Eric A Amador
LaMontagne & Amador LLP • Pasadena, CA
Appellate LitigationInsurancePersonal Injury
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Bar Admissions
California 1989 | U.S. District Court Central District of California 1990 | U.S. Federal Courts 1989 | U.S. District Court District of Hawaii | U.S. Court of Appeals 9th Circuit
About
Eric A. Amador is a partner in the firm who has been practicing for over three decades. Prior to joining the firm, he was an associate, then partner, at Bronson, Bronson & McKinnon LLP. Eric has an extensive background in insurance coverage, having been involved in the preparation of more than one hundred coverage opinions involving a wide range of both first- and third-party aviation and non-aviation policies. Eric’s coverage opinions have most frequently involved analysis of California law; however, he has also prepared coverage analyses under the laws of numerous other jurisdictions. In addition to coverage opinion work, Eric has also represented insurers in a number of declaratory relief actions. Additionally, Eric has been substantially or exclusively responsible for handling over fifty appeals before the California Courts of Appeal and the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals-- the vast majority of which resolved favorably, and eight of which resulted in published opinions. Eric’s appellate engagements have included the following: Eric’s appellate practice involves the direct handling of appeals, writ petitions and petitions for Supreme Court review and assisting trial counsel with appellate-related issues and post-trial motions. Eric’s professional activities include the American Bar Association’s section on Tort and Insurance Practice, the State Bar of California’s section on Litigation, the Association of Southern California Defense Counsel and the Aviation Insurance Association. Eric was born in Boston, Massachusetts, in 1963. He received his A.B. degree in 1986 from the University of California, Berkeley. He was a “Regent’s Scholar” at the University of California, Berkeley, and received his Juris Doctor degree from the University of California, Hastings College of the Law in San Francisco in 1989. He received the American Jurisprudence Awards in Insurance Law and Appellate Practice. He was admitted to the Bar of California in 1989. He has been admitted to practice before all federal district courts in California, the federal district court for the District of Hawaii, and the United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit.
Updated: May 25, 2026