New York Times cover story
"$89 million awarded to family who sued their insurance company According to the records of Jury Verdict Research, a company in Philadelphia, Hiepler's case set a new record.
Los Angeles Times
"Mark Hiepler has earned a national reputation for battling insurance companies against all odds."
National Law Journal
"Nationally recognized attorney Mark Hiepler concluded arguments in Orange County on behalf of a two year old blind girl with retinopathy of prematurity. The jury awarded $6.9 million to the two year old girl. Jury verdict organizations suggested this is the largest verdict ever in America for a blind person who was not otherwise brain injured in an accident."
"Similarities between the insurance bad faith case Hiepler in which represented his sister and John Grisham's Rain Maker have created the widespread perception that Mr. Hiepler was the model for the fictional attorney. NBC News did a feature on Mark Hiepler calling him the real "Rain Maker." Hiepler takes the insurance organization and those who cause catastrophic injuries to task and his profile is high enough to land him on the front pages of newspapers, magazines, as well as and tv screens."
Orange County Register
"Hiepler's verdict on behalf of Madison Scott, a two year old blind child with retinopathy of prematurity, appears to be the largest jury award in California for a case involving blindness as a primary injury according to the president of Trials Digest Publishing, an Oakland-based civil jury reporting service."
California Law Business
"One of the Top 20 Lawyers Under the Age of 40" Mark O. Hiepler
Health Care Business magazine
"Insurance executives might do well not to underestimate Mark Hiepler because he is a "man on a mission." While Hiepler's $89.3 million verdict on behalf of his sister continues to define him and his practice, he has had numerous other big wins at trials against all odds including a case unrelated to Fox v. Health Net that was featured on the cover of Time magazine."
San Diego Union Tribune
"On the first day of trial, Mark Hiepler, on behalf of an anorexic patient denied care agrees to settle the case in an amount in excess of $1,000,000."
California Lawyer
"Before he accepts a case, however, it must pass three tests. It must touch that sense of mission he got from his sister's death; coincide with his spiritual values/he must know that a client has been truly wronged; and make good business sense."
"I think he's genuine. You have to look at his eyes when he talks about how his sister died because she couldn't get the proper treatment for her cancer. He makes a good living being idealistic." Journalist for California Lawyer.
"The firm has made a reputation for itself by advancing creative legal theories."
"Partner James D. McGinley is Hiepler & Hiepler's wordsmith. He drafts the pleadings and then fights to keep them alive during wave after wave of demurrers and dismissal motions."
"A colonel in the Marine Reserves, he served as an officer during Desert Storm and he still leaves the firm for weeks at a time to fly helicopters off the decks of Navy ships throughout the world." (**This should go in the Bio section)
"Insurance company executives see him coming. They know he is going to swing a big bat and try to hit a home run." Re: Mark Hiepler.
"Admits one insurance executive, 'Mark is savvy attorney who recognizes there is leverage to be gained by winning in the court of public opinion, as well as the legal system.'"
"Much of what he does is designed to win on both fronts."
"I have never seen a lawyer get as much media attention as he does,' said a defense attorney who lost a $3.5 million case to Hiepler where there never was a settlement offer."
"It's Mark Hiepler who turns a good case into a cause."
"With each victory Hiepler added to his reputation as a giant killer."
"There is a synergy between the clients the firm agrees to represent and Mark Hiepler's personal sense of mission that is derived from his own tragic loss and deeply cherished religious faith."
"In most instances referrals come from past clients or lawyers, but some of them are from doctors, judges, and journalists who have come to know the firm."
"Hiepler & Hiepler's civil cases have been featured on the cover of Time magazine."
Time magazine
"Attorney Mark Hiepler became his clients' fiercest advocate using the law to force coverage."
"Mark Hiepler took a personal interest and won a huge judgment."
USA Today cover story
"Mark Hiepler in California is taking on insurance companies for denying coverage."
"Mark Hiepler keeps winning cases and burying clients."
"The winning has made Mark Hiepler famous in legal circles and infamous in the insurance industry circles."
"In the national debate on insurance issues an increasingly prominent voice belongs to Mark Hiepler."
"Hiepler's audience is growing. The reasons are the three earthquakes he sent through the insurance industry - a $3.5 million verdict, a $2.1 million verdict immediately following his landmark $89.3 million jury verdict against an insurance company."
"Lawyer Hiepler has high profile cases because of the size of his verdicts."
Newsweek
"Nelene Fox would have been in an unnoticed archive of cancer victims but for her brother, lawyer Mark Hiepler. Hiepler raised unsavory questions of money and motive and received the largest verdict in the nation's history against that type of insurance company, $89.3 million"
Newsweek
"Hiepler's three consecutive large jury verdicts have uncovered many dark secrets and has shed light on many previously hidden secrets of the industry"
U.S. News & World Report
"Hiepler's case on behalf of the Ching family forced the question of how people are paid may make a difference in the care they receive. The question and effects allowed for another stunning legal victory."
Modern Healthcare "In yet another significant jury award, Hiepler argued doctors should not be placed in a conflict of interest position by insurance companies."
