Ophir is a partner in Maynard’s Insurance and Financial Services Practice and ERISA Practice. He represents insurers and health care plans in state and federal courts where he focuses his practice in the areas of life, health, disability, and long-term care disputes ranging from matters involving bad faith and punitive damage exposure to ERISA-governed litigation. He also has experience representing health insurers and health care plans in payor-provider disputes and litigating matters involving agent and broker sales practices as well as insurance and annuity suitability. Ophir is currently representing life insurers in multiple individual and class actions involving lapse under California Insurance Code sections 10113.71 and 10113.72 and issues arising from the California Supreme Court’s decision in McHugh v. Protective Life Ins. Co.
Ophir has successfully defended insurers, health care plans, and brokers in hundreds of matters and in all phases of litigation, including summary judgment and trial, in both state and federal courts. Prior to joining Maynard, he was a partner with a national law firm in Los Angeles.