Our Professionals

Mr. Gascou has successfully litigated numerous complex surety and construction matters in California since 2000. His case experience includes defending several hundred million dollars of construction contract claims concerning performance and payment bonds in state and federal courts throughout California, as well as in bankruptcy, arbitration, and mediation proceedings. Mr. Gascou is also experienced defending claims against commercial surety bonds including license bonds, subdivision bonds, and financial guarantee bonds. Recent experience includes negotiating an 80% savings for the surety on a matter with over $400 Million in exposure. That matter was litigated for nearly a decade and consisted of more than thirty related cases consolidated before the Judicial Panel for Multidistrict Litigation and involved cases filed in four states, five Federal District courts, and the U.S. Bankruptcy court. Mr. Gascou belongs to numerous ABA and surety-related professional associations including the Surety Claims Institute and the ABA’s Fidelity & Surety Law Committee. He was selected to attend the ABA Tort Trial & Insurance Practice Leadership Academy and is a former Associate Editor of the ABA’s Tort Trial & Insurance Practice Law Journal (2011-2020). Mr. Gascou has written articles for Best's Review (AM Best's monthly insurance magazine) , and has been an invited speaker at multiple surety conferences; speaking at Pearlman in Seattle, WA and several Surety Claims Association events. He currently serves on the the Los Angeles Surety Claims Association. He is a member of all California state and federal courts, including the 9th Circuit Appellate Court, and is a member of the United States Supreme Court. A former college football player, Mr. Gascou is a varsity assistant football coach at Loyola High School. He also serves as President of the Board of Directors for the National Football Foundation (Los Angeles Chapter). He and his wife Lisa have two sons, Jackson and Hunter, and a daughter, Savannah.