Chambers Review
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Insurance: Insurer - District of Columbia
What the Team is Known For
Boutique firm Lewis Baach Kaufmann Middlemiss PLLC has a strong reputation for advising both London and US insurers in significant coverage cases and reinsurance disputes. The firm's strong track record covers environmental liability and health hazard cases as well as arbitration and advice in relation to regulatory matters such as compliance with sanctions. The firm also has additional strengths in claims arising from insolvency.
Strengths
The team at Lewis Baach Kaufmann Middlemiss is thorough in what it does and is very good at responding to clients. Its attorneys are good litigators.
Lewis Baach Kaufmann Middlemiss' advice always includes the commercial realities of decision-making.
Work Highlights
Lewis Baach Kaufmann Middlemiss PLLC represented certain underwriters at Lloyd's and certain London market companies in coverage litigation with Amtrak concerning environmental claims at rail stations, yards and facilities and bodily injury claims arising out of alleged repetitive stress injuries, noise-induced hearing losses or alleged exposure to asbestos or other substances.
Notable practitioners
Martin Baach is a key contact at the firm.