Common Questions
Frequently asked questions.
About the Firm
Rai Fink Ebner is a civil defense litigation firm representing individuals and businesses across Arizona, California and Nevada. Our founding partners bring together more than 110 years of collective trial experience in high-exposure civil matters.
We are a defense-side civil litigation firm, we represent the parties defending against claims, from single-incident matters to complex, multi-party disputes.
Our founding partners bring more than 110 years of combined trial experience across construction, general liability, personal injury, premises, professional and products liability, insurance defense and complex commercial litigation. We also have 30+ attorneys between three offices.
We’re a mid-size firm by design: deep enough to handle high-exposure, multi-jurisdictional litigation, but structured so senior attorneys stay personally involved in every matter, the bench strength of a larger firm with the attention of a smaller one.
The firm is led by its named partners, Rina Rai, Leonard Fink and Darren Ebner, alongside a full team of attorneys across Arizona, California and Nevada. Meet the full team on our Attorneys page.
Our Practice
We defend construction defect, general liability and personal injury, premises/hospitality/transportation, commercial and business litigation, products liability, professional liability, class actions and complex litigation, insurance defense, subrogation and risk transfer, title insurance defense, business transactions and wrongful death and catastrophic loss. See our Practice Areas.
It means representing the defendant, an individual, business, or insurer, in a civil lawsuit, rather than bringing the claim. We defend clients from the first notice of a claim through resolution or trial.
Yes. We defend Developers, General Contractors and Subcontractors in single-family, multi-family and large multi-party construction-defect matters, from early investigation and expert discovery through resolution or trial.
Yes, general-liability, personal-injury and premises-liability claims, including hospitality, retail and transportation matters, for businesses.
Yes. We defend catastrophic-loss, class-action and other complex, multi-party matters where the exposure and stakes are significant.
Both. We prepare every matter as though it will be tried, that readiness lets us resolve cases efficiently through negotiation or mediation when it serves the client and try them decisively when it does not.
Who We Represent
Individuals and businesses. Much of our work is on behalf of carriers and their insureds and we also defend companies and individuals directly.
Yes. We serve as panel counsel for insurers, defending insureds across our practice areas.
Yes. We welcome referrals and regularly work with referring counsel, keeping them informed as appropriate throughout the matter.
Yes. We are accustomed to working within insurer reporting requirements and billing guidelines.
Working With Us
Call any of our offices or send us the matter directly and it will reach the right attorney. New assignments and referrals are always welcome.
We start by understanding the facts, the exposure and the client’s objectives, then build a defense strategy from the first notice of the claim.
Matters are staffed to fit their size and complexity, with senior attorneys involved throughout, not handed off, so the people advising on strategy are the people who know the case.
The basics help: the parties involved, the jurisdiction, key dates and any relevant documents or notices. If you’re an insurer or referral source, your usual assignment information is welcome.
We provide the reporting and updates clients and carriers expect, tailored to each matter’s requirements.
Jurisdictions & Offices
Our attorneys are admitted in multiple states, including Arizona, California and Nevada and appear in state and federal courts across those jurisdictions.
Yes. With offices in Arizona, California and Nevada and attorneys admitted in multiple states, we regularly handle multi-jurisdictional matters and coordinate defense strategy across state lines as one firm.
We maintain three offices across the Southwest, in Arizona, California and Nevada. See our Offices page.
No. We serve clients throughout our jurisdictions and coordinate matters across our offices regardless of where you’re located.
Fees & Engagement
Fees depend on the nature and scope of the matter. We discuss the appropriate structure at the outset so expectations are clear.
An attorney-client relationship is established through a signed written engagement with the firm.
Yes, reach out and we’ll talk through whether the firm is the right fit. Please hold any confidential details until an engagement is in place.
Legal & Confidentiality
No. Contacting Rai Fink Ebner, by phone, email, or through this website, does not create an attorney-client relationship and information sent before an engagement is signed is not treated as a client confidence.
Please don’t send confidential or time-sensitive information until an attorney-client relationship has been established in writing.
Let us know, where a matter isn’t a fit for the firm, we’ll try to point you in the right direction.
Contact
Discuss a matter with our team.
New assignments and referrals are always welcome. We’d be glad to talk it through.