Mr. Gordon has been practicing law in Sonoma County for over three decades. He attended schools in Santa Rosa and Sacramento since he was 10 years old and remained a Sonoma County resident throughout his legal career.
After recently retiring from a long and distinguished career with Farmers Insurance, we now welcome him to H&M Law. Mr. Gordon began as a Trial Attorney with Farmers, was promoted to Senior Trial Attorney, High Exposure Trial Attorney, and ultimately to Managing Attorney. He has handled catastrophic loss cases all throughout Northern & Central California. His past career gives him a unique perspective of dealing with insurance companies, since he was an insurance company attorney for over 30 years!
Ian will continue to handle all levels of personal injury, landlord-tenant, and insurance bad faith cases. Call Ian Gordon today at Hansen & Miller Law Firm.
Areas Of Practice
- Personal Injury 75%
- Landlord Tenant/Habitability 15%
- Insurance Bad Faith 10%
Bar Admissions
- California, 1986
- California State Courts and Courts of Appeal, 1986
- U.S. District Court Central District of California, 1986
- U.S. District Court Eastern District of California, 1986
- U.S. District Court Northern District of California, 1986
- U.S. District Court Southern District of California, 1986
- U.S. District Court Western District of California, 1986
- Supreme Court of California, 1986
Education
- Empire College School of Law, Santa Rosa, California
- J.D.
- Honors: magna cum laude
- Honors: Corpus Juris Award Winner
- California State University, Sacramento, Sacramento, California
- B.A.
- Honors: summa cum laude
- Major: Criminal Justice
- Minor: Sociology
Published Works
- “Labor Code § 4550 The Power Press Exception to the Exclusive Remedy of Workers’ Compensation”, California Trial Lawyers Association, October, 1994
Representative Cases
- Flowmaster v. Superior Court (represented the prevailing party), (1993) 16 Cal.App.4th 1019, 1993, 1st District Court of Appeal
- Wood Pontiac Cadillac v. Superior Court (represented the prevailing party), (1992) 5 Cal.App.4th 810, 1992, 1st District Court of Appeal
Classes/Seminars
- Mentor Leadership (Presenter), Farmers Insurance, 2014
- Presidential Leadership Program, Ronald Reagan Presidential Library, 2012
- Alternative Dispute Resolution (Presenter), Sonoma County Bar Association, 2010
Honors and Awards
- Appointed by Farmers Insurance as one of fifteen attorneys nationwide to handle all of its catastrophic personal injury and death claims, 2005 - 2017
- Excellence in Trials Award Winner, 2011
- Corpus Juris Award Winner, 1984
Professional Associations and Memberships
- California State Bar, Attorney, 1986 to Present
- Phi Kappa Phi (academic society), Lifetime Member, 1980 to Present
Past Employment Positions
- Farmers Insurance, Managing Attorney, 2009 to 2017
- Farmers Insurance, High Exposure Trial Attorney, 2005 to 2009
- Farmers Insurance, Senior Trial Attorney, 1999 to 2004
- Farmers Insurance, Trial Attorney, 1997 to 1998
Pro Bono Activities
- Sat for Sonoma County Courts as Judge Pro Tem, 1992 to Present
- Member of Sonoma County Superior Court Committee, 2011 to 2013
- Handled criminal appeals for indigent defendants, 1998 to 2008