Insurance
USA Guide 2024 : Washington
Band 1
About
Provided by Forsberg & Umlauf, P.S.
Forsberg & Umlauf is one of just a handful of Washington firms to be ranked by Chambers USA in Chambers’ first ever insurance coverage law firm ranking. Chambers has also recognized two of our insurance coverage partners, Carl Forsberg and Stephanie Andersen, individually.
The firm boasts a strong and skilled group of insurance coverage lawyers, with fifteen experienced attorneys practicing in Washington and Oregon and monitoring every influential domestic jurisdiction. They advise primary insurers, excess insurers, self-insureds, risk cooperatives, and other entities on the full spectrum of insurance coverage issues, providing analysis, recommendations and litigation services on every type and every line of insurance.
Their work includes the following:
- Coverage analysis and opinions
- Defense of alleged Insurance bad faith, CPA and IFCA claims
- Preparation of effective reservations of rights language
- Duty of defense and indemnity issues
- Additional insured issues
- Excess/primary insurer relations
- Good faith claims handling
- Exhaustion of limits considerations
- Environmental and toxic tort coverage disputes
- Construction defect coverage disputes
- Multiple occurrence and trigger evaluations
- Multiple claimant/insufficient limits situations
Chambers Review
Forsberg & Umlauf is a Seattle and Tacoma-based litigation outfit well equipped to act for primary and excess insurers as well as other entities in the insurance market. The firm is highly sought after for its expertise in a wide array of matters arising across the insurance sector, from coverage analysis and litigation to extra-contractual disputes.
Strengths
Provided by Chambers
"They are lawyers you want to be against. They are very professional."
"They are lawyers you want to be against. They are very professional."
Notable Practitioners
Carl Forsberg is the co-founder of Forsberg & Umlauf. He specializes in first and third-party coverage litigation and the defense of bad faith and other extra-contractual matters.
Stephanie Andersen has a wealth of experience in advising insurers on a wide range of coverage claims under various lines, as well as defending against bad faith litigation.
"Stephanie is very good in the insurance area."
Ranked Lawyers at
Forsberg & Umlauf, P.S.
Washington
Members
Provided by Forsberg & Umlauf, P.S.
Charlie Henty
Kim Reppart
Matthew Adams
Michael Handler
Ryan Hesselgesser