Holden Benon
Associate
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Phone: +1 415 957 3123
- Duane Morris LLP
Spear Tower
One Market Plaza, Suite 2200
San Francisco, CA 94105-1127
USA
Holden Benon is a trial lawyer who focuses on insurance coverage issues involving professional liability policies, cyber/media/technology liability policies and commercial general liability policies. Mr. Benon has experience representing insurers in declaratory judgment actions and bad faith disputes. In addition, Mr. Benon has experience advising insurers on business interruption coverage and regulatory issues and drafting insurance policy language.
Mr. Benon also has experience representing clients in enforcing their intellectual property rights. During his third year of law school, Mr. Benon was an intern for the Electronic Frontier Foundation, where he focused on copyright issues.
Areas of Practice
- Insurance Coverage Litigation
- Intellectual Property
- Construction
Representative Matters
Benon v. McMaster, (N.D. Cal.) Represented the plaintiff, an automotive designer, in a copyright infringement action against a Silicon Valley entrepreneur where the defense asserted a “fair use” argument, alleging that the infringing use amounted to a satire or parody.
Rhone v. Housing Authority for the City of Oakland, (N.D. Cal.) Represented a pro bono client in securing a settlement which included issuance of a two-bedroom Section 8 Housing Voucher and a monetary payment. After the Housing Authority delayed payment, filed a motion to enforce settlement and a successful motion shortening time to expedite the hearing; upon being granted 24 hours to comply, the Housing Authority remitted payment, allowing the client to embark on a new chapter in his life.
Admissions
- California
- U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California
- U.S. District Court for the Central District of California
- U.S. District Court for the Southern District of California
Education
- University of California, Hastings College of the Law, J.D., 2018
- Arizona State University, B.A., 2014
Experience
- Duane Morris LLP
- Associate, 2020-present - Clyde & Co
- Associate, 2018-2020
Selected Publications
- Contributor, Duane Morris Insurance Law Blog
- Author, "A Split Usage Based Auto Insurance Model for Owners of Level Four Autonomous Vehicles?," Insurance Coverage Law Center, June 15, 2022
- Co-author, "Rulemaking Committee Releases Final Report Suggesting Major Changes to FAA Drone Regulations," Duane Morris Alert, March 29, 2022
- Co-author, "Insuring Commercial Drones: Liability or Opportunity?" Insurance Journal, September 6, 2021
"A Peek Under the Hood: Why Lawmakers Should Strengthen the Current DMCA Exemption for Security and Safety Research into Car Software," 15 Hastings Bus L.J. 155, 2019
Co-Author, Moot Court winning brief published in Law Journal of Art, Tech, and IP, Vol. 27, Issue 2
Selected Speaking Engagements
- Speaker, “Drone Liability,” Reinsurance Association of America: Re Basics, New York City, May 12, 2022
- Speaker, "Intellectual Property Webinar: Creative IP," Academy of Art University, San Francisco, March 16, 2022
- Panelist, "Drones: Taking Insurance into the Sky," Digital Insurance DigIn Conference, San Diego, December 10, 2021