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Professional Liability Insurance

Our international team represents insurers of all sizes in professional liability claims. We develop and implement defense strategies that protect professional reputations while achieving our clients’ desired results.

We understand the nuances of negotiation and litigation, knowing when and how to deploy these strategies effectively. Negotiated settlements can often reduce dispute-resolution costs, ensure confidentiality, and minimize the negative consequences of protracted public trials.

Our insurance clients rely on us for assistance with various sensitive issues, including determining policy coverage, analyzing the involvement of other insurance types, and evaluating the merits of underlying claims. We serve as primary outside counsel and frequently collaborate with in-house and other defense counsel to formulate negotiation strategies for resolving claims.

When disputes cannot or should not be resolved through negotiation, our practice has extensive experience litigating insurance coverage issues under professional liability policies. We advise clients on policy rescission matters, allocation issues, challenges regarding professional services claims, and pursuing appeals or other options following adverse trial rulings.

  • Acted as special counsel to provide an independent assessment of the merits of underlying claims.
  • Represented insurance carriers facing concurrent threats of bad faith from insureds and inflated settlement demands from claimants or collusive consent judgments.
  • Represented insurers in litigation to enforce the terms of the policy or seek rescission where the insured failed to provide accurate information in the application process.
  • Assisted clients in managing high-profile litigation involving multiple professionals, multiple lines of coverage, catastrophic events, and intense public interest.
  • Helped reach early and favorable resolutions of underlying claims where liability and coverage are relatively clear, in a manner that preserves or improves the insurer’s relationship with its insured.
  • Assisted clients in assessing the risks associated with potentially writing new lines of business.
  • Chambers USA – Insurance – Texas (2022-2025)
  • Chambers USA – Insurance: Dispute Resolution: Insurer – Nationwide (2007-2017; 2022-2025)
  • Chambers USA – Insurance: Dispute Resolution: Reinsurance – Illinois (2019-2025)
  • Chambers USA – Insurance: Insurer – District of Columbia (2005-2025)
  • Chambers USA – Insurance: Insurer – California (2007-2025)
  • Chambers USA – Insurance: Transactional & Regulatory – Illinois (2019-2025)
  • Legal 500 USA – Insurance: Advice to Insurers (Nationwide) (2020-2025)
  • Insurance Business America – 5-Star Excellence Award (2021)
  • Best Lawyers® “Best Law Firms”: Insurance Law – (National) (Tier 1) 2010-2025
  • Best Lawyers® “Best Law Firms”: Insurance Law – (Atlanta) (Tier 2) 2024-2025
  • Best Lawyers® “Best Law Firms”: Insurance Law – (Chicago) (Tier 1) 2019-2025
  • Best Lawyers® “Best Law Firms”: Insurance Law – (Houston) (Tier 1) 2025
  • Best Lawyers® “Best Law Firms”: Insurance Law – (New York) (Tier 2) 2025
  • Best Lawyers® “Best Law Firms”: Insurance Law – (Orange County) (Tier 2) 2019-2023; (Tier 1) 2024-2025
  • Best Lawyers® “Best Law Firms”: Insurance Law – (San Francisco) (Tier 2) 2019-2025
  • Best Lawyers® “Best Law Firms”: Insurance Law – (Washington, D.C.) (Tier 1) 2010-2017; 2020-2025

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2024 D&O and Professional Liability Year in Review

Read our latest annual review of the directors and officers and professional liability insurance landscape.