Dominica C. Anderson

, managing partner of Duane Morris' Las Vegas office, practices in both the firm's Las Vegas and San Francisco offices. She serves as a team lead for the Duane Morris Fashion, Retail and Consumer Branded Products industry group. She also is a member of the firm's Executive Committee and the firm's governing Partners Board and is vice-chair of the Duane Morris Women's Impact Network for Success Steering Committee.

Ms. Anderson has over 30 years of experience in high stakes commercial litigation, including representing insurance companies in complex insurance coverage cases, CGL and D&O throughout the U.S., and works with numerous clients to resolve issues abroad. Additionally, she represents businesses in complex contract disputes; unfair competition; business interference; false advertising; securities; antitrust; defamation; e-commerce and intellectual property issues; domain name disputes; and trademark, trade secrets and copyright issues.

She also is a trusted advisor to and represents iconic and budding fashion de signers and related companies, and retail entities as part of Duane Morris’ Fashion, Retail, Luxury and Consumer Goods practice group .

A member of the American Bar Association, President and Board Chair of the Professional BusinessWomen of California, and a member of the National Association of Women Lawyers, Ms. Anderson is a 1986 cum laude graduate of the University of San Francisco Law School and a graduate, with high honors, of the University of California at Berkeley, where she was elected to Phi Beta Kappa. She has received numerous honors and awards over the years and has been on the California Super Lawyers list for over 10 years.

Resume

Experience

•Duane Morris LLP
- Managing Partner, Las Vegas, 2006 - present
- Partner, 2006-present
- Executive Committee, 2019-present
- Partners Board, 2010-present
- Steering Committee, Women's Initiative, 2006-2013; Vice-Chair, 2014-present

•Hancock Rothert & Bunshoft LLP
- Managing Partner, Las Vegas, 2005
- Partner, 1994-2005
- Associate, 1986 - 1994
•San Francisco City Attorney's Office
- Law Clerk, 1983-1985

Honors and Awards

•Recipient, Cheryl Blackwell Bryson Leadership Award, Duane Morris Women's Impact Network for Success, October 2015

•California Super Lawyer, 2004-2019

•Listed in Distinguished Women and Men in Nevada, 2014
•Listed in VEGAS INC's Top Lawyers: The Best of the Best in Southern Nevada, 2013
•Listed in The Top Women Attorneys in Northern California, 2012
•Recipient of the Virginia S. Mueller Outstanding Member Award from the National Association of Women Lawyers, 2011
•AV Preeminent Peer Review Rated by Martindale-Hubbell

Board Memberships

•Professional BusinessWomen of California
- President and Board Chair

•Dress for Success, Southern Nevada
- Board of Directors

•Las Vegas Fashion Council
- Advisory Board

•The Pocket Palette
- Advisory Board

•The Clap Project
- Advisory Board

Publications and Speaking Engagements

Selected Speaking Engagements

•Speaker, How Great Minds Can Differ: Policyholder, Primary and Excess Insurer Interests in Multi-State Litigation, American College of Coverage Counsel 7th Annual Meeting, May 10, 2019

•Speaker, Indemnity Agreements, NDA, and Auditor Letters: 10 Things You Want to Know, Medical Professional Liability Association, Portland, Maine, October 11, 2018

