Tamiko Dunham, Esq.

About The Lecturer

Tamiko has extensive experience counseling domestic and London-based clients on novel and complex issues involving various coverage lines, including commercial general liability, professional liability, first-party property, commercial auto, public entity, reinsurance, and cyber liability.

Tamiko also represents insurers in insurance coverage and bad faith disputes and has successfully litigated coverage issues in state and federal courts. As monitoring counsel, Tamiko regularly advises her clients on claims handling strategy and navigating high-exposure matters through to favorable resolution. Tamiko also assists clients in drafting policy language, evaluating underwriting issues, and responding to Department of Insurance inquiries.

Memberships

• Bar Association of San Francisco, Insurance Practice Section, Chair
• California Lawyers Association, Business Law Section, Insurance Law Standing Committee, Vice Chair of Publications
• Asian American Insurance Network, Member

Awards & Rankings

• The Best Lawyers in America® (Insurance Law), Best Lawyers®, 2021 – 2026
• Northern California Super Lawyers® (Insurance Coverage), 2013 – 2018 (Top Woman Lawyer, Rising Star), 2023 – present (Super Lawyer)

Before Nicolaides

Before joining Nicolaides, Tamiko was a partner in the insurance coverage practice of a law firm in the San Francisco Bay Area. Prior to that, she worked as a law clerk with the State of California Division of Labor Standards Enforcement and as an enforcement intern with the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission.

Education

J.D., University of California College of the Law, San Francisco

B.A., high honors, University of California, Berkeley