Brandon D. Almond

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Brandon provides counseling and defends insurance companies nationwide in complex coverage litigation involving disputes under a variety of professional liability, directors and officers liability, media-tech/cyber liability, and general liability policies. He also maintains an active complex commercial litigation practice.

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With a comprehensive knowledge of the insurance industry, Brandon advises clients and handles complex litigation with policyholders across the U.S. on a broad range of coverage and bad faith issues arising under a variety of policies, including architects and engineers, health care professionals, and attorneys’ professional liability; directors and officers liability; employment practices liability, media-tech and cyber liability; and commercial general liability. Brandon also regularly provides advice and counseling to insurers on various claims-handling and coverage issues.

Outside his insurance coverage practice, Brandon has handled complex litigation in a variety of arenas, including banking, intellectual property, antitrust, and pharmaceutical. He also has experience in congressional lobbying.

Brandon also has significant pro bono experience, including successfully representing a Salvadoran domestic violence survivor in her application for asylum before the U.S. Immigration Court, and a six-month rotation at Bread for the City Legal Clinic, representing low-income Washington, D.C., residents in landlord-tenant disputes in the District of Columbia Superior Court.

  • Obtained summary judgment on behalf of a medical professional liability insurer in coverage litigation brought by an insured nurse staffing agency, which was recently affirmed by the Supreme Court of New York, Appellate Division.
  • Successfully represented a primary insurer in a bad faith/subrogation action brought by excess insurer.
  • Successfully represented an insurer in litigation with the National Football League regarding coverage under commercial general liability policies for the billion-dollar NFL concussion class action settlement and other concussion-related lawsuits.
  • Successfully represented a D&O insurer in litigation related to multimillion-dollar government-contract overbilling allegations.
  • Recently obtained summary judgment in favor of an architects & engineers liability insurer in the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Illinois.
  • Successfully represented an insurer in bad faith litigation brought by policyholder arising out of commercial general liability insurer’s denial of coverage based on policyholder’s application misrepresentations and omissions.
  • Obtained favorable ruling on behalf of a D&O insurer in an arbitration with a state electric company involving coverage for a multibillion dollar wildfire claims.
  • Successfully represented an insurer in an action by a prejudgment claimant in the U.S. District Court for the District of Nevada related to a personal injury suffered on Native American tribal property, with the Ninth Circuit affirming the lower court.
  • Successfully represented an insurer in a subrogation claim related to trademark violations, in the Ninth Circuit.
  • Represents numerous insurers involved in nationwide coverage litigation with respect to health care liability, directors and officers liability, employment practices liability, architects and engineers professional liability, media-tech/cyber liability, and commercial general liability.
  • Obtained a favorable settlement on behalf of a national accounting firm in a malpractice suit asserted by the FDIC.
  • Secured asylum on behalf of a pro bono client fleeing the domestic violence of her partner in El Salvador.
  • Best Lawyers in America®: Insurance Law (2024-2026)
  • Rising Star, Insurance Coverage, Law & Politics’ Super Lawyers (2016-2018)
  • Honors, Capital Pro Bono Honor Roll, D.C. Access to Justice Commission and the D.C. Bar Pro Bono Center (2020, 2024)
Overview

With a comprehensive knowledge of the insurance industry, Brandon advises clients and handles complex litigation with policyholders across the U.S. on a broad range of coverage and bad faith issues arising under a variety of policies, including architects and engineers, health care professionals, and attorneys’ professional liability; directors and officers liability; employment practices liability, media-tech and cyber liability; and commercial general liability. Brandon also regularly provides advice and counseling to insurers on various claims-handling and coverage issues.

Outside his insurance coverage practice, Brandon has handled complex litigation in a variety of arenas, including banking, intellectual property, antitrust, and pharmaceutical. He also has experience in congressional lobbying.

