Peter Sam Selvin
Partner
Peter S. Selvin, Chair of ECJ's Insurance Coverage and Recovery Department, is a business trial lawyer with over 30 years of experience. While he specializes in the areas of insurance coverage and international litigation, his experience has touched many different areas of law, including real estate, intellectual property and professional liability disputes. Within those areas, Mr. Selvin’s practice includes both trying cases and counseling clients on how to avoid litigation. Chief among his strengths is his ability to counsel clients and help achieve strategic business solutions. Mr. Selvin previously worked as a Partner at Loeb & Loeb, LLC and TroyGould. Mr. Selvin has been published in numerous business and legal publications, including the International Financial Law Review, Executive Counsel, Risk & Insurance and Global Counsel. His published content has appeared in professional publications in the UK, Germany, France, Mexico and Japan, among other countries. He also frequently authors insurance industry updates for ECJ’s California Insurance Law Commentary blog. Mr. Selvin’s notable publications include a chapter on “Avoiding and Resolving Disputes In International Commercial Litigation” in the treatise International Law for CEOs: Lessons From Leading International Lawyers, and a chapter on International Service of Process in the treatise Transatlantic Commercial Litigation and Arbitration (Oceana). He has been the author of the chapter on dispute resolution in California that has been part of Law Business Research’s annual treatise on International Dispute Resolution, which is a standard reference work in this area. Mr. Selvin has been recognized by Thomas Reuters as Super Lawyer for the past 15 years.
Pooja S. Nair
Partner
Pooja S. Nair is a business litigator and problem solver with a focus on the food and beverage sector. She advises food and beverage clients, including restaurant groups, mid-market food brands, and food manufacturers on a comprehensive range of issues, including employment, trade secrets, partnership disputes, contract negotiations and intellectual property. Ms. Nair is a graduate of Harvard Law School and the University of California, San Diego. She previously practiced at TroyGould, where she was the head of the Food and Beverage practice group. Ms. Nair also spent five years at Foley & Lardner focused on white collar criminal defense and internal investigations. Ms. Nair has published extensively on business law as well as food and beverage legal issues for publications including Law360, Daily Journal, Eater, California Lawyer, Food Dive and Bloomberg BNA. She has also been quoted or referenced by The New York Times, the Motley Fool publication Millionacres, MSN Money, Los Angeles Times, Yahoo! News and Reuters. Ms. Nair also writes a bi-monthly column for Modern Restaurant Management on legal developments affecting restaurants. She is active in the community and serves on the Board of Directors of the Los Angeles Music and Arts School, the Harvard Club of Southern California, and the Inner City Law Center. Ms. Nair is recognized by the Los Angeles Business Journal as both one of the “Most Influential Women Lawyers” and a “Minority Leader of Influence."