Los Angeles Business Journal
"Hiepler's $89.3 million verdict for bad faith refusal to honor an insurance contract stunned the industry and caught the country's attention."
"Hiepler has been profiled and on the cover of major national magazines, appeared on almost every prime time network news show including two times on 60 Minutes and 20/20 and is sought after on the lectured circuit."
"Hiepler's landmark lawsuit still is reverberating in the insurance industry today."
Lawyer's Weekly USA
"In a tractor trailer death case, Hiepler uncovered an insurance scam to move liability around in achieving a $2.68 million settlement."
Los Angeles Times
"The best leverage the little guy has against a billion dollar insurance company is the unknown of a potential jury verdict."
Los Angeles Times
"What Hiepler uncovered was an insurance scam that allowed the trucking company to rehire a driver they knew was unsafe. Clearly Michael Torrey would still be alive and with his family if not for this scam." (**P.I. trucking case)
Chicago Tribune
"The insurance companies never make money on seriously ill people. It serves their bottom line if seriously ill people die," said Hiepler who has one of the largest verdicts against insurance companies in America.
Medical Economics
"Hiepler turned a lawsuit into a personal crusade that ended with a month long trial and an $89.3 million verdict. His next groundbreaking trial rendered a $1.5 million verdict followed by a $3.5 million verdict in the most conservative venues."
The Fox verdict thoroughly rattled the managed care industry.
Los Angeles Times
"Hiepler made a name for himself with eight figure verdicts against insurance companies has taken on a fraud case against Los Angeles' biggest cell phone company."
USA Today
"Hiepler, who has a national reputation, is representing another baby against her insurance company whose blindness could have been prevented."
California Lawyer
"Mark O. Hiepler is clearly one of the irresistible forces in litigation on behalf of the little guy."
KCET Television News, Santa Barbara
"Attorney Mark Hiepler is the first in America to use a criminal torture statute in a civil case on behalf of a baby against the baby's insurance company." That's attributable to KCET News, as well as ABC News 20/20, also Los Angeles Times.
ABC 20/20, Barbara Walters
"How can you sue an HMO for torture? It's never been done before."
ABC News 20/20
Family unable to solve their own insurance problems hired Mark Hiepler, a well known California attorney with extraordinary success in suits against insurance companies. "They are not in the business of providing health care. That's what's changed. They are in the business of maximizing profits for their shareholders," said Hiepler.
Oxnard attorney Mark Hiepler broke new legal ground by suing an HMO for torturing an infant by denying it home health care.
Prime Time Live, Sam Donaldson
Mark Hiepler, Spielholz's attorney has taken on the cellular company for fraud. Former CEO of the company acknowledged to Hiepler that the advertising was misleading.
CBS Nightly News, Connie Chung
A lot is what California's HMOs have been ordered to pay. The legal shockwaves are sending chills throughout the insurance industry. A lot is what one of California's biggest HMOs has been ordered to pay for the way it treated a breast cancer patient in California. The legal and medical shockwaves are spreading fast. It is a verdict sending chills throughout the insurance industry in a landmark case the HMO was held accountable for $77 million in punitive damages.
ABC News, Peter Jennings
"A Verdict That Will Change The Insurance Industry"
CNBC Business Insiders
The jury agreed with the family and its attorney, Mark Hiepler. What was unexpected was the size of the verdict.
Mark Hiepler, the man who orchestrated the largest verdict against a health insurance company in America.
Business Week Magazine
"The jury was mad because Hiepler proved that the company was giving bonuses for denials of coverage."
CBS News
In court for day one of this unprecedented trial against an insurance company. This trial is being watched closely by insurance companies across America.
The largest verdict in Riverside County belongs to Mark Hiepler.
ABC 20/20, Barbara Walters
A case that made big headlines and gave us a rare look into the inner workings of an insurance company. Mark Hiepler, the lawyer opened the doors.
ABC 20/20, Dr. Tim Johnson
"Hiepler made some critical discoveries. Hiepler uncovered bonus plans that he argued placed the deniers of care in a conflict of interest with the patient."
"Mark Hiepler's arguments convinced the jury. The verdict amount made this a landmark case."
"Attorney Mark Hiepler urged the jury to send a message to the insurance industry. The jury followed his direction and sent a $77 million punitive damage message."
Wall Street Journal re: deMeurers
"Mark Hiepler's recent case is believed to be the first to allege that an insurance company interfered with the relationship between a patient and doctor."
"Ms. deMeurers' attorney, Mark Hiepler, recently won an $89 million verdict in a separate case against the same insurance company involving a denial of coverage."
Newsweek
"Hiepler's verdict against the insurance industry is 'a wakeup call.'"
New York Times
"Hiepler's work with the jury in Riverside has sent 'newrvous tremors' being felt in insurance boardrooms across the United States."
San Francisco Daily Journal
"Hiepler did a masterful job of portraying the insurance company as the arch-type of the big bad company."
Wall Street Journal
"Mark Hiepler's recent verdict has put on hold a $775 million merger."
National Law Journal
"Crusader Mark Hiepler wins placement in the top ten verdicts in the United States for 1993."
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