John P. Cotter
Partner
Litigation Percentage
- 100% of Practice Devoted to Litigation
Bar Admissions
- California, 1992
- U.S. District Court Central District of California, 1996
- U.S. District Court Eastern District of California, 1996
- U.S. District Court Northern District of California, 1996
Education
- McGeorge School of Law, University of the Pacific, Sacramento, California
- J.D. - 1991
- University of California, Los Angeles, CA, USA
- Pepperdine University, Malibu, CA, USA
- B.S.
- Major: Business Administration
- Major: Finance
Representative Clients
- Arch Insurance Group
- Clarendon Insurance Group
- Converium Insurance Company
- Magna Carta Companies
- May Trucking Co.
- Meadowbrook Insurance Group
- Midlands Claim Administrators, Inc.
- National Claims Management
- National Passenger Railroad Corporation
- Praetorian Insurance Company
- Public Agency Risk Sharing Authority of California (PARSAC)
- Swift Transportation
- Union Pacific Railroad Company
- Williamsburg National Insurance Company
Professional Associations and Memberships
- State Bar of California, Member
- National Association of Railroad Trial Counsel, Member
- Association of Defense Counsel, Northern California, Member
- Trucking Industry Defense Association, Member
Past Employment Positions
- Diepenbrock & Cotter, Partner, 2001 - Present
- Diepenbrock & Costa, Partner, 1999 - 2001
- Diepenbrock & Costa, Associate Attorney
- Farmers Insurance Group (Correll & Associates) Citrus Heights, California, In House Counsel, 1994 - 1995
- Kincaid, Gianunzio, Caudle & Hubert, Walnut Creek, California, Associate Attorney, 1992 - 1994
- Community Legal Services, McGeorge School of Law, Certified Student Attorney, 1990 - 1991