Insurance Coverage Senior Associate

We are seeking a Senior Associate with significant experience in Insurance Coverage and Professional Liability matters to join our practice. This role offers the opportunity to work on complex, high-exposure coverage disputes and professional liability defense matters for insurers and insureds across a broad range of industries.

Insurance Coverage

• Analyze and interpret complex insurance policies, including:
• Property and casualty (including CGL)
• Professional liability
• EPLI
• D&O
• Wrap-up policies
• Media liability
• Life, accident, and health insurance
• Provide coverage opinions and strategic counseling to insurers.
• Advise on self-insurance programs, high-deductible programs, risk pools, and alternative risk vehicles.
• Counsel insurance companies on bad faith claims and claims-handling issues.
• Handle disputes involving primary and excess insurance carriers.
• Manage coverage litigation from inception through resolution, including dispositive motions, discovery, mediation, arbitration, and trial.

Professional Liability Defense

• Defend professionals including:
• Attorneys
• Insurance agents and brokers
• Financial advisors
• Real estate agents and brokers
• Directors and officers
• Construction managers
• Architects and engineers
• Litigate claims involving:
• Breach of fiduciary duty
• Misrepresentation and fraud
• Negligence
• Statutory violations
• Errors and omissions

Qualifications

• J.D. from an accredited law school.
• Active bar admission in IL
• 5-10 years of experience in insurance coverage and/or professional liability litigation.
• Demonstrated experience drafting coverage opinions and litigating complex coverage disputes.
• Strong motion practice, deposition, and courtroom experience.
• Ability to manage cases independently.
• Experience advising insurance carriers on bad faith and claims handling matters preferred.