Company Profile
Dawson & Rosenthal
Company Overview
Dawson & Rosenthal, P.C. is a boutique trial firm focusing on complex insurance bad faith and coverage litigation. We try cases and value crisp writing, strategic thinking, and relentless client advocacy. With offices in Phoenix, Sedona, and San Diego, our attorneys bring decades of combined experience representing policyholders and insureds across Arizona and California. We take on a selective caseload to ensure each client receives personal attention and fearless representation from investigation through trial.
Company History
Founded in 2000 by attorneys Steven C. Dawson and Anita Rosenthal, Dawson & Rosenthal traces its roots to the earlier firm Thur, Dawson & O'Sullivan (established in 1995). Drawing on more than 30 years of practice and over 70 years of combined legal experience, our firm has built a national reputation for handling complex insurance bad faith and coverage cases. From offices in Sedona, Phoenix, and San Diego, we represent policyholders and insureds throughout Arizona and California who have had legitimate insurance claims unfairly delayed, underpaid, or denied. Our trial attorneys have served as expert witnesses, uncovered institutionalized bad faith, and secured significant verdicts and settlements for our clients. We continue to focus on selective, high?stakes litigation to ensure every client receives dedicated advocacy and fearless trial representation.
Notable Accomplishments / Recognition
- Over 30 years of experience and recognized as one of the top insurance bad faith law firms in the country.
- Over $87 million verdict against UnumProvident for systematically denying disability benefits with the aim of increasing profits.
- Over $55 million verdict against Metlife Auto and Home, for refusing to replace an insured's vehicle as part of a corporate plan to significantly increase company profits.
- $20 million verdict against UnumProvident for unjustly closing an existing disability claim, then attempting to cover up the decision.
- A jury returned an $18 million award for two sisters who had been in a five-year legal battle with their insurance companies over the bad faith handling of their property damage following a flood.
- Over $17 million verdict against Paul Revere and General American Insurance Company for terminating the disability benefits of a policyholder suffering from Chronic Fatigue Syndrome.
- Achieved a $6.5 million disability insurance bad faith verdict for a plaintiff in the McClure v. Country Life case.
- Recognized in Chambers USA’s 2025 guide for Arizona Insurance, with Steven C. Dawson ranked Band 1.