Gina M. Foran

Senior Associate

  • Gina M. Foran
  • Phone: +1 213 689 7426

    Import to Address Book

  • Duane Morris LLP
    865 South Figueroa Street, Suite 3100
    Los Angeles, CA 90017-5450
    USA
  • Duane Morris LLP
    Spear Tower
    One Market Plaza, Suite 2200
    San Francisco, CA 94105-1127
    USA

Gina M. Foran practices in the area of litigation, providing coverage advice to multinational insurance companies through all phases of litigation.

Ms. Foran is a 2016 graduate of the University of San Diego School of Law and a graduate of San Francisco State University.

Areas of Practice

  • Litigation

  • Insurance Coverage Litigation

  • Business Reorganization and Financial Restructuring

Representative Matters

  • Represented an insurer in obtaining a dismissal without leave to amend at the demurrer stage in a duty to defend declaratory relief action filed by the insured against several insurers. The demurrer argued that the complaint failed to allege an actual controversy between the client and the insured, and that the policy language required neither a duty to defend nor a duty to reimburse defense costs. Because the policies had been filed in the same court in a different case, the court was able to review them and make the determination at the pleading stage that there was no duty to defend or to reimburse defense costs absent consent of the client.

  • Successfully demurred to the entire complaint in a breach of fiduciary duty, negligent misrepresentation, and intentional misrepresentation case against a third-party administrator and employee; simultaneously successfully moved to strike punitive damages without leave to amend based on insufficient allegations for punitive damages sought relief.

  • Represented insurance company in complex South Carolina litigation involving asbestos receivership actions, including in an action against insurer whereby we obtained dismissal of said action prior to needing to file responsive pleading.

  • Defeated putative class action to recover alleged gambling losses filed against freemium + sweepstakes operator Fliff in United States District Court for Central District of California. Obtained decision that Fliff Terms of Use were enforceable and that the named plaintiff’s case was subject to individual arbitration. Class action case dismissed. Bishoy Nessim v. Fliff, Inc., Case 5:23-cv-01048-SSS-SHK (USDC, CD Cal.)

  • Represented an insurance company in a matter concerning numerous claimants’ sexual abuse allegations against various institutions.

  • Representing an insurer in an asbestos bankruptcy case in Washington bankruptcy court, obtaining a complete victory at the district court appellate level in a case of first impression involving the use of a section 363 sale and a 105 injunction relating to insurance settlements.

  • Represented an insurance company in a matter concerning the tension between trade secret protections and customer information.

Pro Bono Matters

  • Representing clients in defensive asylum proceedings with the Lawyers' Committee for Civil Rights

Admissions

  • California
  • U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California
  • U.S. District Court for the Southern District of California
  • U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of California
  • U.S. District Court for the Central District of California
  • U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the Northern District of California

Education

  • University of San Diego School of Law, J.D., 2016
  • San Francisco State University, B.A., 2012

Experience

  • Duane Morris LLP
    - Senior Associate, 2025-present
    - Associate, 2018-2024

  • Selman Breitman LLP
    - Associate, 2016-2017

Professional Activities

  • Bar Association of San Francisco
    - Insurance Practice of the Barristers Club Section

  • National Association of Women Lawyers

Honors and Awards

  • Named to Best Lawyers "Ones to Watch," 2026
  • Listed in Northern California Super Lawyers Rising Stars