Lance A. LaBelle, a principal in Berger Kahn's Irvine office, leads the firm's third-party Insurance Coverage Practice Group. With more than 25 years of experience, Lance focuses his practice on liability insurance coverage in the commercial and personal lines areas. He also serves as an arbitration and mediation panelist for the American Arbitration Association's Panel of Commercial Arbitrators. He is past Chair of the ADR Section of the Orange County Bar Association and presently serves on that Section's Executive Committee.

Lance’s extensive background in the commercial coverage area includes opinion work arising out of complex tort, directors and officers, professional liability, and construction defect claims. He also has substantial experience handling opinion work arising under homeowners, automobile, and related personal lines coverages. Lance also handles all aspects of coverage litigation including declaratory relief actions. A particular focus of his practice is addressing additional insured and “Cumis” issues. He was the trial attorney in Dynamic Concepts, Inc. v. Truck Insurance Exchange, 61 Cal.App. 4th 999 (1998), a precedent-setting California decision involving “Cumis” issues.

Lance is co-founder of IDR Mediation Services, an alternative dispute resolution service, where he specializes in resolving insurance coverage disputes. Lance received his ADR training at the University of California, Irvine’s Conflict Management and The Use of Alternative Dispute Resolution certificate program. Lance is often asked to testify as an expert witness in the area of insurance coverage as well as to lecture before insurance professionals at company seminars, bar associations and other insurance-related events. He has also authored and contributed to various articles for both consumer and trade publications.

A lawyer since 1982, Lance is an AV-rated attorney and a member of both the California and Minnesota State Bars.