Paul W. Moncrief
Insurance · Salinas · Monterey County
Bar #204239 · Admitted 1999
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Searching for a insurance attorney in Monterey County? Counsel when the carrier says no: denied, delayed, and underpaid claims. This page indexes the county's insurance coverage from the State Bar of California's official roll, with identity-verification markers where available.
The law also keeps time: property policies commonly require suit within 12 months of loss, check the policy under Cal. Ins. Code § 2071. The standard fire policy's 12-month suit clause is tolled while the claim is pending (Prudential-LMI v. Superior Court (1990) 51 Cal.3d 674). Bad faith tort claims run two years; breach of written policy, four (Cal. Code Civ. Proc. §§ 335.1, 337). The plaque below carries the citation; the roster that follows carries the rest.
This page is the Monterey County chapter of the registry's statewide record · Insurance Lawyers in California collects all 58 counties.
Property policies commonly require suit within 12 months of loss, check the policy.
Cal. Ins. Code § 2071
The standard fire policy's 12-month suit clause is tolled while the claim is pending (Prudential-LMI v. Superior Court (1990) 51 Cal.3d 674). Bad faith tort claims run two years; breach of written policy, four (Cal. Code Civ. Proc. §§ 335.1, 337).
21 attorneys on the official State Bar of California roll list insurance among their practice areas with an address of record in Monterey County.
20 of them hold an active licence; the remainder are recorded as inactive and are not currently eligible to practise.
The roster concentrates in Salinas (10), Monterey (4), Carmel (2) and Pebble Beach (2).
1 hold a State Bar Certified Legal Specialist designation, a certification issued by the State Bar's Board of Legal Specialization, and not a rating or a ranking.
For 2, the registry records a language other than English, almost always from a firm website published in that language; that describes the website, not an attorney's own ability.
Admission years on this roster run from 1972 to 2025.
The employers most represented here are Moncrief & Hart, PC (2).
Insurance · Salinas · Monterey County
Bar #204239 · Admitted 1999
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Insurance · Carmel · Monterey County
Bar #148856 · Admitted 1990
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Insurance · Monterey · Monterey County
Bar #90276 · Admitted 1979
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Insurance · Pebble Beach · Monterey County
Bar #78418 · Admitted 1977
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Insurance · Seaside · Monterey County
Bar #156216 · Admitted 1991
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Insurance · Salinas · Monterey County
Bar #364675 · Admitted 2025
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Insurance · Salinas · Monterey County
Bar #70070 · Admitted 1976
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Insurance · Carmel By The · Monterey County
Bar #53118 · Admitted 1972
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Insurance · Pacific Grove · Monterey County
Bar #160828 · Admitted 1992
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Insurance · Salinas · Monterey County
Bar #328060 · Admitted 2019
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