•Moderator, Women Founders and Funders (WFF) Connect, New York, August 15, 2017
•Moderator, Understanding What Investors Say When You Leave The Room, Women Founders and Funders (WFF) Connect, SF Bay Area, April 5, 2017
•Panelist, Is Talc the New Asbestos? Will the History of Asbestos and Silica Impact the Answer to That Question? Insurance Coverage Litigation Committee CLE Seminar, Tucson, AZ, March 2, 2017
•Speaker and Moderator, Automatic Right to Independent Counsel? Maybe Not so Automatic Anymore... ABA Women in Insurance Annual Conference, Washington, D.C., October 20, 2016
•Presenter, Solving the Problem of What Keeps you Up at Night in the Fashion/Retail Industry, Alley to the Valley Event, Yale Club, New York City, June 9, 2016
•Organizer of the Duane Morris Women's Initiative Dress for Success Clothing Drive, Fox News, Las Vegas, April 23, 2015
•Presenter, 2015 Gender Equality Practices: Transforming Work Culture, San Francisco Department on the Status of Women, San Francisco, January 30, 2015
•Speaker, ECO/XPL and the Mega-Verdict: Is This the New Normal? PIAA Corporate Counsel Workshop, Vancouver, October 16, 2014
•Speaker, The Perils of Claims Involving Multiple Insureds, Annual Physician Insurers Association of America 2012 Medical Liability Conference, Washington, D.C., May 10, 2012
•Speaker, Making Rain in the Desert: From Movies to Reality, ABA Insurance Coverage Litigation Seminar, Tuscon, Arizona, March 1, 2012
•Speaker, The Insurability of Punitive Damages, Physician Insurers Association of America Legal Workshop, San Francisco, November 13, 2008
•Speaker, Confronting Catastrophe: Pandemics, Hurricanes, Terrorists - Oh My! ABA Insurance Coverage Litigation Seminar, Tucson, Arizona, February 28, 2008
•Speaker, Preservation of Evidence: Where We Are and Where We're Going, Association of California Insurance Companies, XVII General Counsel Conference, Las Vegas, Nevada, July 19-21, 2006
•Interviewed on Sky Radio, broadcast on United Airlines and American Airlines Business Hour, The Asbestos Bankruptcy Crisis, 2006
•Speaker, The Next Generation of Asbestos Bankruptcies, ACI's 7th National Litigating, Settling and Managing Asbestos Claims Conference, Las Vegas, Nevada, June 15-16, 2006
•Speaker, Running the Numbers: Effectively Preparing, Presenting or Attacking the Insured's Damages Case, ABA Insurance Coverage Litigation Seminar, Tucson, Arizona, March 2-4, 2006
•Moderator, Asbestos Litigation 2004: California and Its Impact on National Litigation, University of San Francisco, San Francisco, California, May 7, 2004
•Speaker, How the London Insurance Market Works, Mealey's Conference, West Palm Beach, Florida, November 2001
•Moderator, Fundamental of Insurance Litigation, CEB Conference, San Francisco, California, April 2001

Selected Publications

•Contributor, Duane Morris Coronavirus (COVID-19) Blog
•Co-author, Economic Assistance for California Residents and Businesses During COVID-19, Duane Morris Alert, April 20, 2020
•Co-author, White House Issues Guidelines on Relaxing COVID-19 Precautions, Duane Morris Alert, April 17, 2020
•Co-author, When Manufacturing Products Overseas, A Best Practice is to Proactively Guard Your IP Rights, Manufacturing Best Practices, March 30, 2020
•Co-author, Heating Up: New Orleans-Based Oceana Grill Seeks Insurance Coverage for Coronavirus-Caused Business Interruption, Duane Morris Alert, March 19, 2020
•Co-author, Coronavirus (COVID-19) and Force Majeure Contract Clauses, Duane Morris Alert, March 4, 2020

•Co-author, Talc Litigation and Insurance Implications, Duane Morris Insurance and Reinsurance Blog, March 22, 2017

• Nevada Supreme Court Holds That California Cumis Rule Applies In Nevada, But An Actual Conflict Is A Prerequisite For Independent Counsel, Duane Morris Insurance Law Blog, October 5, 2015
• Docket Science, San Francisco/Los Angeles Daily Journal, August 28, 2009
• Federal District Court in Nevada Rules Insurer Has Right to Reimbursement for Settlement Monies Paid for Non-Covered Damages, Duane Morris Alert, June 4, 2008
• The Asbestos Litigation System in the San Francisco Bay Area: A Paradigm of the National Asbestos Litigation Crisis, The Santa Clara Law Review, December 2004
• Case Management and Other Pretrial Considerations: The Insurer's Perspective: Environmental Insurance Coverage Claims, Practising Law Institute, 1995