 (N.D. Cal. 2012) (Holding that plan was not ERISA plan, but subject to state law)
Letvinuck v. Aetna Life Insurance Company, 439 Fed.Appx. 585 (9th Cir. 2011)
Kreeger v. Life Insurance Company of North America, 766 F.Supp.2d 991 (C.D. Cal. 2011)
Sacks v. Standard Insurance Company, 671 F.Supp.2d 1148 (C.D. Cal. 2009)
Whealen v. Hartford Life & Accident Insurance Company, 2007 WL 1891175 (C.D. Cal. 2007), aff’d 332 Fed.Appx. 443 (9th Cir. 2009)
Rorabaugh v. Continental Casualty Company, 2006 WL 4384712 (C.D. Cal. 2006), aff’d, 321 Fed.Appx. 708 (9th Cir. 2009)
Taylor v. SmithKline Beecham Corp., 629 F. Supp.2d 1032 (C.D. Cal. 2009)
Mandala v. California Law Enforcement Association, 561 F.Supp.2d 1130 (C.D. Cal. 2008)
Archuleta v. Reliance Standard Life Insurance Company, 504 F.Supp.2d 876 (C.D. Cal. 2007)
Greenwood v. Hartford Life Insurance Company, 471 F.Supp.2d 1049 (C.D. Cal. 2007)
Boyd v. Aetna Life Insurance Company, 438 F.Supp.2d 1134 (C.D. Cal. 2006)
Gaines v. Sargent Fletcher, Inc. Group Life Insurance Plan, 329 F. Supp.2d 1198 (C.D. Cal. 2004)
Abdel-Malek v. Life Insurance Company of North America, 359 F. Supp.2d 912 (C.D. Cal. 2005)

Publications

June, 2013, The Advocate, California’s Ban on Discretionary Clauses in Disability and Life Insurance Policies
June, 2001, The Advocate, Anatomy of an ERISA case
Contributing Editor, The Rutter Group, California Practice Guide, Insurance Litigation, Ch. 6.

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