Brandon also has significant pro bono experience, including successfully representing a Salvadoran domestic violence survivor in her application for asylum before the U.S. Immigration Court, and a six-month rotation at Bread for the City Legal Clinic, representing low-income Washington, D.C., residents in landlord-tenant disputes in the District of Columbia Superior Court.

Representation Matters
  • Obtained summary judgment on behalf of a medical professional liability insurer in coverage litigation brought by an insured nurse staffing agency, which was recently affirmed by the Supreme Court of New York, Appellate Division.
  • Successfully represented a primary insurer in a bad faith/subrogation action brought by excess insurer.
  • Successfully represented an insurer in litigation with the National Football League regarding coverage under commercial general liability policies for the billion-dollar NFL concussion class action settlement and other concussion-related lawsuits.
  • Successfully represented a D&O insurer in litigation related to multimillion-dollar government-contract overbilling allegations.
  • Recently obtained summary judgment in favor of an architects & engineers liability insurer in the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Illinois.
  • Successfully represented an insurer in bad faith litigation brought by policyholder arising out of commercial general liability insurer’s denial of coverage based on policyholder’s application misrepresentations and omissions.
  • Obtained favorable ruling on behalf of a D&O insurer in an arbitration with a state electric company involving coverage for a multibillion dollar wildfire claims.
  • Successfully represented an insurer in an action by a prejudgment claimant in the U.S. District Court for the District of Nevada related to a personal injury suffered on Native American tribal property, with the Ninth Circuit affirming the lower court.
  • Successfully represented an insurer in a subrogation claim related to trademark violations, in the Ninth Circuit.
  • Represents numerous insurers involved in nationwide coverage litigation with respect to health care liability, directors and officers liability, employment practices liability, architects and engineers professional liability, media-tech/cyber liability, and commercial general liability.
  • Obtained a favorable settlement on behalf of a national accounting firm in a malpractice suit asserted by the FDIC.
  • Secured asylum on behalf of a pro bono client fleeing the domestic violence of her partner in El Salvador.
Insights

Firm News

Troutman Pepper Locke Attorneys Named to 2024 Capital Pro Bono Honor Roll

Firm News

Troutman Pepper Releases D&O and Professional Liability 2023 Year in Review

Articles + Publications

D&O and Professional Liability 2023 | A Year in Review

Firm Events

Notable Professional Liability Insurance Decisions of 2022

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Awards
  • Best Lawyers in America®: Insurance Law (2024-2026)
  • Rising Star, Insurance Coverage, Law & Politics’ Super Lawyers (2016-2018)
  • Honors, Capital Pro Bono Honor Roll, D.C. Access to Justice Commission and the D.C. Bar Pro Bono Center (2020, 2024)

Top areas of focus

Education

  • Washington and Lee University School of Law, J.D., magna cum laude, Order of the Coif, lead articles editor, Washington & Lee Law Review
  • University of Virginia, B.A.

Bar Admissions

  • Virginia
  • District of Columbia

Court Admissions

  • U.S. District Court, Eastern District of Virginia
  • U.S. District Court, District of Columbia
  • Supreme Court of Virginia
  • Superior Court of the District of Columbia
  • U.S. Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit
  • Speaker, “Notable Professional Liability Insurance Decisions of Last Year,” Troutman Pepper, February 9, 2023.
  • Speaker, “Notable Professional Liability Insurance Decisions of Last Year,” Troutman Pepper, March 16, 2022.
  • Presenter, “A Bird’s Eye View of Potential Drone Risks and Insurance Issues,” PLUS Conference, November 8, 2018.
  • Presenter, “Private Companies and Nonprofits: Key D&O Insurance Considerations,” American Bar Association Insurance Coverage Litigation Conference, March 3, 2017.
  • Presenter, “Ten D&O and Professional Liability Insurance Decisions from 2015 That Should Be on Your Radar,” Troutman Sanders Webinar, March 23, 2016.
  • Presenter, “Top Ten Insurance Decisions of the Last Year,” Troutman Sanders Webinar, May 13, 2015.