John M. Wilson

• Argued and won before the California Supreme Court in Montrose Chem. Corp. v. Super. Court (2020), a seminal victory establishing policyholders’ right to “electively stack” multiple years of excess policies to insure against continuous loss claims. This win was ranked the Top Appellate Reversal of 2020 by the Daily Journal and resulted in John being named a Law360 Insurance MVP for the second time.
• Argued and won before the California Supreme Court in Fluor Corp. v. Superior Court (2015), a landmark victory concerning assignment of insurance rights that overcame the Court’s prior ruling in Henkel Corp. v. Hartford (2003). This win received recognition by Law360’s Insurance Group of the Year as well as the Daily Journal Top Verdicts of 2015.
• Lead counsel for Canadian Solar Inc. in successful trial in U.S. District Court (N.D. Cal.) seeking recovery of US$70 million in product warranty losses insured under solar power contractual liability policies underwritten by multiple international insurers.
• Lead counsel for multiple successful trials in Los Angeles Superior Court on behalf of Montrose, seeking more than US$200 million from numerous primary and excess insurers under historic CGL policies.
• Co-chaired successful bench trial in US$100 million coverage case involving multiple issues of first impression, including “completed operations” limits, assignments of interest between policy-holders and allocation issues.
• Co-chaired successful arbitration trial of a US$40 million dispute concerning insurance defense of mass tort claims and environmental enforcement actions, and related bad faith claims.

John served as law clerk to Judge Cynthia Holcomb Hall of the United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit.