- June 1, 2026
Patricia A. Daza-Luu
Partner
Biography
BIOGRAPHY
Patricia has extensive experience counseling and representing insurers in connection with a wide variety of complex coverage and litigation matters pending in both state and federal courts. Her skill and knowledge touches on the following areas:
- Bad Faith
- Construction Defect
- Cyber Liability
- Environmental Liabilities
- Fee Disputes
- Intellectual Property
- Policy Drafting and Claims Management
- Primary and Excess General Liability
- Professional Liability
- Technology and Media
- Trial Monitoring
Memberships
- Defense Research Institute
- Los Angeles County Bar Association
- Women Lawyers Association of Los Angeles
Awards & Rankings
- Los Angeles Magazine, Best of L.A. Legal, 2026
- Los Angeles Business Journal, Women of Influence: Attorneys, 2025
- Southern California Super Lawyers® (Insurance Coverage), 2023 - present
- Daily Journal, Top 40 Under 40 in California, 2021
- Los Angeles Business Journal, Leaders in Law Award Nominee, 2021
Before Nicolaides
Prior to joining the firm, Patricia was an attorney at firms that handle insurance coverage advice and litigation focusing on bad faith, professional liability, and directors and officers liability, as well as intellectual property, media, and technology matters.
Outside Nicolaides
In her spare time, Patricia enjoys traveling, reading and chasing her two small children. If she were not an attorney, she would probably write a food and travel blog.
- Secured a complete defense verdict in a multi-million dollar bad faith trial arising out of a vandalism claim by the insured's former tenant/partner.
- Obtained terminating sanctions (entire action) for insurer in California state court in a first party property bad faith action.
- Obtained summary judgment of no duty to defend based on the absence of a personal and advertising injury offense, and application of an intellectual property exclusion.
- Obtained summary judgment of no coverage for a theft claim based on entrustment exclusions.
- February 20, 2026
- October 14, 2025
- May 28, 2025
- June 16, 2023
- July 28, 2021
- January 7, 2021
- June 18, 2019
- February 1, 2019
- April 12, 2017
- January 1, 2016
- January 1, 2008
ADDITIONAL SPEAKING & WRITING
- Contributing Editor, Rutter Guide, California Practice Guide: Insurance Litigation, Fidelity Bonds (2017).
- Co-Chair, 22nd Women Lawyers Association of Los Angeles’ (WLALA) Annual Litigators Forum: “Conduct Unbecoming of a Woman ...” (March 2017).
- “FOODIES BEWARE: A Business’ Burden of Proof for Online Defamation and Consumer’s Coverage Concerns,” Sedgwick’s Media Law Bulletin (October 2016).
- “Proportionality: A Case Law Analysis,” The Woman Advocate, American Bar Association Section of Litigation (February 2016).
- “Cinemart v. Regal: A Case Study in the Potential for CGL Coverage,” Sedgwick’s Media Law Bulletin (February 2016).