Who We Are:
Meet Kerley Schaffer’s Team of Professionals
We focus.
Insurance, and only insurance. Whether that means a dispute with your homeowners’ insurer or a claim against a bad driver. We know the insurers, and they know us.
We never let go.
We are like a dog with a bone. Except in addition to a nasty growl and ruthless commitment to our clients, the lawyers at Kerley Schaffer have more than eighty years of battling insurance companies on behalf of homeowners, small businesspeople, and accident victims.
We win.
We have some of the largest settlements in our area of practice. We have one of the largest punitive damages awards against a property insurer, ever. We have more published opinions in California courts on behalf of insurance consumers than any firm in California. Focus, experience, and relentless commitment to finding solutions to your problems. That means success.
The Team
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Edward Kerley
Partner
Edward graduated from Claremont McKenna (1986) and USC Law School (1994). His practice is focused on trial work. He has tried state and federal cases involving insurance fraud, various commercial disputes, insurance bad-faith, and wrongful termination. Prior to founding the firm, he held positions with law firms both in the U.S. and Middle East.
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Dylan Schaffer
Partner
Dylan attended Cornell and the University of California College of the Law, where he graduated magna cum laude. He clerked in the Ninth Circuit, spent a year as a teaching fellow at Stanford Law School, and then spent a decade working with Dennis Riordan, then California's leading appellate lawyer. Thereafter he spent ten years consulting on trials and complex appeals, while also writing books and movies. In 2013 he joined Edward Kerley’s insurance practice, which focuses on assisting consumers in disputes with their carriers.
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Noah Perry
Paralegal
Noah received his bachelor’s in broadcasting and electronic communication from San Francisco State University. He spent a decade producing and recording music for television, documentaries, local artists, and record labels. After graduating from UCLA’s paralegal program in 2016, Noah was a member of Bet Tzedek Legal Services conservatorship program helping low-income families secure conservatorship for their disabled loved ones. At Kerley Schaffer, he serves as paralegal, office manager, and general major-domo.
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Nicholas Peterson
Attorney
Nicholas is a native of Seattle, WA. He graduated summa cum laude/valedictorian from Northwest University in 2000. Nicholas also performed and recorded as a drummer, percussionist and singer with numerous bands, with one album achieving “Gold” status in the U.S., and both “Gold” and “Platinum” status in the U.K. in 2008. He then earned his JD from UC Hastings College of the Law in 2012, where he was a senior editor with the Hastings Constitutional Law Quarterly and graduated cum laude with a concentration in civil litigation. Prior to joining Kerley Schaffer in 2017, Nicholas was an attorney at Kornblum, Cochran, Erickson & Harbison, LLP, where he also represented policyholders in various insurance disputes.
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Ronan Morrill
Ronan graduated with a degree in history from UC Berkeley, where he rowed club crew, tutored at the writing center, and worked at an olive oil store. He retired from the olive oil industry to join Kerley Schaffer, where he assists with litigation. In his spare time, he enjoys reading, running, and playing fetch with his cat Artie.