Dennis Loveridge is a dual-licensed attorney with a diverse litigation background. Dennis was admitted to the Canadian Bar in 2021 and moved to Santa Barbara in 2023. He has since been admitted to the California Bar. Dennis brings a unique transnational perspective to complex legal matters spanning both jurisdictions. Throughout his legal career he has developed a wide-ranging practice that includes insurance law and coverage, trust litigation, civil fraud, and commercial litigation, as well as shareholder and real ...
Franchesca’s practice is concentrated in insurance defense and civil litigation. She represents insurance carriers and their insureds in a broad range of matters, including personal injury, premises liability, property damage, strict liability, product liability, and construction defect claims. Franchesca has extensive experience managing complex litigation through all phases of the process, including initial evaluation, discovery, dispositive motion practice, mediation, and trial preparation. She regularly drafts an...
Antoinette Waller manages a diverse commercial law practice, representing clients in a variety of industries including insurance, fashion and retail, risk management, banking, finance, and entertainment. Antoinette currently focuses her practice on insurance property, casualty, and bad faith matters; she has broad experience in civil litigation including unfair competition and other business torts, contracts, securities, trademark, trade secret, insurance coverage, and employment disputes. Antoinette is proficient in i...
Kristine N. Ulrich represents a diverse range of clients in insurance bad faith litigation, landlord-tenant disputes, business lease transactions, contract disputes, and the formation, funding and other planning issues associated with tax-exempt entities. She has extensive experience in litigation and resolving landlord-tenant disputes and issues arising under the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act (CERCLA), Resource Conservation and Recovery Act (RCRA), and related cost recovery clai...
Ashtyne Cofer joined Alderton Hemphill & Peer in 2026 and her practice is focused on insurance defense, coverage disputes, and complex civil litigation. Ashtyne is licensed to practice law in both California and Alabama, and has extensive experience litigating complex tort, employment, construction defect, bad faith, and corporate defense matters in courts and administrative proceedings across the country. She has represented clients on both the plaintiff and defense side at all stages of litigation, before transitioni...