Hansen, Sharon

Mr. Hampton graduated from the University of California, Santa Barbara in 1986 receiving a Bachelor of Arts degree in Communication Studies. After college, Mr. Hampton worked in the production department of a local television station. Mr. Hampton then attended Loyola Law School in Los Angeles where he graduated in 1990. While in law school, he acted as Chairman of the Loyola Environmental Law Society and was an editor and staff writer on the Loyola Entertainment Law Journal. He published a casenote entitled "Anatomy of a Suicide - Media Liability for Audience Acts of Violence" in 1989. Upon graduation, Mr. Hampton received the First American Title Insurance Legal Service Award.

Prior to joining Conkle, Kremer & Engel, Mr. Hampton practiced in the area of insurance litigation in state and federal court, including defense of professional liability, bad faith and surety matters. Mr. Hampton also worked as staff counsel for a national insurance company based in Calabasas, California where his practice involved surety, corporate and construction defect matters. At Conkle, Kremer & Engel, Mr. Hampton's practice has been primarily focused on business litigation in the state and federal courts, including matters involving insurance, intellectual property and unfair competition issues.