Mr. Snyder is a cum laude graduate of the University of California, Irvine, where he received a Bachelor of Arts degree in Psychology (with an emphasis on Biology). He received his Juris Doctorate degree from the University of California, Davis, where he was a member of the Law Review.

Mr. Snyder is admitted to practice before the U.S. Supreme Court, the U.S. Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals, the U.S. District Courts, and the Superior Court of the State of California. His professional affiliations include the American and Orange County Bar Associations. As a defense specialist, he has litigated extensively in the areas of personal injury, product liability, insurance, writs and appeals, and professional liability. Mr. Snyder has litigated numerous cases to verdict and judgment throughout California. Some recent examples include:

A defense verdict obtained in a wrongful death case arising from the electrocution of the decedent, who had been attempting to repair an allegedly defective high-voltage jewelry casting machine sold by Mr. Snyder's client. A verdict of $1,847,000.00 was rendered on behalf of the surviving wife and three children, and was assessed against the premises owner, not the seller of the allegedly defective product (Ofeili Gharibian, et al., v. Two-Star Jewelers, Jacart Gold Exchange, et al., Los Angeles Superior Court Case No. BC302785.)

A defense verdict obtained in a wrongful death case arising from an altercation on the premises of an Adult Day Health Care Center, in which the surviving family members requested an award of $4 million (Siavosh Talmood, et al. v. Genesis Adult Day Health Care Center, et al., Los Angeles Superior Court Case No. BC325130.)

In an insurance bad faith case, the jury declared itself hung (in the defendant's favor), despite the defendant's acknowledgment that its claims handling delay had constituted a breach of the insurance contract with the insured. Following the resulting mistrial, the plaintiff agreed to dismiss his case and accept the "low" sum stipulated by the parties' pre-trial "high-low" verdict agreement (Daniel Turner v. Sterling Casualty Insurance Company, Los Angeles Superior Case No. BC320431.)

In Farmers Insurance Exchange v. Luzestela Hurley (76 Cal.App.4th 797, 90 Cal.Rptr.2d 697), the Court of Appeal issued a published opinion in favor of the insurer, accepting Mr. Snyder's argument that Insurance Code Section 11580.2 required the full payment of underlying policy limits as a precondition to coverage for underinsured motorist benefits. The insured's agreement to credit the full policy limits against any benefits to be received from her underinsurance carrier was deemed insufficient to trigger coverage under her policy or to abrogate public policy considerations behind the statute.

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